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Depression and Anxiety Increasing Steadily in Kids and Teens, Study Warns
More than 1 in 10 children and adolescents now experience anxiety, about 1 in 22 suffer from depression, according to new research.
Treating High Blood Pressure Significantly Lowers Dementia Risk, Study Finds
Proven interventions for high blood pressure lower the odds for dementia and cognitive decline, according to researchers.
What Today’s Supreme Court Hearing Means for Your Free Preventative Screenings
An important HealthDay conversation with Michael Sapienza, CEO, Colorectal Cancer Alliance, about Kennedy v. Braidwood, a Supreme Court case challenging the legality of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to recommend no-cost screenings to the government.
Scoring System Can Avoid Unnecessary Surgery For Clogged Arteries
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 24, 2025
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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) -- Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.
Patients with clogged arteries often undergo surgery to reopen blood vessels choked by plaques, but those pro...
Opioids Tough To Prescribe For Legitimate Patients, Doctors Say
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 24, 2025
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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients who legitimately need opioid painkillers are finding it more difficult to get the meds they need, due to guardrails established in response to the U.S. opioid crisis, a new study says.
Doctors who treat patients ...
Some OB/GYNS Stay in States With Abortion Bans, Despite Legal Risks
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 — Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, doctors who specialize in obstetrics and gynecology are still dealing with tough decisions about where to live and work.
A new study published in JAMA Netw...
Teen Cannabis Use Rises in Canada After Edibles Are Legalized
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Teen cannabis use rose significantly in parts of Canada after edibles were legalized, a new study shows.
The study found a 26% increase in teen cannabis use in provinces that began selling cannabis edibles and extracts i...
Federal Prosecutor Questions Medical Journals Over Alleged Bias
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — At least three medical journals have received letters from a top federal prosecutor questioning whether they mislead readers or allow political bias to influence what they decide to publish.
The letters were signed by Ed...
Antibiotics Might Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma, Allergies
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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Overuse of antibiotics might increase kids’ risk of developing asthma and allergies, by disrupting their gut bacteria during a crucial stage of child development, a new study says.
Exposure to antibiotics prior to age 2 is associated with a 24% increased risk of as...
Muscle Quality Could Be Key To Successful Hip Replacement
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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Folks are less likely to recover successfully from a total hip replacement if they have poor muscle quality going into the procedure, a small-scale study says.
Patients whose MRI scans revealed fatty hip muscle prior to surgery were more likely to perform poorly on movem...
Early Menopause Might Mean Greater Age-Related Brain Decline
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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Early menopause could be a warning sign for future age-related brain decline, a new study says.
Women who entered menopause before 40 had a greater cognitive decline than women who entered menopause after 50, according to a study published recently in the journal Alz...
Microplastics Could Be Contributing To Clogged Arteries
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s risk of heart attack or stroke, a new study says.
Fatty plaques in neck arteries can contain more than 50 times as much microplastics as ...
Psilocybin Use Dramatically Increasing In U.S.
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Recreational use of “magic mushroom” psilocybin skyrocketed in the U.S. during the early 2020s, as states began toying with legalization of the psychedelic drug, a new study says.
The number of adults 30 and ...
Mood Disorders Have Increased Among Kids, Teens
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2025
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Depression and anxiety have been increasing steadily among children and teenagers in recent years, a new study says.
More than 1 in 10 children (10.6%) suffered from anxiety in 2022, up from 7.1% in 2016, researchers reported April 21 in JAMA Pediatrics.
D...
Federal COVID Websites Now Promote Lab Leak Theory
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 — The Trump administration has replaced two major federal websites for COVID information with a new page that promotes the theory that the virus came from a lab in China.
Covid.gov and Covidtests.gov, which once helped people order COVID tes...
Trump Administration Plans Ban on More Synthetic Food Dyes
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration is expected to take new steps to remove artificial food dyes from the U.S. food supply, officials say.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makar...
RFK Jr.'s Major Autism Study To Use Private Health Records
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide private health data to researchers for U.S. health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new autism study.
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told advisers the aim is to help res...
Immune Therapy Works As Well In Senior Cancer Patients As In Younger Adults
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s well-known that a person’s immune system wears down over time, becoming less effective as folks progress through middle age and become seniors.
But that doesn’t appear to hinder the effectiveness of ...
Most Women Are Comfortable With AI-Assisted Mammography
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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Women are OK with having an AI program help doctors review mammograms performed for breast cancer screening, a new study says.
About 7 out of 10 women (71%) said they’re fine with an AI program providing backup for a radiologist’s review of their breast X-ray...
'The Talk' Is A Touchy Subject For Many Parents
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Talk.
It’s an anxiety-producing proposition for just about every parent — and as you might expect, opinions vary widely about when and how to have The Talk with a child nearing puberty.
Parents are ev...
School-Based Asthma Programs Keep Kids Healthy And Learning
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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Kids struggle with asthma as much at school as they do at home — possibly even more so, since it can be tough for them to access their medicine.
So why aren’t all schools offering them asthma therapy?
A new study says that school-based asthma therapy is...
Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found In Kids' Mattresses
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Babies and toddlers could be exposed to harmful chemicals while they sleep, due to compounds found in their mattresses, two new studies say.
Air samples taken from 25 children’s bedrooms revealed elevated levels of m...
Loneliness More Common Among Middle-Aged In U.S.
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2025
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TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness among seniors has been a huge concern among experts on aging as social isolation increases risk of dementia, health problems, psychological disorders and deaths.
But a new study suggests that, at least in the U....
