On July 20, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Krintafel, a simpler, one-dose treatment, to prevent relapses of malaria.Associated Press file Standard treatment now takes two weeks…
On July 20, 2018, the maker of the permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports from women and repeated safety restrictions by U.S. regulators says it will stop…
Kendra Snyder, right, talks with patrons at Checkers Bar & Grill in Mount Union, Pa. At age 12, Snyder passed out from a condition where her heart was missing over…
In a July 12 Facebook post, Kelli Travers-Stafford wrote that her daughter Alexi mistakenly ate one of the cookies at a friend’s house despite her peanut allergy because the top…
‘For me, it’s personal,’ Redfield says
Joelle Dobrow demonstrates how she puts on her sleep apnea breathing device at her home in Los Angeles Thursday, July 12, 2018. It’s been two decades since doctors fully recognized…
An elderly couple walks down a hall in Easton, Pa. More elderly Americans are aging without a partner.Associated Press file I’ve had health issues in the past, so I know…
A closeup of a human brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. Autopsies on nearly 1,300 older…
But the endless unhealthy summertime eats don’t have to ruin your waistline and leave you feeling “blah.” Here are a few ideas to help you have a blast at your…
Experts say that while most physicians may recognize that diet is influential in health, they don’t learn enough about nutrition in medical school or the training programs that follow.Associated Press…
site poses unanswered health questions
A pharmacy technician prepares syringes containing fentanyl in the sterile medicines area of the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital, in Salt Lake City. Amid the nation’s opioid…
Ruddy turnstones, larger birds, and semipalmated sandpipers walk near the shoreline at Kimbles Beach, Middle Township, N.J. Each spring, shorebirds migrating from South America to the Arctic stop on the…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Qbrexza, the first drug developed to reduce excessive sweating, a common condition that can cause anxiety. Maker Dermira Inc. said June 29, 2018,…
Dr. Robert Redfield Jr., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, once known for condemning condoms and clean needles, now pledges to use all tools to end AIDS…
Associated Press file<br><br>A 10-year study released July 2, 2018, shows that coffee drinkers had a lower risk of death than abstainers, including those who downed at least eight cups daily.…
A man runs along the Schuylkill River on Kelly Drive in Philadelphia. In may seem like a contradiction, but more U.S. adults say they are exercising at the same time…
On June 17, 2018, people who have been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility…
Dr. Matthias Gromeier at his laboratory at Duke in Durham, N.C. Gromeier developed a modified poliovirus to attack glioblastoma brain tumor cells. One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has…
GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex is a medicine made from the marijuana plant but without THC. U.S. health regulators on Monday, June 25, 2018, approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana,…
Associated Press file<br><br>A child shines a light on hundreds of shoes at a memorial for those killed by Hurricane Maria, in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol in San Juan.…
Request to cancel came from a federal agency
Slices of human brains in the Mount Sinai Brain Bank that researchers are using to study Alzheimer’s disease. Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in…
The rate of smoking among adults in the U.S. fell to about 14 percent in 2017, according to new data released by the government Tuesday, June 19, 2018.Associated Press file…
A man plays a game at the Paris Games Week in Paris. The World Health Organization says that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition,…
A woman evaluates the aroma of a wine in California. On Friday, June 15, 2018, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins announced the NIH is shutting down a…
than a third of American adults at potential risk
Nearly 20 years ago, about nearly half of high school students said they drank at least one glass of milk a day. But now it’s down to less than a…
A new study comes to the somewhat counterintuitive conclusion that marathon runners have less arthritis than non-runners.Associated Press file The study Most people would assume that serious runners face a…
