Nations Fail to Agree on Treaty on Preventing Next Pandemic

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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Following two years of tough negotiations, efforts to craft a global treaty to help countries fight future pandemics have failed, the World Health Organization has acknowledged.

"WHO Member States have ended intensive negotiations aimed at strengthening global capacities...

Binge-Eating Disorder Could Be Tougher to Kick Than Thought

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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Prior studies have suggested that binge eating disorder may not last long, but a more rigorous look at the illness finds that just isn't so.

“The big takeaway is that binge-eating disorder does improve with time, but for many people it lasts years,” said study first ...

Bird Flu Found in Beef Tissue; Officials Say It Did Not Enter Food Supply

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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TUESDAY, May 28 -- Bird flu virus has been detected in beef tissue from a sick dairy cow, but U.S. health officials stressed the country's meat supply remains safe.

In an update issued Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the cow had been culled because...

Scientists Developing mRNA-Based Vaccine Against H5N1 Bird Flu

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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An experimental mRNA vaccine against the H5N1 avian flu is highly effective in preventing severe illness and death in lab animals, researchers report.

The vaccine could help fight the H5N1 bird flu outbreaks now spreading in wild birds, poultry and cows in the United Sta...

AI Headphones Let Listeners Hear Just One Voice in a Crowd

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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New AI headphone technology can help people “tune in” to specific folks in a crowd, allowing them to better hear a speaker even in noisy environments.

With the system, called “Target Speech Hearing,” a user wearing headphones looks at a person speaking for three ...

Even a Small Urban Garden Can Boost Your Microbiome

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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A small urban garden can contribute to your health, especially if the garden contains rich soil, a new study shows.

A one-month indoor gardening period increased the bacterial diversity of participants’ skin and appeared to improve their response to inflammation, resea...

Weighted Blankets May Not Help Troubled Children Sleep

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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Weighted blankets are trendy items, largely based on the idea that the pressure of a heavy blanket will help a person more easily slip into slumber.

But they do little to help troubled children sleep better, a new study has found.

There was no difference in sleep b...

Strategy Could Expand Stem Cell Donor Pool for People Battling Blood Cancers

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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An older drug used in a new way could open the path for more patients with potentially deadly blood cancers to receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant, a new study finds.

The drug, cyclophosphamide, could help patients receive a stem cell transplant even if the donor i...

CDC Warns Again of Salmonella Tied to Backyard Poultry

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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Backyard chickens are causing outbreaks of salmonella across the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.

About 109 people in 29 states have gotten sick from salmonella after touching or caring for backyard poultry, the CDC said in a heal...

Epidurals Linked to Better Outcomes After Childbirth

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 28, 2024
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Women who get an epidural during delivery appear to have a marked reduction in serious complications the first few weeks after giving birth, a new study shows.

A painkilling epidural can reduce risk by 35% in women for complications like heart attack, heart failure, bloo...

Are You a 'Stress Bragger'? It's Probably Backfiring

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 27, 2024
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"Ugh, I'm so busy these days I can barely think straight. It's so crazy."

No doubt some friend or coworker (maybe even yourself) has moaned about how stressed and overworked they are.

Sometimes its fully justified, but in many cases folks see it as "stre...

Moms, Even When Kids Reject Your Advice, It's Still Helping Them

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 27, 2024
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Does advising your teen sometimes feel like talking to the proverbial brick wall?

Don't fret: New research shows that even when your preteen or teen gives your advice a flat "no way," your counsel is probably having an impact.

It may simply be tucked away by your...

Tea Was a Real Life Saver in 18th Century England

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 27, 2024
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Sipped from porcelain cups amid the music of Mozart and periwigs of the 1700s, tea was introduced to England and began its quiet work saving thousands of lives, new research confirms.

It wasn't the leaves that kept tea drinkers out of danger: It was the boiled water tea ...

Had a Joint Replaced? Your Infection Risk May Rise After Chemotherapy

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 27, 2024
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If you're one of the millions of Americans walking around with a new knee or hip, your odds for an infection in that joint rise if you ever have to undergo cancer chemotherapy, researchers report.

“Given the number of people of receiving total joint replacements each y...

Stay Safe From the Sun & That Backyard Grill This Memorial Day

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 26, 2024
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Memorial Day means firing up that backyard grill for the season, hopefully under warm, sunny skies.

You can be sure to enjoy the day without hazards by taking a few simple precautions, said Dr. Mike Ren, an associate professor of family and community medicine at Baylor ...

Gardeners, Landscapers: Watch Out for These High Heat Danger Signs

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 25, 2024
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Climate change is pushing daytime summer temperatures higher for longer periods of time, and that can spell real danger for folks who work outside, like gardeners and landscapers.

Protecting yourself in the heat and knowing the warning signs of heat-related illness is cr...

In Experiments, Mice Got Ill From Raw Milk Carrying Bird Flu Virus

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 24, 2024
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Confirming the dangers of drinking raw cow's milk when the H5N1 avian flu virus is circulating in U.S. dairy herds, researchers found that mice fed the milk quickly got ill.

"Our data indicate that HPAI A[H5N1] virus in untreated milk can infect susceptible animals that...

Colon Cancers Are Rising Among the Young: Know the Warning Signs

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 24, 2024
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Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter.

The analysis was based on data from 80 different studies, involving almost 25 million patients under the age of 50. ...

FDA Panel Gives Nod to Blood Test for Colon Cancer

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 24, 2024
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer.

The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits outweighed the risks when using the Guardant Health's Shield test for colon cancer.

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Louisiana Votes to Make Abortion Pills Controlled Substances

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 24, 2024
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Louisiana has become the first state to pass a law that designates abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances.

Once Gov. Jeff Landry signs the bill into law, as he is expected to do, possession of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol without a prescription would...