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Maryland Woman Has Rare Spinal Tumor Removed Through Her Eye Socket
In a groundbreaking procedure, surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have removed a large spinal tumor through a 19-year-old patient’s eye.
Mother of Twins Receives Life-Saving Double Lung Transplant after Cancer Diagnosis
A new mother of twins from Berlin finds a miracle in Chicago after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine save her life with a double-lung transplant.
14 Types of Cancer Are on the Rise in People Under 50, Study Finds
Certain types of cancer are becoming increasingly common in people under 50, according to new research. These include breast, colon, kidney and uterine cancer.
Blackouts Boost Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risk Among Young Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Power outages greatly increase a young child’s chances of carbon monoxide poisoning due to improper use of gasoline-powered generators, a new study says.
Children younger than 5 had a more than 50% increased risk of carb...
OpenAI Releases HealthBench Dataset to Test AI in Health Care
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — OpenAI has unveiled a large dataset to help test how well artificial intelligence (AI) models answer health care questions.
Experts call it a major step forward, but they also say more work is needed to ensure safety.<...
Fresh & Ready Foods Recalls Products After Listeria Outbreak
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — At least 10 people in the U.S. were hospitalized with listeria infections linked to ready-to-eat foods, federal officials said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other agencies traced the outbreak to foods prod...
U.S. Advises Older Travelers to Avoid Chikungunya Vaccine
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are telling travelers aged 60 and older to avoid a chikungunya vaccine while they investigate possible side effects.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Admin...
Curious? Healthy Brain Aging Might Depend On It
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Curiosity might have killed the cat, but maintaining such inquisitiveness could be key to preserving brain health as we grow older, a new study says.
Some forms of curiosity increase well into old age, and seniors who keep w...
GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Cut Alcohol Cravings By Two-Thirds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic/Wegovy can cut alcohol intake dramatically in a short amount of time, a new study says.
People taking semaglutide or liraglutide reduced their alcohol consumption by two-thirds wit...
No Link Between ADHD Meds And Psychosis, Study Says
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — ADHD stimulant meds don’t increase children’s risk of psychosis, a new study says.
Analysis of stimulant prescriptions among nearly 8,400 kids with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder found no evidence that ...
Hearing Aids Effective In Combating Loneliness Among Seniors
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Could loneliness occur for some older folks because they can’t hear well enough to maintain essential social connections?
Hearing aids appear to be an effective method of countering an epidemic of loneliness among U.S....
HIV Pills Might Prevent Alzheimer's
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugs that battle HIV and hepatitis B might be able to help people avoid Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says.
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are used to prevent HIV and hepatitis B from replicati...
First-Of-Its-Kind Surgery Uses Eye Socket To Remove Spinal Cancer
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2025
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TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A first-of-its-kind surgery has gone through a young woman's eye socket to remove a cancerous tumor wrapped around her spine.
Surgeons threaded a thin lighted tube called an endoscope down through the 19-year-old woman&rsquo...
Researchers Say Dance and Lullabies Are Learned, Not Hardwired
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most parents know the soothing power of a lullaby like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” But a new study suggests that singing to babies and even dancing may not be natural behaviors for everyone.
The study, publis...
Zepbound Outperforms Wegovy in Head-to-Head Weight Loss Study
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new study has found that people taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound lost almost 50% more weight than those using Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.
The study — published May 11 in the New England Journal of M...
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Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Life-Saving Baby Heart Device
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A Cornell University project to save babies born with serious heart defects has lost key funding just days after it was approved.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded $6.7 million on March 30 to support producti...
Pregnancy Health Problems Increase Kids' Blood Pressure
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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Children have an increased risk of high blood pressure if their moms suffered from health problems during pregnancy, a new study says.
Children had higher blood pressure if their moms had obesity, gestational diabetes or high blood pressure while pregnant, researchers re...
U.S. Illicit Opioid Use Could Be 20 Times Higher Than Previously Estimated
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More Americans use illicit opioids like fentanyl than previously estimated, undercutting perceived progress in confronting the U.S. opioid crisis, a new study says.
More than 1 in 10 American adults (11%) reported illicit opi...
FDA Approves At-Home Cervical Cancer Test for Women Ages 25 to 65
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women now have a new way to check their risk for cervical cancer — from the comfort of their own home.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Teal Wand, an at-home test that screens for human papil...
Birth Control Pill Increases Risk Of Asthma Attacks In Young Women
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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Young women taking the Pill might have an increased risk of asthma attacks, a new study says.
Taking the progesterone-only form of the contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks among women under 35, researchers reported May 7 in ERJ Open Research.
The...
Medicaid 'Unwinding' Cost Kids Access To Asthma Inhalers, Other Chronic Disease Meds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Children and young adults formerly covered by Medicaid are losing access to medications needed to control conditions like depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy, a new study says.
Young people need to take these...
Double Lung Transplant Saves Mother Of Twins
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2025
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MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The timing of Cornelia Tischmacher’s pneumonia couldn’t have been worse — eight months after the Berlin mom gave birth to twins.
But the pneumonia just wouldn’t go away, so Tischmacher went to a doctor...
Sweet Tooth Explained: Researchers Reveal How We Taste Sugar
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- May 11, 2025
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SUNDAY, May 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Why does sugar taste so good — and why do we want it so badly? Scientists may finally have the answer.
For the first time, researchers have figured out the structure of the sweet receptor — the tiny part of ...
