By Susan E. Spratt, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- You have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What are your medication options? That depends…
How to Care for Your Heart During a…
By Jerome Federspiel, MD, PhD Asst. Prof. of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Duke University School Of Medicine HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- Pregnancy triggers many changes to the body, but there's one that may surprise many women.…
FDA Sends Warning to Companies Selling THC Products…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- Several companies are selling copycat food items that have the potential to trick people, including children, into consuming dangerous quantities of cannabis. On Wednesday the U.S.…
Program Helps Folks Battling Mental Illness Beat Another…
By Sarah D. Collins HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- Dr. Richard Stumacher’s coworker at Northwell Health in New York City used to smoke to curb her severe anxiety, and tried multiple times to stop.…
Australian Footballer Is First Female Athlete to Receive…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- Heather Anderson, a star Australian rules football player who died last November, is the first female professional athlete to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or…
FDA Approves First Blood Test to Predict Preeclampsia…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- A new blood test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can predict imminent preeclampsia, helping pregnant women who are at risk of this severe…
Long-Acting, Injected HIV Meds Can Help Tough-to-Treat Patients
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- For nearly three decades, daily antiretroviral pills have offered patients living with HIV a highly effective way to keep their infection under control. But some patients,…
AHA News: Trim, Fit and 53, His Heart…
By American Heart Association News>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Ed Frauenheim frequently walked the hilly streets around his San Francisco neighborhood. One summer day, he took long strides to his favorite…
Access to Medical Marijuana Wont Lower Use of…
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 -- Medical marijuana is touted as a pain reliever, but in U.S. states where it's legal, prescriptions for opioid or non-opioid painkillers haven't decreased, a new study…
More Than Three-Quarters of Americans 16 and Older…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter>WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 – While a little more than half of American adults think they’ve had COVID-19, the reality is about 77.5% have been infected at least once, new government…