7 important health stories you might have missed this week: Catch up here
by With the week ahead beckoning, check out some of the top recent stories in Health that you may have missed, or have been meaning to …
Could your car make you sick? Study highlights potentially cancerous toxins in vehicles
Americans may be breathing in cancer-causing chemicals while they’re driving, recent research suggested. Environmental experts offered input on the potential risk.Americans may be breathing in …
Feeling hungrier than usual? Your sleep schedule could be the culprit, an expert says
Not sleeping enough could cause your appetite to spike, experts say. A nutritional biologist discusses how poor quality of sleep could be making you hungry, …
Summer is tick season, but these tips can help you avoid the bloodsucking bugs
Ticks become most active in the summer months. Researcher Santiago Sánchez-Vicente offers tips on how to protect yourself from the bloodsuckers this tick season.Ticks become …
Study Suggests Waiting Longer Before Withdrawing Life Support
by A review of a limited number of cases of unresponsive patients with severe traumatic brain injuries raised questions about a custom of making a decision …
Melanoma patients reveal dramatic stories for Skin Cancer Awareness Month: ‘I thought I was careful’
For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, two melanoma patients shared their stories of how they overcame the invasive form of the disease. A dermatologist also revealed …
CDC, WebMD give update on current bird flu outbreak: ‘Be alert, not alarmed’
As bird flu continues to spread among cattle in the U.S., the CDC and WebMD joined forces on Thursday to present a live-streamed briefing on …
FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer
The treatment is for patients with small cell lung cancer, which afflicts about 35,000 people in the U.S. a year.The treatment is for patients with …
Young vaper who required double lung transplant shares warnings as e-cigarette sales rise
Jackson Allard’s parainfluenza escalated to pneumonia, then acute respiratory stress syndrome. After 70 days on life support, the North Dakota man received a double lung …
C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox
A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and …