Vaping Linked to Earlier Onset of Asthma

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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People with asthma who vape tend to develop the respiratory disease earlier in life than folks who never vaped, new research shows.

Overall, asthmatic adults who said they'd vaped over the past month were over three times as likely to have developed asthma relatively ea...

FDA Approves New Drug for Deadly Lung Cancer

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug to treat patients with an advanced form of deadly lung cancer.

Importantly, tarlatamab (Imdelltra) is only for patients who have exhausted all other options to treat extensive-stage small cell lung ca...

U.S. Justice Department Moves to Reclassify Weed as Less Risky Drug

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, setting the stage for a significant shift in the nation's drug policy.

In a proposed rule sent to the federal register, officials acknowledge the medical uses of marijuana and...

Global Life Expectancy Could Rise By More Than 4 Years by 2050

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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Life expectancy around the world is expected to increase by nearly 5 years in men and more than 4 years in women during the next three decades, researchers predict.

These increases are expected to be in countries where life expectancy typically is shorter, according to t...

Most Cancer Treatments Near End of Life Are Useless: Study

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows.

Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone therapies do not improve survival rates in patients with very advanced tumors near the end of l...

Brain's 'Food Smell' Circuitry Might Drive Overeating

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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The smell of food is appetizing when you’re hungry. At the same time, it can be a turnoff if you’re full.

That’s due to the interaction between two different parts of the brain involving sense of smell and behavior motivation, a new study finds.

And it could ...

The More Kids Use Social Media, The More They're Likely to Vape

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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Kids and young adults who use social media for seven or more hours per day have double the risk of taking up vaping or smoking or both, new research shows.

The study is based on a survey of almost 11,000 young British people ages 10 to 25 who were tracked from 2015 throu...

Men Are More Debilitated by Diabetes Than Women

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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Men are more vulnerable than women to the debilitating effects of diabetes, a new long-term study finds.

Overall rates of diabetes are similar between men and women, according to the report published May 16 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.<...

Is Your Child Ready for Summer Sleepaway Camp?

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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Sleepaway camp can be a lot of fun for kids, but only if they’re ready for the experience.

And that’s the tough part -- figuring out as a parent when a child is ready to stay away from home, and what they’ll need while they’re at camp, said Dr. Laurel Williams, a...

Leptospirosis: What Every Dog Owner Should Know

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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Mice, rats and other wildlife can pick up bacteria called leptospira from water or soil and excrete it in urine.

If your dog contacts any soil or water contaminated by the germ (especially if they have an open wound) they can easily develop a potentially deadly...

Experimental Drug Helps Folks Battling Enlarged Heart Move More

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 17, 2024
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An experimental drug can help patients better live with a genetic condition that causes the heart to enlarge and thicken, a new clinical trial shows.

People with the condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), were able to take in and use significantly more oxygen whil...

Spread of Deadlier Mpox Strain in Africa Has CDC Concerned

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 16, 2024
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The central African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling a record number of cases of mpox, fueled by a strain with a higher death rate than the variant that spread in Europe and America in 2022.

Getting the DRC outbreak under control, and containi...

Plant-Based Diets Lower Risk of Heart Trouble, Cancer and Death

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• May 16, 2024
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Following a vegetarian or vegan diet might just buy you a longer, healthier life, a new review finds.

Staying away from meat was tied to a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer and early death, researchers reported in a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS O...