In-Home Gun Deaths of Children Have More Than Doubled

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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In-home firearm homicides of children and teenagers have more than doubled since 2010, according to a new study.

Nearly a quarter of children and teenagers killed by guns died in their own homes between 2020 and 2021, including two-thirds of child victims 12 and under, a...

TikTok For Sex Advice? Check The Source, Study Suggests

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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Teenagers and young adults turning to TikTok for sexual health advice would do well to make sure videos are produced by qualified health professionals, a new study says.

More than 20% of sexual health-related TikToks created by non-medical influencers contained inaccurat...

Golf Cart Injuries On The Rise Among Kids

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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More kids are being hurt in golf cart accidents, a new study says.

Golf cart injuries among children have steadily increased over the past three years, researchers reported Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ annual meeting in Denver.

Nine out of 10...

Hidden Signs Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Found In Blood Long Before Diagnosis

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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An invisible storm might rage for years inside the bodies of people at risk for rheumatoid arthritis, prior to any joint pain occurring, a new study says.

These folks experience dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms, researchers reported in the jo...

Mouse Study Offers Cautionary Tale About The Keto Diet

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• September 28, 2025
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It sounds counterintuitive: Eat more fat and lose more weight.

But it’s the underpinning of a keto diet — a controversial eating regimen designed to retrain the body to rely on something other than sugar for energy. The regimen is rich in meat, eggs, high-fa...

Wildfires in Western U.S. Play a Role in Global Warming, Research Shows

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• September 27, 2025
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Wildfires are an increasingly common feature of life in American West, and researchers are working overtime to understand how the resulting smoke affects air quality, human health and climate change.

"Wildfires do not emit ozone directly," Jan Mandel, a professor emeritu...

Tylenol Refutes Old Post as Pregnancy Safety Debate Resurfaces

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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The maker of Tylenol is pushing back against resurfaced claims that its popular pain reliever is unsafe for pregnant women.

Kenvue, the parent company of Tylenol, issued a statement Thursday after an old and now-deleted 2017 social media post resurfaced suggesting it did...

New World Screwworm Parasite Detected in Northern Mexico Near U.S. Border

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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A dangerous parasite once eliminated in the United States has been detected in northern Mexico, close to the U.S. border.

Mexico’s agriculture ministry confirmed Sunday that an 8-month-old cow in Nuevo León tested positive for New World screwworm. The animal...

Gene Therapy Slows Huntington’s Disease in Early Trial

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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A new gene therapy has shown promise in slowing the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early trial results released Wednesday.

In a Phase 1/2 study, patients given a high dose of UniQure’s experimental therapy AMT-130 experienced a 75% slowing ...

Sprout Organics Widens Recall of Baby Food Pouches for Possible Lead

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Sprout Organics has widened its recall of 3.5-ounce Sweet Potato, Apple & Spinach pouches because some lots may contain elevated levels of lead.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the recall, first announced Sept. 16, now covers additional lots sold onl...

Dangerous TikTok Challenge Still Active, Five Years Later

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Teenagers and young adults are still harming themselves as part of a social media challenge that’s now five years old.

The Benadryl Challenge, which started in 2020 on TikTok, has spread to other social media platforms and is still being attempted by foolhardy youn...

Early MS Patients Fare Worse If They Eat Junk Food

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Ultra-processed foods could be making matters worse for people in the early throes of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study says.

Higher consumption of ultra-processed eats is linked to more frequent relapses in early MS patients, researchers reported Thursday at the annu...

Backup Cameras Save Kids' Lives, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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The number of kids hurt or killed by a reversing car dramatically dropped after backup cameras were required in new vehicles, according to a new study.

Cases of children severely injured by a car in reverse fell by half following the 2018 federal mandate requiring backup...

Routine Community Screening Catches Undiagnosed Asthma

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Routine screening can help find kids who are suffering from undiagnosed asthma in communities with high levels of the breathing disorder, a new study says.

Asthma screening during well-child visits found that more than two-thirds (35%) of children with no previous diagno...

COVID-19 Damage To Sense Of Smell Long-Lasting And Subtle, Study Suggests

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person’s sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might not even notice it, a new study says.

In all, 4 out of 5 people who reported that COVID had altered their sense of smell still scored low on a clinical scent de...

Longevity Secrets From The World's Oldest Person

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Maria Branyas Morera was the oldest living person in the world when she died at 117 in August 2024, and she passed with one fervent wish.

“Señora Branyas told us: ‘Please study me so I can help others,’ ” Dr. Manel Esteller, chair of geneti...

Are Your Fruits & Veggies Hiding Pesticides? New Study Says Yes

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 25, 2025
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Eating fruits and vegetables is key to good health, but a new study suggests that choosing produce with higher pesticide residues may boost the amount of these chemicals leaching into the body.

Researchers linked the types of produce people eat with levels of pesticides ...

Measles Outbreak Spreads in Arizona-Utah Border Communities

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 25, 2025
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One of the largest measles outbreaks in decades is spreading along the Arizona-Utah border, with dozens of confirmed cases among unvaccinated children.

Southwest Utah has reported 27 cases so far, nearly all in unvaccinated school-age children, local health officials sai...

Syphilis in Newborns Keeps Rising, Despite Drop in Adult STI Cases

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 25, 2025
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) declined in U.S. adults last year, but syphilis passed from mothers to newborns continued to climb, new federal data shows.

Tentative numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal a third straight yea...

Kids’ Eyes Getting Worse? Air Pollution May Be to Blame

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 25, 2025
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Air pollution is known to raise the risk of heart disease, strokes and breathing problems, but new research suggests it may also harm something else: kids’ vision.

In a study of nearly 30,000 schoolchildren in Tianjin, China, researchers found that kids exposed to ...