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By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A “peanut patch” worn on the skin may help protect toddlers who have potentially life-threatening peanut allergies, a new clinical trial shows.The patch is a form of immunotherapy, which means it exposes peanut-allergic children to tiny bits of peanut protein over time — with the… […]

May 11, 2023 — In 2017, Shangwen Kennedy, an experienced, Harvard-trained architect and urban designer, wanted to try something new: Creating spaces that would improve the health and well-being of people who use them.She and her husband bought a small inn in Encinitas, CA, near San Diego, and conducted an extensive renovation of land and… […]

In part three of our three-part series, Olympic medalist Molly Seidel, she talks about working on her mental health every day. Molly Seidel knows a thing or two about the work it takes to succeed: She is one of only three American women to medal in the Olympics marathon. After receiving her ADHD diagnosis and trying… […]

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Toxic chemicals that develop from car exhaust, smoking and backyard grilling might increase your risk of developing the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests.These chemicals are called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). They form as coal, oil, gas, wood or tobacco burn. Flame grilling… […]

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 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… […]

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… […]

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 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… […]