By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- For women with heavy periods, some newer menstrual products may offer more security than old-fashioned pads and tampons. That's among the findings of a new study…
Wegovy Lowered Users Heart Risks in New Trial
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- A large clinical trial weighing the medical merits of the obesity drug Wegovy has unearthed a significant positive side effect. Taking the medication cut the risk…
Bella Hadid Opens Up About Lyme Disease Battle
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- Top model Bella Hadid is talking about being "finally healthy" and feeling well after more than a decade of health issues, including Lyme disease. Hadid shared…
AHA News: Salty-Tasting Water Turned Out to Be…
By American Heart Association News>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Donnese Tyler's schedule was chock-full. With a husband, two sons, a demanding job in contracts management and a reluctance to say no…
Carcinogens Found at Montana Nuclear Missile Base as…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- An investigation into a high number of cancers at a Montana nuclear missile base has led to the discovery of unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen.…
Police Often Fail to Enforce Laws on Underage…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- Underage drinking is an issue in many U.S. communities, but the number of law enforcement agencies using alcohol-related enforcement strategies has remained low or dropped in…
Polluted Air Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- Doctors who overprescribe antibiotics are often blamed for medication-resistant illnesses, but new research points to another potential culprit: air pollution. Controlling air pollution could reduce antibiotic…
Step Up to a New School Year: Tips…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- Buying back-to-school shoes should be more about the right fit than the right look — but with luck you can combine the two. Shoes play a…
U.S. Heart Disease Death Rates Have Fallen Sharply…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- Fatal heart disease in the United States dropped about 4% a year between 1990 and 2019, but Americans need to quit smoking, drinking and overeating or…
Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 -- As the United States wrestles with soaring drug overdose deaths, new research finds that nurses, social and behavioral health care workers and health care support workers…