TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Mammograms are a lifesaving misery for middle-aged women, but a new tool could make getting a breast cancer screening as easy as spitting. Literally. A new hand-held biosensor can detect breast cancer biomarkers from a...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Maternal syphilis rates have tripled in recent years, putting thousands of newborns at risk for infection, a new U.S. government report shows. Left untreated, syphilis can damage the heart and brain and cause blindness,...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13 -- Two of the most common pregnancy complications for women, high blood pressure and gestational diabetes, could jeopardize the future heart health of their children, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the children...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Few can forget the haunting images of New York City bathed in a thick orange smog after smoke from Canadian wildfires swept southward last summer. Now, a new report from the First Street Foundation suggests these alarming...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Preventing noise-related hearing loss from a loud concert, a banging jackhammer or a rifle blast could be as simple as managing levels of zinc within the inner ear, a new study reports. Such hearing loss stems from...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Nearly 1 in every 10 women infected with COVID during pregnancy will go on to develop long COVID, a new study says. A little more than 9% of pregnant women developed long COVID six or more months after their initial...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- The care you receive in a medical emergency may hinge strongly on where you are when you need it. That's a key takeaway from a comprehensive review of the nation's emergency medical service (EMS) systems by researchers at...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Replacing regular salt with a salt substitute can reduce high blood pressure in older adults, a new study has found. Older adults who use a salt substitute are 40% less likely to develop high blood pressure compared to...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 — Researchers say they have developed a blood test for schizophrenia. More than 3 million people in the United States have schizophrenia, a disorder marked by hallucinations and delusions, or a related psychotic...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- The red meat diet associated with masculinity could be the worst thing for men dealing with prostate cancer, a new study says. Prostate cancer patients who limit meat and dairy but eat lots of plant-based foods tend to...
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- When a loved one has dementia, Valentine's Day can be bittersweet. "When dementia enters someone's life, it can change many things, including the dynamic of their relationships," said Jennifer Reeder, director of...