Study shows concussions have dropped in high school sports, except football
EL PASO, Texas — A new study from the journal Pediatrics found good news for most parents of high school athletes: rates of concussions have gone…
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Samoa to shut government to deal with deadly measles outbreak
The government of Samoa will shut its doors Thursday and Friday and redeploy civil servants to help deal with a deadly measles outbreak, Prime…
Continue Reading On World AIDS Day, these three big challenges stand in the way of HIV/AIDS research
As people around the world commemorate World AIDS Day, in many countries, the disease is still cutting lives short at an alarming rate. Of the…
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Bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products recalled in four states
A Kentucky company is recalling bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products over misbranding and undeclared allergens. Blue Grass Quality Meats is…
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How smartphones are causing kids to experience anxiety, depression and low self-esteem
EL PASO, Texas — No parent wants their child to suffer from anxiety, depression or low self-esteem, but new studies show that unlimited access to…
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Borderland kidney transplant recipient speaks about second chance at life
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – At age 70, Sheila Vakselis had a kidney transplant. Some people said she was too old to receive a new kidney, but Sheila has…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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