THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- A strain of highly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea first emerged in China in 2016, and cases of this tough-to-treat infection have tripled there in just five years, Chi...
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lu...
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- A good night’s sleep can make you feel years younger, while crummy sleep leaves you doddering around like an oldster, a new study shows. Sleeping well enough to feel...
https://www.drugs.com/news/good-sleep-can-make-you-feel-young-118414.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Imbibing more than a drink per day significantly raises heart risks for all, but binge drinking is especially harmful, particularly for women, new research shows. “W...
https://www.drugs.com/news/binge-drinking-boosts-heart-risks-especially-women-118403.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- There's been a big push over the past few years to get automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed in public spaces, to help save lives threatened by cardiac ar...
https://www.drugs.com/news/often-nearby-defibrillators-go-unused-cardiac-arrest-118404.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Folks with genetically-driven stress are more likely to suffer heart attacks after nerve-wracking events or times of unrest, a new study shows. People with above-avera...
https://www.drugs.com/news/stressed-some-genes-could-raise-your-heart-attack-risk-118405.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data s...
https://www.drugs.com/news/u-s-mpox-cases-rising-again-vaccinations-lag-118402.html
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 -- Puerto Rico has declared a dengue epidemic following a surge in cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. territory. In total, there have been 549 cases, includi...
https://www.drugs.com/news/puerto-rico-declares-dengue-epidemic-cases-climb-118406.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Seniors wound up with lower blood pressure after they were coached to get up and move more often, a new study says. Health coaching successfully reduced sitting time f...
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- The contraceptive injection Depo-Provera and two drugs used for menopause relief could be linked to a heightened risk for brain tumors in some women, a new study warns...
https://www.drugs.com/news/hormonal-meds-birth-control-menopause-linked-brain-tumors-118407.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Out of a host of possible risk factors for dementia, three really stood out in a new analysis: Diabetes, air pollution and alcohol. British and American researchers us...
https://www.drugs.com/news/these-3-factors-make-your-brain-more-vulnerable-dementia-118408.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Suicidal thoughts and contemplation of death haunt the minds of many rural Black men in the United States, a new study reports. One in three rural Black men said they ...
https://www.drugs.com/news/rate-suicidal-thoughts-among-black-men-rural-america-study-118409.html
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Living in a poor and unhealthy neighborhood could nearly double a person’s risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study says. The findings indicate that all the fac...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Some folks struggling with obesity appear to be hampered by their own genes when it comes to working off those extra pounds, a new study finds. People with a higher g...
https://www.drugs.com/news/obesity-genes-mean-some-folks-must-exercise-more-same-results-118379.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- ADHD stimulant medications like Ritalin or Adderall appear linked to a heightened risk for cardiomyopathy (a weakening of the heart muscle), and the risk grows with t...
https://www.drugs.com/news/adhd-meds-tied-heart-damage-young-adult-users-118380.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- A major review of data confirms that getting less than the recommended amount of sleep each night is a risk factor for high blood pressure. Data collected in 16 studi...
https://www.drugs.com/news/sleep-troubles-can-raise-your-blood-pressure-study-118381.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Following oral arguments presented on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court looked poised to rebuff a legal challenge to women's access to the abortion pill. Mifepristone i...
https://www.drugs.com/news/scotus-appears-skeptical-arguments-curb-abortion-pill-access-118378.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Folks who consistently work out two to three times a week are less likely to suffer from insomnia, a new study says. That sort of long-term commitment to exercise als...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- People worry about deadly viruses leaping from animals into humans, but a new study suggests that wildlife is more at risk than humans are. Roughly twice as many viru...
https://www.drugs.com/news/animals-catch-more-viruses-us-than-we-do-them-118386.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Migraines in young adults appear to increase their risk of stroke more than traditional risk factors like high blood pressure, a new study reports. Results show that ...
https://www.drugs.com/news/young-adults-migraine-may-face-higher-stroke-risk-118387.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Fried foods not only wreck the waistline, but they could also be harming the brain, a new study of lab rats suggests. Fed chow that was fried in sesame or sunflower o...
https://www.drugs.com/news/could-deep-frying-foods-harm-brain-rat-study-suggests-might-118384.html
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- The odds in the United States that a well-functioning donor heart will go to a Black man are lower than for white transplant candidates of either gender, new research...
