Millions Left Out as Hospital Portals Lack Multiple Language Options

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patient portals have made it easier for millions of Americans to view test results, message their doctors and schedule virtual visits. But for the more than 25 million people in the U.S. who speak little English, these tools of...

Over 6 Million Eggs Recalled After Salmonella Found, FDA Warns

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 6 million eggs sold under the Black Sheep Egg Company brand have been recalled after federal officials detected multiple strains of salmonella at one of its processing facilities.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administ...

Drug Combo Cuts Death Risk From Advanced Prostate Cancer

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A powerful new drug combo has yielded a major breakthrough for men battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Adding the drug enzalutamide to standard hormone therapy reduced the risk of premature death by more than ...

New Study Offers Hope for People With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the estimated one-third of people with focal epilepsy who don’t respond well to initial medications, new research offers significant reason for optimism. 

A study suggests that even those considered "treatm...

Early Exposure Guidelines Cut Down Peanut Allergy Cases

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Encouraging parents to introduce peanuts to their infants early has led to a significant drop in new allergy diagnoses, according to researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Their study —  ...

When You Start Hormone Therapy In Menopause Matters

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For women weighing whether to use estrogen to manage hot flashes, sleep issues and other bothersome symptoms as menopause approaches, it may make sense not to wait.

New research shows that perimenopausal women who ha...

How Does Cancer Kill People? New Theory Suggests Blood Clots

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 22, 2025
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — What kills cancer patients is where their malignancy spreads in their body, rather than the cancer itself, a new study says.

If tumors spread into major blood vessels, they can spark blood clotting that contributes to org...

Breakthrough Retinal Implant Helps Restore Partial Vision in Patients

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have restored partial vision to people with a common form of blindness using a prosthetic retinal implant, a first that could one day improve life for more than a million Americans with severe vision loss.

The ne...

Last Ebola Patient in Congo Discharged, No New Cases Reported

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization (WHO) says the final Ebola patient from Congo’s most recent outbreak has been discharged — a hopeful milestone in efforts to contain the deadly virus.

The last confirmed case was re...

New $1.3B Lawsuit Accuses Johnson & Johnson of Hiding Baby Powder Cancer Risk

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 3,000 people in Britain have sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming its baby powder caused cancer, according to court filings.

The case, filed in Britain’s High Court, seeks more than 1 billion pounds ($1.3 bi...

91,000 Pounds of Frozen Meals Recalled for Listeria Risk

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 91,000 pounds of frozen breakfast burritos and wraps distributed to food service institutions nationwide have been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination.

The recall affects prepackaged frozen me...

GI Problems Common In Menopause, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Menopause is typically associated with hot flashes, night sweats and memory lapses – but new research suggests GI problems might be an overlooked issue that also occur with this change of life.

A striking 94% out of n...

Bedside Lawyers Help Hospitalized Violence Victims

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hospital patients are used to doctors and nurses visiting their bedside — but new research shows that a lawyer also can help them recover.

Patients with violent injuries often face legal and financial quandaries that ...

Diabetes Drugs Might Counter Brain Decline In Early Alzheimer's Patients

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two widely available diabetes medications appear to safely improve brain health among people with early brain decline.

The diabetes drug empagliflozin (Jardiance) and an insulin nasal spray both showed promising effects on ...

'Skinny Fat' Contributes to Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hidden deposits of fat deep inside the abdomen and liver can quietly increase your risk of stroke and heart attack, even if you appear to have a healthy weight.

Results from a new study showed that both liver fat and the vi...

GLP-1 Drugs Help Protect Against Sleep Apnea, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound might help protect people from health risks related to sleep apnea, a new study says.

Type 2 diabetes patients taking GLP-1 drugs were overall less likely to die within the next y...

One Of The Deadliest Syndromes You've Never Heard About

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2025
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TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s one of the deadliest syndromes you’ve never heard of, but experts are hoping to change that.

Nearly 9 of 10 Americans have not heard of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, even though about the ...

New, More Dangerous Mpox Strain Found in 3 Californians

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 20, 2025
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MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A more dangerous strain of mpox, a virus that causes painful lesions and flulike symptoms, has been detected in three California residents who had not traveled internationally.

Officials said this is the first known local sp...

Trump Announces Lower-Cost Fertility Drug Deal With EMD Serono

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 20, 2025
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MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration announced that Boston-based drugmaker EMD Serono will lower the price of one of its leading fertility drugs as part of push to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) more affordable.

The company’s d...

California To Launch Insulin for Just $11 a Pen

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• October 20, 2025
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MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — California will start selling low-cost insulin Jan. 1, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a plan to make lifesaving medications more affordable for folks with diabetes.

The state’s insulin — sol...