Building a better flu vaccine — one you don’t have to get every year
On June 24 at 11:34 AM, Michael Sonn became a part of medical history. That’s the day Sonn became one of the first people to receive an…
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The only Thanksgiving leftovers guide you need
Like an inbox filled with emails about Black Friday sales, the one thing you can count on the day after Thanksgiving is a fridge packed with…
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Convictions of pharmaceutical executives in synthetic opioid case partially overturned
The convictions of four former top executives of Insys Therapeutics, an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company which made the powerful opioid Subsys,…
Continue Reading Americans weigh more this decade, but fewer adults want to lose weight
Americans weigh more this decade than they did last decade, but fewer adults say they want to lose weight. 28% of Americans said they weighed 200…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter is home from the hospital. What will his recovery look like?
Anyone who’s ever had a fragile grandparent knows that falls are especially dangerous for the elderly — and Jimmy Carter has had three…
Continue Reading FDA issues warning for products marketed to treat opioid withdrawal
The FDA sent a warning letter to EPH Technologies, accusing it of marketing and selling unapproved drugs. The products are sold under the names…
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Massachusetts puts tough restrictions on flavored tobacco and nicotine vaping
Massachusetts placed heavy restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine vaping products Wednesday, with GOP Gov. Charlie Baker signing…
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Las Palmas Medical Center is 1st El Paso hospital to offer doula services to moms-to-be
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – When it comes to giving birth, it’s certainly encouraging for mothers-to-be to have the support of family and friends. Having…
Continue Reading More reasons air pollution will send you to the hospital
Even at levels below international air quality guidelines, short-term exposure to pollution can send you to the hospital for more reasons than…
Continue Reading MRI screening for women with extremely dense breast tissue reduces interval cancer
Getting an MRI in between regular mammogram checkups could be an effective way for women with extremely dense breast tissue to learn whether they…
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Inbreeding may have helped cause Neanderthals to go extinct, study says
Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago — about the same time that modern humans migrated out of Africa. This has led researchers to…
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Chickenpox vaccine reactivates in two boys, causing rare meningitis more commonly seen in unvaccinated kids
Doctors described what they believe are the first known cases of meningitis due to reactivation of chickenpox vaccine in two 14-year-old boys who…
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67 E. coli infections across 19 states are linked to romaine lettuce, CDC says
Sixty-seven people have been infected across 19 states in an E. coli outbreak that is linked to romaine lettuce, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading Deportation fears linked to high blood pressure among immigrant women
The United States’ restrictive immigration policies are having an impact on the health of immigrant women, according to a study published…
Continue Reading 2 newborns sickened by tick bites could signal an increase in infections among babies
Two newborn babies experienced illnesses rare for their age group after they were bitten by ticks, according to a case study published Wednesday in…
Continue Reading US births decline for fourth year in a row, CDC says
The number of births in the United States declined for a fourth year following an increase in 2014, according to a new report from the US Centers for…
Continue Reading Girl Scouts: Don’t make your daughter hug people this holiday
At a time when issues of sexual harassment and consent are in the news, and with the holidays just around the corner, the Girl Scouts have resurfaced…
Continue Reading Calls to Poison Control for psychoactive drug exposure on the rise
From 2000 to 2017, the rate of exposures to natural psychoactive substances such as marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms increased by nearly 75% in…
Continue Reading US life expectancy is still on the decline. Here’s why
Life expectancy at birth — the average length of time that you are expected to live — continues to drop for Americans, a new study finds.…
Continue Reading FDA warns 15 companies for illegally selling CBD products
The US Food and Drug Administration sent a warning to 15 companies that have illegally sold cannabidiol products, better known as CBD, by adding it…
Continue Reading Ketamine may treat harmful drinking behavior by ‘rewriting drinking memories,’ researchers say
A single dose of ketamine may be able to curb harmful drinking behavior by “rewriting drinking memories,” according to a study published…
Continue Reading Most states make it difficult for children to get a flu shot
When adults want a flu shot, they have two choices: go to the doctor or go to a pharmacy. But in most states, laws prevent parents from just walking…
Continue Reading Doctors remove giant kidney weighing 16.3 pounds
Surgeons have removed a kidney weighing 7.4 kilograms (16.3 pounds) — the equivalent size of two newborn babies — from a patient in…
Continue Reading How to talk to kids about Thanksgiving so that they really get it
While cleaning out her first grade son’s backpack last week, Elyse Gilbert found something that surprised her. Mixed in with the regular…
Continue Reading CDC urged US Customs and Border Protection to vaccinate migrants, but they rejected the idea
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vaccinate migrants in detention against the flu…
Continue Reading Colorado issues safety advisory for potentially contaminated marijuana
Authorities in Colorado issued a warning to consumers of possibly contaminated and potentially moldy marijuana that was mistakenly distributed due to…
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Joint venture: Get paid $3,000 a month to smoke and review medical marijuana
If Snoop Dogg’s hit song “Smoke Weed Everyday” perpetually plays in your head and you have a budding interest in reporting on a range…
Continue Reading Mom was right. Eye injuries from paintball and BB guns are on the rise
Nonpowder firearms like BB and paintball guns aren’t typically considered lethal weapons. But as the rate of eye injuries linked to these…
Continue Reading Explosive growth in screen use by toddlers, studies say
Use of screen time explodes between 12 months and three years in the United States, and most Canadian preschoolers between the ages of two and three…
Continue Reading More than 1,000 patients may have been exposed to HIV and other viruses after error in sanitizing procedure
More than a thousand surgical patients at Goshen Hospital in Indiana may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B after an error in the…
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