SATURDAY, April 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Preparing a kid for summer camp is already a daunting task, and it’s even more complicated if your child has allergies or asthma, experts say. “Kids with allergies and asthma need an extra layer of protection when they head off to summer camp,” …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An increasing number of young men and women have decided they never want parenthood in the wake of the Dobbs decision revoking the constitutional right to an abortion, a new study finds. The number of young adults opting to undergo a permanent sterilization …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly a quarter of Americans who lost their pandemic-era Medicaid coverage say they’re now without any health insurance, a new survey finds. More than half (54%) of these currently uninsured adults cited cost as the reason keeping them from having coverage. The survey …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A chlamydia vaccine has triggered immune responses in an early trial, raising hopes that one day it might help curb the spread of the sexually transmitted infection (STI). There is currently no vaccine for chlamydia, which is the most common bacterial STI in …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than 100 measles cases have already been reported in the United States this year, a significant increase over previous years that threatens the country’s attempts to eliminate the illness, federal health officials warned Thursday. A total of 338 measles cases were diagnosed …
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FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks with a suspicious-looking mole or questionable skin lesion often have to endure a scalpel or shaver so their doctor can cut off a sample to send in for biopsy. But a new, noninvasive “virtual biopsy” might soon allow doctors to instead scan …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A days-old newborn in Oregon was sickened with salmonella that may have been transmitted from parents who tended infected poultry located 150 miles away, a new report finds. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long warned of the danger of …
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“Radon is something we can do something about and is a known cause of a horrible disease, lung cancer,” said Dr. David Carbone, director of the Thoracic Oncology Center at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Radon is a colorless, odorless gas emitted from the breakdown of radioactive material …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lunchables, those ubiquitous plastic packets of cheese, deli meats and crackers that many parents choose for convenience, contain concerning levels of lead and sodium, Consumer Reports warns. To arrive at that conclusion, the advocacy group tested Lunchables made by Kraft Heinz, as well …
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THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black women with cancer in one breast are less likely than white women to have the healthy breast removed as well, a new study has found. Women with cancer affecting one breast often elect to have the other breast removed, for a variety …
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