MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Women who get abortion pills through the mail receive care that's as good as those who are required to get them in person from a clinic or doctor’s office, a new study says. Using a mail-order pharmacy to deliver the...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Actress and "X-men" star Olivia Munn has revealed that she underwent egg retrieval and then a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer. In an article published on Mother's Day, Munn told Vogue she opted for...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay news) -- Could being a lesbian or bisexual shorten your life? New research that analyzed decades of data on women suggests it might. What's driving the trend? Researchers point to discrimination as the primary...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- People with heart failure are often prescribed what are known as loop diuretic medications to help reduce the fluid buildup that's a hallmark of the disease.Now, research suggests that taking the blockbuster weight loss drug...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Chicago resident Arthur “Art” Gillespie fell ill in early March 2020 with COVID, after he and his father went to visit an uncle in a nursing facility.“I was hospitalized for 12 days with a high fever and cough, and...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, has died nearly two months after having the historic surgery.In a statement released Saturday, Slayman's family said they were...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Police seizures of illicit fentanyl pills have soared in recent years, a new study has found.The number of pills containing fentanyl seized by law enforcement was 2,300 times greater in 2023 than in 2017 – more than 115...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Early research in mice suggests a new path forward to restoring hair growth in people affected by a form of alopecia. Alopecia areata is an autommune disorder that affects an estimated 6 million Americans and has no...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- “Skinny” fat cells might actually make it harder to lose weight and easier to pack on extra pounds, a new study says.Researchers say it’s possible to predict if someone’s going to gain weight based solely on the size...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- About a third of young children who are allergic to peanuts will outgrow the allergy by the age of 10, and an antibody test might predict who those kids might be.Fluctuations in two immune system antibodies in the blood,...
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 -- Yoga can help improve the long-term health of people with heart failure, a new study has found.“Patients who practiced yoga on top of taking their medications felt better, were able to do more, and had stronger hearts than...