WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Two-thirds of homeless people are experiencing some form of mental health disorder, a large, new review of data on the subject. The analysis found that men who are homeless are more likely to be battling mental illness...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Two implanted heart devices used by patients in end-stage heart failure are now under a strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall, after being tied to 273 known injuries and 14 deaths, the agency said Tuesday. The...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- There’s no evidence that a COVID infection increases the risk of asthma in children, the first study to date on the subject finds.“We knew from a number of really nice studies over the last decade or more that...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Active women using the pill appear to receive an added bonus from their birth control, a new study says.These women are less likely to suffer sprains and strains than women not on birth control, researchers reported...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Zepbound, one of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans now take, eased sleep apnea in obese adults in two company trials, drug maker Eli Lilly announced Wednesday.First approved to treat...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Microplastics could be migrating from the digestive tract into the kidneys, livers and brains of human beings, a new mouse study suggests.Lab mice exposed to microplastics in their drinking water wound up with the tiny...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Some people with tough-to-treat epilepsy might benefit if doctors target a brain region newly linked to the disorder, a new study suggests.Seizures declined by 83% after a patient underwent surgery that removed almost...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Eating healthy can lower the risk of heart disease in breast cancer survivors, a new study has found.Heart disease is a top cause of death in women who've survived breast cancer, likely due to the toxic effects of...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- The placenta could be one reason why some women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, a new study finds.A deficit in the way the placenta expresses the gene for a hormone called insulin-like growth factor 1...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Changes in gut bacteria have been linked to a variety of different diseases, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.Now, a new study indicates that gut bacteria also might play a role in a...
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- In a new study, people living with HIV who got standard meds to keep the virus at bay also had much lower rates of Alzheimer's disease -- suggesting the drugs might also lower risks for the brain illness.It's...