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05 May
Newer Migraine Drugs Reduce Headache Days With Fewer Side Effects, Study Finds
A review in Annals of Internal Medicine finds most CGRP-targeted therapies cut migraine days by about two per month. Evidence for older medications was weaker, according to researchers.
04 May
Social Media Videos, Easy Access Raise Risk of Teen Inhalant Use
Two new studies find widespread social media exposure to inhalants is impacting young teens, especially girls.
01 May
High-Intensity Exercise After Breast Cancer Surgery Speeds Recovery, Study Finds
In a new study, breast cancer survivors who completed a three-month high-intensity resistance training program improved strength, mobility, balance, and muscle mass—supporting a faster return to everyday activities.
VR Training Helps Autistic People Navigate Police Encounters
People with autism find interactions with police officers to be difficult, if not harrowing.
They struggle to read social cues and can behave restlessly, increasing the risk that a police encounter might escalate, researchers say.
But an innovative virtual reality (VR) education program might help teens and adults with autism better ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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Weight Loss Surgeries Fall More Than 20% As Patients Turn To GLP-1 Meds, Experts Say
The number of weight-loss surgery procedures in the United States is dropping rapidly in the face of cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says.
These procedures dropped by more than 20% between 2022 and 2024, falling below 200,000 for the first time this decade, researchers reported Tuesday at a meeting of the American...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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Children Living Near Gas Stations Have Higher Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Children who live near a gas station are more likely to develop leukemia or other childhood cancers, a new study says.
Living within 250 meters (820 feet) of a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, and the risk increases the closer a child’s home is to the pump, researchers report in the journal Environmental Pollution.<...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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First Psych Ward Stay Signals Long-Term Mental Health Struggles For Nearly All Patients
A first-time psychiatric admission usually marks the beginning of a long-term struggle with mental illness, a new study says.
About 95% of patients return to mental health services in one way or another within two decades of their first admission to a psych ward, researchers found.
These patients either needed to be readmitted to the...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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HHS' Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals On Notice About Patients' Meals
Complaints about hospital food are certainly not new, and Jell-O and fruit juice are often the butt of related jokes. But the Trump administration has recently upped the ante.
It is urging the public to report hospitals and nursing homes that serve sugary drinks, nutrition shakes or meals that it says don’t meet dietary guidelines es...
- Stephanie Armour and KFF Health News HealthDay Reporters
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- May 6, 2026
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Supreme Court Issues Stay, Keeping Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available by Mail For Now
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. issued an order Monday that allows patients to continue accessing abortion pill, mifepristone, by mail, for now.
The one-sentence order pauses a Friday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans that required an in-person pickup for mifepristone, according to T...
- Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
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- May 5, 2026
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Newer Migraine Drugs Reduce Headache Days With Fewer Side Effects
Chronic migraine can be difficult to treat — but new research is helping identify the most effective options.
In a large new review, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed 43 clinical trials involving adults with chronic migraine, defined as headaches on 15 or more days a month.
The st...
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- May 5, 2026
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New Warning Labels Might Help People Cut Back On Drinking
Alcoholic beverages in the United States carry a warning label, but you’d be forgiven if they leave little impression.
In place since 1988, the label states the risks of drinking during pregnancy or while driving, along with a general notice that alcohol “may cause health problems.”
These small labels often go unnot...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 5, 2026
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New Drug Combo Effective Against Treatment-Resistant IBD, Trials Show
A new combination drug therapy could help people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for whom other medicines have stopped working, according to a pair of new studies.
The treatment combines two drugs already approved to treat inflammatory diseases, guselkubam (Tremfya) and golimumab (Simponi), researchers are reporting today at a joint ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 5, 2026
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Ozempic Can Curb Cravings in Alcohol Use Disorder, Landmark Trial Finds
Ozempic can help people who are battling alcoholism, a major new clinical trial has concluded.
People with alcohol use disorder taking semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) had significantly fewer heavy drinking days compared to patients assigned a placebo, researchers reported May 2 in The Lancet.
People on semaglutide also dr...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 5, 2026
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US on the Brink of Losing Measles-free Status, Study Warns
The United States is moving quickly toward losing its status as a measles-free nation, a new study says.
The nation has missed four of seven markers set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after experts declared measles eradicated in 2000, researchers report in The Lancet.
These include a surge in me...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 5, 2026
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FDA Green Lights Expanded Access to Pancreatic Cancer Drug, Daraxonrasib
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted expanded access for the use of an experimental pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib.
This means the drug will be available for early access to those who previously received conventional treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). A healthcare provider must requ...
- Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
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- May 4, 2026
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Online Misinformation Adding To Americans' Skin Cancer Risk, Survey Finds
Misinformation is putting more than 16 million Americans at increased risk for skin cancer, a new American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) survey has concluded.
Nearly 3 in 5 Americans (57%) regularly use sunscreen, the annual Practice Safe Sun Survey found.
But more than 16 million adults say they’ve reduced or stopped using suns...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 4, 2026
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Social Media Videos, Easy Access Raise Risk of Teen Inhalant Use
New research is raising alarms about inhalants, which are often portrayed online as harmless while putting teens at real risk.
Two new studies point to a troubling pattern: Younger teens, especially girls, may be more vulnerable — and social media is a major source of exposure.
In one study, recently published in the Journ...
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- May 4, 2026
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'Fitspirational' Posts Can Be More Harmful Than Motivational, Review Concludes
Social media is filled with posts about exercising and clean eating that are meant to inspire folks and encourage healthier habits.
But these "fitspirational” posts can do more harm than good with their depictions of idealized, toned bodies, a new evidence review says.
The motivational posts frequently led to unrealistic compar...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 4, 2026
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Surgeon Multitasking Increases Death Risk Of Organ Transplantees
MONDAY, May 4, 2026 (HealthDay News) — People undergoing transplants do better if their surgeon isn’t forced to multitask during their daily operations, a new study shows.
Death rates among transplant patients increase by 15% when surgeons switch between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, researchers reported ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 4, 2026
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Parents’ Stress Tied to Children’s Mental Health, New Survey Finds
Allison Tomlin, a mom of two boys in Hilliard, Ohio, knows what it’s like to worry about kids’ mental health — and how hard it is for parents to find the right approach.
“A lot of times, parents are so focused on the fix that they dismiss the feelings,” Tomlin said. “Then kids shut down because if they'r...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 4, 2026
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FDA Recalls Several Ghirardelli Powdered Beverages Over Potential Contamination
Several powdered beverage mixes by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company are being recalled due to possible concerns of Salmonella contamination.
Ghirardelli issued the recall out of caution following a previous recall of potentially contaminated milk powder from a third-party supplier, California Dairies, Inc.
That milk powde...
- Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
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- May 1, 2026
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High-Intensity Exercise After Breast Cancer Surgery Helps Speed Recovery
After breast cancer surgery, many women are told to limit how much — and how soon — they exercise.
"Traditional guidelines question how soon women treated for breast cancer can exercise and how much weight they can safely lift, particularly in mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection patients who have had extensive surgery...
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- May 1, 2026
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Trump Offers Third Candidate For Surgeon General After Pulling Dr. Casey Means' Nomination
The White House has hit the reset button on its search for the next U.S. surgeon general.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is withdrawing the nomination of Dr. Casey Means and tapping Dr. Nicole Saphier to serve as the nation’s top doctor and health educator.
The move follows weeks of debate on Capitol Hill. Wh...
- Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
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- May 1, 2026
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