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May 10, 2023 – Health care professionals should check their own biases about their patients’ weight, a leading group of experts said this week. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology makes recommendations aimed at reducing weight bias, or negative ideas about excess body weight, as well as weight stigma, defined as thoughts and acts of discrimination toward… […]

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More patients are choosing radiation therapy over surgery to treat their early-stage lung cancer, but a new study argues they might be making a mistake.People who are good surgical candidates for lung cancer appear to have a five-year survival rate that’s 15 percentage points lower… […]

May 10, 2023 — Advisors from the FDA made strides today toward approving the country’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, voting unanimously that widening the pill’s availability would provide more benefits than harm. The FDA approval of the oral contraceptive Opill – a 0.075mg daily tablet also called the “mini pill” as it only contains the… […]

In part one of our three-part series, Molly Seidel, an Olympic medalist, talks about her journey with ADHD and OCD as a young athlete. Now, she’s helping others to finish their race. Professional marathoner and Olympian Molly Seidel was first diagnosed with OCD in college. While that diagnosis helped her start to understand what was… […]

May 9, 2023 – Women should start being screened for breast cancer at age 40 instead of waiting until 50, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Tuesday in a draft recommendation statement.The critical change in age for mammograms also includes the recommendations for screening every other year and sets a cutoff age of 74. The… […]

May 9, 2023 – The federal public health emergency for COVID-19, in place in the United States for more than 3 years, ends on Thursday. The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services first issued the emergency declaration under the Public Health Services Act, and it was renewed repeatedly – until now.This is… […]

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While newborns are only screened for about 60 treatable conditions, there are hundreds of genetic disorders that have targeted treatments.Now, a national survey of experts in rare diseases found the vast majority support DNA sequencing in healthy newborns.Testing, surveillance and treatment options exist for over… […]

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — What puts kids at risk for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and what could help prevent it?A review of 36 observational studies that included 6.4 million kids offers some key clues.Taking antibiotics at an early age, eating a Western diet and living in a more… […]

May 9, 2023 – Is there a link between sleepwalking and the sleep disorder insomnia? Sleepwalking, also called somnambulism, affects approximately 4% of the U.S. population on a regular basis – although many more people may not be aware they do it. (Sleepwalking is classified as a parasomnia, or abnormal behavior while you’re asleep.)Sleepwalking can happen when… […]

By Denise Mann HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When Ann Alexander underwent chemotherapy to treat breast cancer a decade ago, she was warned about potential hair loss, nausea and vomiting.The 73-year-old wasn’t, however, told about the potential side effects of radiation therapy, namely acute radiation dermatitis. Symptoms can range from mild to severe,… […]