Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- A new melanoma vaccine has shown its mettle in battling the deadly skin cancer in a new trial.People with advanced melanomas who received…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Hours plunked down in front of the TV or staring at a phone screen in childhood could bring poor heart health decades later,…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from stem cell therapy, a large, new clinical trial has found.Injections of stem cells programmed to…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- “Long COVID” has become a well-known potential consequence of COVID infection, with symptoms that can last weeks, months or even years.Now it appears…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Allowing women to schedule their own mammography appointments increases the likelihood they’ll follow through on the screening, a new study reports.“Self-scheduling helps make…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Smoking shrinks the human brain, and once that brain mass is lost then it’s gone for good, a new study warns.Brain scans from…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- The first postpartum depression pill approved for use in the United States is now available to women who need it, the drug's makers…

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com.By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Low vaccination rates for the flu, RSV and COVID-19 are putting Americans at higher risk for severe illness and hospitalization this winter, a…