Why Mosquitos Might Be Attracted To You

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• September 20, 2025
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SATURDAY, Sept. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Researchers in the Netherlands turned a major music festival into an unexpected laboratory to investigate a question that has long puzzled scientists and bug-bitten individuals alike: What makes some people more irresistible to...

Wildfire Smoke Now Kills 41,000 Americans a Year, Study Finds

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Every summer, hazy skies and the smell of burning wood remind Americans that wildfires affect far more than just the communities where they ignite.

Their smoke drifts for hundreds, even thousands of miles, darkening the air...

Organ Donation Agency Could Be First Ever Shut Down by U.S. Government

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal health officials have moved to close down a Miami-based organ donation agency, citing unsafe practices, missed donations and critical paperwork errors.

The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, part of the University...

CDC Advisers Limit MMRV Combo Vaccine, Delay Hepatitis B Vote

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Top vaccine advisers hand-selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to limit the use of a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.

By an 8 to 3 vote, with one pe...

West Coast States Issue Their Own COVID, Flu, RSV Vaccine Rules

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Four Western states are taking a different approach from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines for COVID-19, flu and RSV.

California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington — now working togethe...

Mouth Microbes Might Contribute To Pancreatic Cancer

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A person’s risk of pancreatic cancer might be tied to the microbes living in their mouths, a new study says.

People have a more than tripled risk of pancreatic cancer if their mouths contain 27 types of bacteria and f...

Sepsis Risk Doubled With Type 2 Diabetes

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Type 2 diabetes appears to double a person’s risk for life-threatening sepsis, a new study says.

Men and people under 60 with diabetes are particularly at risk for sepsis, a condition in which the immune system overre...

Weight-Loss Surgery Outperforms GLP-1 Drugs, Study Argues

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are all the rage for dropping excess pounds, but weight-loss surgery might have a better impact on people’s health, a new study says.

People who had weight-loss surgery los...

GLP-1 Pill Effective For Weight Loss, Clinical Trials Show

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An effective weight-loss pill to rival injectable drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound might be on the horizon, clinical trial results show.

An experimental GLP-1 pill called orforglipron promoted substantial weight loss without...

Three Health Conditions Raise Death Risk For Fatty Liver Disease

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with fatty liver disease are more likely to die early if they have one of three additional health problems, a new study says.

High blood pressure, diabetes and low levels of “good” HDL cholesterol all inc...

Neuromuscular Disease Care Is Entering a New Era of Hope and Innovation

• Brian Lin, PhD, Research Portfolio Director at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) HealthDay Reporter
• September 19, 2025
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FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Every movement we make, whether walking, speaking or even breathing, depends on the health of our muscles and nerves.

For people living with one of the more than 300 rare conditions known as neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), ...

Orange B Food Dye May Soon Be Removed From U.S. Market, FDA Says

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal health officials want to take Orange B — an artificial food dye that hasn’t been used in more than four decades — off the books.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it plan...

Hall-of-Famer Dan Marino Shares 20-Year Struggle With Liver Disease

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Football legend Dan Marino has disclosed that he has been living with a serious liver condition for nearly 20 years. 

The former Miami Dolphins quarterback said that by making major lifestyle changes, he feels optimi...

OpenAI Launches Teen-Safe ChatGPT With Parental Controls

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers chatting with ChatGPT will soon see a very different version of the tool — one built with stricter ways to keep them safe online, OpenAI announced.

The new safeguards come as regulators increase scrutiny o...

Boar’s Head Faces Pressure From Congress Over Plans to Reopen After Listeria Deaths

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Federal officials are raising concerns about whether a Virginia Boar’s Head deli meat plant, linked to last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, is ready to safely reopen.

In a letter sent Monday, Rep. Rosa DeLaur...

Experimental Patch Provides Real-Time Feedback On Muscle Performance

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental wireless patch might help injured athletes better recover from muscle tears, sprains and strains, according to a new study.

The patch measures tissue stiffness by sending sound waves along the surface of t...

Bladder Control Problems? There May Be An App For That

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Having trouble with bladder control? There might be an app for that, researchers say.

Female veterans suffering from urinary incontinence received effective relief using a smartphone app called MyHealtheBladder, researche...

Pharma Payments Might Influence MS Drug Prescriptions, Researchers Argue

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 4 out of 5 American neurologists prescribing multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs have received at least one payment from the pharmaceutical industry, a new study reports.

Those who prescribe larger amounts of MS drugs we...

Ozempic, Zepbound Offer Unexpected Benefits For Psoriasis Patients

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with psoriasis might receive unexpected benefits from cutting-edge weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says.

Psoriasis patients taking GLP-1 drugs had a 78% lower risk of premature death and a ...

Shunts Safe And Effective For Rare Brain Condition In Elderly, Clinical Trial Concludes

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 18, 2025
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THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A simple shunt can restore walking ability and independence in elderly people with a rare brain condition, a major new clinical trial has found.

Implanting a shunt to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid significantly improve...