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- Youngsters might have good cause to think they’re brainier than their parents or grandparents, a new study finds. It turns out that human brains are getting larger ...
https://www.drugs.com/news/human-brains-getting-larger-each-generation-118385.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 -- Chemicals found in common household products might damage the brain's wiring, a new study warns. These chemicals -- found in disinfectants, cleaners, hair products, fur...
https://www.drugs.com/news/common-household-chemicals-could-harm-brain-118363.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 — New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot. Just ask them to. And then reinforce the invitation with a little vid...
https://www.drugs.com/news/ers-might-good-spots-offer-flu-shots-118354.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2025 -- A protein that shuts down immune cells in the lungs could be key to a new treatment for asthma attacks, a new report says. The naturally occurring protein, called Piezo...
https://www.drugs.com/news/researchers-find-new-way-curb-asthma-attacks-118355.html
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2024 -- Milk from dairy cows in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico has tested positive for the presence of bird flu, U.S. officials say. In a news release issued Monday, the U.S. De...
https://www.drugs.com/news/bird-flu-found-dairy-cows-texas-kansas-new-mexico-118356.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 — Honey bees fly to flowers whenever the weather is right, and warmer autumns and winters are putting these crop pollinators at risk, researchers warn. Using climate and...
https://www.drugs.com/news/warmer-autumns-may-doom-hardworking-honey-bees-118360.html
TUESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine nationwide access to the abortion pill, a new study finds requests for the m...
https://www.drugs.com/news/abortion-rose-after-dobbs-decision-118357.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 -- It’s hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they’ll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to ...
https://www.drugs.com/news/urinary-implant-helps-alert-patients-gotta-go-118361.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 -- Six out of every 10 stroke survivors wind up struggling with depression later in their lives, a new study says. That compares to the 22% depression rate of the general ...
https://www.drugs.com/news/6-10-stroke-survivors-struggle-depression-years-later-118359.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 -- The bright lights of the big city might seem exciting, but they could also raise a person’s risk of stroke, a new study suggests. Bright artificial lights that illumi...
https://www.drugs.com/news/could-bright-outdoor-lights-night-raise-stroke-risk-118358.html
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 — Less than 9% of rural Americans who abuse both opioids and alcohol are prescribed medications to treat both disorders, new research reveals. Naltrexone treats both opi...
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Federal regulators are taking a second stab at banning the controversial use of electroshock devices to manage the behavior of patients with intellectual and development...
https://www.drugs.com/news/fda-may-ban-electroshock-devices-some-psychiatric-patients-118338.html
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Ahead of a total solar eclipse arriving April 8, new research finds there was a temporary rise in U.S. traffic accidents around the time of a solar eclipse back in 2017....
https://www.drugs.com/news/total-solar-eclipse-2017-linked-brief-rise-traffic-accidents-118337.html
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is announcing a temporary shortage of two of its insulin products. "The 10 mL vials of Humalog® and Insulin Lispro Injection are or will be te...
https://www.drugs.com/news/eli-lilly-warns-2-insulin-products-short-supply-118327.html
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Babies who die unexpectedly in their sleep often are subjected to many hazards that could have contributed to their deaths, a new study reports. Multiple unsafe sleep pr...
https://www.drugs.com/news/tally-infant-sids-deaths-shows-many-unsafe-sleep-practices-118331.html
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Vitamin supplements are a big business, with Americans spending roughly $45 billion out of more than $177 billion worldwide on pills, gummies and powders meant to boost ...
https://www.drugs.com/news/do-you-need-supplements-if-you-eat-healthy-diet-118336.html
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Australian researchers say they have identified a gene mutation that causes the skin disease psoriasis. A chronic inflammatory condition, psoriasis causes red, scaly, it...
https://www.drugs.com/news/mouse-study-yields-clues-why-psoriasis-worsens-118333.html
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- It’s well-known that dogs can learn words for spoken commands like “sit,” “stand” and “heel.” But a new study has found they also can tell their “ball-ba...
https://www.drugs.com/news/your-dog-may-understand-words-certain-objects-118335.html