Do Not Eat Wild Mushrooms, Officials Warn After Poisonings Turn Deadly

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — California health officials are warning people not to collect or eat wild mushrooms after a toxin found in some types poisoned nearly two dozen people and killed one.

The California Poison Control System reported 21 cases lin...

Educational Video Game Helps Kids Learn Science, Study Finds

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Video games often have a bad reputation as being a distraction, but a new study suggests they may help kids build important science skills.

University of Georgia researchers created an educational video game that helps elemen...

Air Pollution Undermines Health Benefits Of Exercise, Evidence Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution can undermine some of the health benefits active folks expect to derive from regular exercise, a new study says.

The protective effect exercise should have on people’s risk of death was cut by half among t...

Laughing Gas Relieves Depression, Evidence Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Laughing gas might live up to its name for people struggling with depression, a major new study says.

Treatment with nitrous oxide can provide rapid relief for people with depression, especially those who aren’t helped ...

TikTok Videos Mislead On Epilepsy Care, Experts Say

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fake clickbait TikTok videos about epilepsy treatments are receiving more views than accurate, evidence-based offerings, a new study says.

More than half of TikTok videos regarding epilepsy featured claims that were false, mi...

Want To Save Rural Hospitals? Send Patients Home To Recover, Study Argues

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Discharging hospital patients early to recover at home might be key to saving rural health care, a new study says.

Rural patients cost a good deal less to care for during recovery at home than in a hospital, researchers recen...

One Million More U.S. Kids Became Obese During COVID Pandemic

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Roughly 1 million American kids became obese during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says.

Childhood obesity rates in the U.S. rose from around 21% pre-pandemic to nearly 23% during the global health crisis, researchers rep...

Depression Increases Epilepsy Risk, Makes It Harder To Treat

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 8, 2025
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MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with depression have a more than doubled risk of developing epilepsy, a new study says.

Worse, depression then makes epilepsy more difficult to treat, according to results of a second study.

Both papers, presente...

Healthy Routines Can Stay on Track — Even During Holiday Chaos

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 7, 2025
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SUNDAY, Dec. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The holidays can bring travel, busy schedules and family events, and for many people, that means healthy habits slip. But experts say staying well during this time doesn’t require perfection.

It’s not just the sch...

New GLP-1 Implant May Help Overweight Pets, Study Underway

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 6, 2025
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SATURDAY, Dec. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Weight loss drugs aren’t just for people anymore; They may soon be available for your furry friend.

A California company, Okava Pharmaceuticals, has launched a clinical trial testing a GLP-1–based weight loss tr...

Breaking: CDC Panel Votes to No Longer Recommend Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to change a long-standing recommendation that all newborns in the United States receive the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they are born.

The group, known as the Advisory Committ...

From AI to Wearables: WHO Outlines Global Plan for Digital Health Tools

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Make way for digital health. Smart watches and health apps aren’t just for fitness enthusiasts and people with access to advanced care — the World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to these and other digital tech dev...

U.S. Stillbirth Rate Falls 2%, but Nearly 20,000 Losses Still Reported

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. stillbirth rate dropped slightly last year, offering some hope after several years of uncertainty, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The report, released Dec. 3, fo...

Self-Swab HPV Tests Now Supported for Cervical Cancer Screening

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Routine cervical cancer screening is getting a new option: Self-swab HPV tests, according to updated guidance released Dec. 4 by the American Cancer Society (ACS).

Experts say offering a test that women can collect themselves...

San Francisco Sues Food Giants Over “Addictive” Processed Foods

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — San Francisco is taking some of the country’s biggest food companies to court, claiming they knowingly sold ultraprocessed foods that harm health and are designed to keep people eating more.

The lawsuit, announced Tuesd...

Germophobes Can Breathe Easy On Airplanes, In Hospitals, Experts Say

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Germophobes can breathe a little easier when visiting a hospital or taking an airplane trip, a new study says.

The ambient air on planes and in hospitals mostly contains harmless microbes typically associated with human ...

Weed Extract Might Lower Dog Aggression

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A marijuana extract appears to help soothe the nerves of aggressive dogs, a new study says.

Canines given cannabidiol (CBD) supplements long-term wind up less aggressive than other dogs, researchers reported recently in ...

Fewer Opioids Needed After "Needle" Knee Surgery

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) —  Knee surgery patients use fewer opioids and recover more quickly following an innovative “needle” surgical technique, a new study says.

Patients who underwent knee surgery using minimally invasive “nee...

Air Pollution Contributing To Clogged Arteries, Study Suggests

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution could be contributing to clogged arteries, a new study says.

People exposed long-term to common air pollutants have an increased risk of advanced heart disease caused by hardened arteries, researchers reported T...

Substantial Progress Made Against Childhood Cancers, Report Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• December 5, 2025
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Leanna Munir was a 6-year-old bundle of energy two years ago, until one day her vim and vigor vanished without warning.

“I couldn’t force her to come in the house after school or sit down,” recalled her mom,...