New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study indicates., Read MoreContinue Reading
Discrimination — prejudiced actions toward people based on their identity — may cause stress that impairs gut health and lead to the growth of unhealthy bacteria that promote inflammation, a new study has found., Read MoreContinue Reading
Virtual yoga can be a successful and accessible way to manage chronic low back pain — a common ailment with major consequences, a new study suggests., Read MoreContinue Reading
The nation’s depleted supply of IV solutions is recovering after a North Carolina facility recently resumed production after Hurricane Helene temporarily put it out of business., Read MoreContinue Reading
Health officials in Britain have detected the country’s first confirmed human case of a new strain of mpox that has been spreading throughout Africa., Read MoreContinue Reading
Slivered onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders and other menu items caused a recent E. coli outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday., Read MoreContinue Reading
People in clinically at-risk groups are being urged to get their free Covid-19 and flu vaccinations this winter. NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough said only 27% of those eligible for the Covid vaccine, and 35% of those eligible for a flu vaccine in the two areas – plus Royston, in HertfordshireContinue Reading
The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi an…, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced, Read MoreContinue Reading
Deaths from cardiovascular disease have surged among adults ages 25 to 64 living in rural areas, a new study shows., Read MoreContinue Reading
Voters backed abortion rights in seven of the 10 states where the issue appeared on ballots Tuesday, including in Missouri, among the first states to ban abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections with its 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…Read MoreContinue Reading
Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month, Read MoreContinue Reading
After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, Read MoreContinue Reading