Health

June 13, 2023 – In 1993, Lynne Matallana was living a “wonderful life.” Newly married, the 38-year-old Californian was a partner in an advertising agency. But her life was upended after surgery for endometriosis. “I actually woke up during the surgery, and the next day, I developed excruciating pain – beyond excruciating – and became bedridden,”… […]

June 13, 2023 – If you want to see the future of health care, just peek at your wrist. As smartwatches and fitness trackers get more popular – some one in five Americans wear one – scientists are investigating how to use their data for a variety of health applications. Studies suggest that smartwatches could detect infections like COVID-19,… […]

June 12, 2023 – Johnna Mendenall had never been “the skinny friend,” she said, but the demands of motherhood – along with a sedentary desk job – made weight management even more difficult. Worried that family type 2 diabetes would catch up with her, she decided to start Wegovy shots for weight loss.She was nervous… […]

If you have diabetes and obesity, you may hear your combined conditions referred to as “diabesity.”In the WebMD webinar “Diabesity: When You Have Diabetes and Obesity,” Robert F. Kushner, MD, explained what diabesity is, what raises your risk, and how weight loss, lifestyle changes, and medications can help. Kushner is medical director of Northwestern Center for… […]

June 12, 2023 — Teresa Stull swears by her multivitamin formulation. Tired of taking pills, the 62-year-old esthetician and business owner in Frederick, MD, turned to a daily liquid formulation for skin health and inflammation. She was attracted to the product (which she also carries for her clients) because of its high absorption rate, the… […]

DON DIZON: Hi. Don Dizon. I’m a professor of medicine and professor of surgery at Brown University, and I treat pelvic cancers. And I’m here at ASCO ’23. And one of the studies that was presented was called the SHAPE Trial, and it looked at people presenting with early cervical cancer. This was disease that… […]

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.The loungers were recalled in September 2021 because of eight baby deaths. An… […]

By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new transplant method that “reanimates” donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found — in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United States.The trial tested an approach that allows doctors to transplant… […]

JULIA ROTOW: I’m Dr. Julia Rotow. I’m a thoracic medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. So EGFR-mutated lung cancer is a subset of lung cancer diagnoses that’s most likely to affect younger individuals and individuals with a minimal or absent history of tobacco use.And this occurs in approximately 15% to 20%… […]

FUMIKO CHINO: My name is Fumiko Chino and I’m a treating Radiation Oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. And I specialize in the treatment of breast and gynecological cancers. I have a research focus on access, affordability, and equity in cancer care. And my primary research topic is on the financial… […]