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05 Aug
Ditching Ultra-Processed Food Helps Move the Scale Faster
In a new study, people lost twice as much weight on a diet with minimally processed foods compared to one with ultra-processed foods.
04 Aug
Artificial Sweetener May Make Immunotherapy Less Effective in Cancer Patients
New research conducted in mice and humans finds the artificial sweetener sucralose changes gut bacteria in ways that can limit immunotherapy response in cancer patients.
01 Aug
Heavy Pot Use Linked to Increased Risk of Oral Cancer
A new study finds people with cannabis use disorder are more than three times as likely to develop oral cancer within five years.
U.K. Begins Major Research Effort Into Trans Youth Health
A large new study will follow the health and well-being of thousands of transgender and gender nonconforming young people in the U.K., researchers at King’s College London announced Thursday.
The $14 million study will track up to 3,000 children and teens who have received care from the National Health Service (NHS) for gender-relate...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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Florida Officials Warn About Raw Milk After 21 People Are Sickened
Health officials in Florida are warning folks about the dangers of drinking raw milk after 21 people got sick from products linked to a single farm.
The Florida Department of Health said six of the sickned individuals are children under age 10. Seven people were hospitalized, and two developed serious complications.
"Sanitation pract...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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Trump Moves to Bar Abortions at Veterans Affairs Hospitals
The Trump administration aims to bar U.S. veterans from receiving abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in cases of incest, rape or when the pregnancy puts their life at risk.
The move would revoke abortion access for vets and eligible family members expanded in 2022 under the Biden administration. The expansion includ...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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Organized Scientific Fraud Is Growing at Alarming Rate
The rise of “fake” science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns.
A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ever-increasing pace, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In fact, ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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Good Weight-Loss Diets Avoid Processed Foods, Study Finds
Want to drop some pounds? Drop the ultra-processed foods, a new study says.
People lost twice as much weight on a diet with minimally processed foods compared to one with ultra-processed products, even though both diets were nutritionally matched, researchers reported Aug. 4 in the journal Nature Medicine.
“The global ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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Veterans' Study Points to Better Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder
There’s a better way of treating binge eating disorder, a new study argues.
The method, called “regulation of cues,” reduced patients’ odds of binge eating by 20% compared to those who got standard cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), researchers reported Aug. 4 in JAMA Network Open.
“The study s...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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New Drug May Fight a Deadly Bone Marrow Disorder
A recently approved leukemia pill also might help some patients diagnosed with a deadly bone marrow disorder, a new pilot study says.
About 3 in 5 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) responded to treatment with olutasidenib (Rezlidhia), which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 2022 for patients with acute myel...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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How Accurate Is ChatGPT When Asked About Your Health?
ChatGPT is likely to be hit-or-miss when it comes to figuring out symptoms for a particular illness, a new study says.
The AI program has 49% to 61% accuracy when it comes to identifying symptoms associated with specific diseases, researchers reported recently in the journal iScience.
This might have to do with how AIs like ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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When Insurers Restrict MS Drug Coverage, Relapses Rise
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients might have a higher risk of relapse if their health insurance is stingy with prescriptions, a new study reports.
Patients with insurance plans that exclude coverage of some MS treatments have a significantly higher risk of developing new or worsening symptoms, researchers reported Aug. 1 in JAMA Network...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 5, 2025
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Freeze-Dried Fruit Recalled From Sam’s Club Over Listeria Risk
Popular freeze-dried fruit snacks sold at Sam’s Club are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination.
Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions, LLC is recalling some 15-count boxes of “Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack” after internal testing found the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, t...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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Presidential Fitness Test Returns to U.S. Schools
The Presidential Fitness Test is returning to U.S. schools after more than a decade.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to bring back the program, which aims to improve physical fitness among students. The test was launched in 1956 and ended in 2013.
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kenn...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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Couple Welcomes Baby From 1994 Embryo in Rare ‘Embryo Adoption’
An Ohio couple has welcomed a healthy baby boy from an embryo frozen for more than three decades, setting what doctors believe is a new world record.
Lindsey and Tim Pierce’s son was born last Saturday after developing from an embryo frozen in 1994 — exactly 11,148 days earlier.
The Pierces used embryo adoption, where unu...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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A Saliva-Based Test for Breast Cancer Might Be Near
In a small new study, a handheld saliva-sampling device successfully detected breast cancer 100% of the time, researchers said.
The study only involved 29 saliva samples, and more research is needed.
However, the results remain “very exciting because this device could improve access to breast cancer screening and si...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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MS May Begin Years Earlier Than Thought
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) begin experiencing new health issues up to 15 years before the classic signs of the illness appear, Canadian research shows.
“MS can be difficult to recognize as many of the earliest signs — like fatigue, headache, pain and mental health concerns — can be quite general and easily mistak...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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U.S. Murder-Suicides Are More Common Than Thought
Murder-suicides — where a person kills one or more people before killing themselves soon after — are sensational, but very rare.
Or are they?
New research finds that these tragedies are occurring more often in the United States than has been recognized.
Many are taking place between intimate partners, a...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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An Artificial Sweetener May Hamper Cancer Treatment
Findings from a study in mice suggest that using a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, could hamper certain immunotherapy treatments in cancer patients.
However, for folks reluctant to give up the ubiquitous sweetener, the same team of scientists may have found a way around the problem: Giving mice a supplement that boosts levels...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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Floods Have Big Downstream Effects on People's Health
Long after floodwaters recede, the impact of flooding on the health of older adults is profound, new research shows.
Rates of hospitalizations for a range of conditions affecting the skin and nervous system, as well as poisonings, injuries or mental health woes were all elevated during and after major floods, according to a new ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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Climate Change Will Send Many More Californians to the ER
California’s emergency departments will be more clogged than ever as climate change pushes daily temperatures higher, a study finds.
But there is one silver lining to the new research, however: Thousands of fewer deaths in California from extreme cold.
Nevertheless, high temperatures will also be flooding hospitals with p...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 4, 2025
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Scientists Find New Ecosystem in Deepest Trenches of Pacific Ocean
A scientific expedition into a region of the Pacific Ocean named for Hades, Greek god of the underworld, has uncovered an other-worldly ecosystem 30,000 feet deep.
"It’s a totally new thing that has not been seen before," said Dominic Papineau, an exobiologist at China’s State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Science and Intelligence...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- August 3, 2025
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Do Millipedes Hold Key to Pain Relief, Parkinson's Treatment?
To fend off predators, millipedes release defensive compounds that could one day play a part in treating pain and neurological diseases.
"These compounds are quite complex, so they’re going to take some time to synthesize in the lab," said chemist Emily Meyers, whose research specializes in leveraging the chemistry of underexplored e...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- August 2, 2025
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