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05 Jun
A new study finds people who take daytime naps face an increased risk of adverse health outcomes and mortality.
04 Jun
Patients with stage 3 colon cancer who focus on anti-inflammatory foods and increasing physical activity may significantly lower their risk of death, a new study finds.
03 Jun
More Americans 65 and older are using marijuana for chronic conditions like heart issues, diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer, according to a new study.
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter June 6, 2025
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Immunotherapy combined with chemo can give people a fighting chance against stomach and esophageal cancers, a new clinical trial says.
People treated with durvalumab and chemotherapy were much more likely to go into remission, according to clinical trial results published June 1 in Th... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter June 6, 2025
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers who are night owls appear to be more self-destructively impulsive, a new study says.
Teens who prefer to sleep and wake later are more impulsive than “early bird” teenagers, researchers are scheduled to report at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Sleep... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter June 6, 2025
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Freshwater game fish like bluegill, largemouth bass and black crappie in the U.S. commonly carry parasitic flatworms that can infect humans, a new study warns.
More than 90% of popular game fish tested in Southern California contained illness-causing flatworms called trematodes, researchers rep... Full Page
Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter June 6, 2025
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There’s a better option than daily aspirin to protect heart patients with a stent against dangerous blood clots, a new study found.
A class of drugs called P2Y12 inhibitors that includes ticagrelor and clopidogrel could be more effective than low-dose aspirin in preventing heart attacks a... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter June 5, 2025
THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some packages of organic ground beef sold at Whole Foods stores across the country may be contaminated with E. coli, federal officials have warned.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert Wednesday about one-pound pa... Full Page
I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter June 5, 2025
THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More American teenagers now use the weight-loss drug Wegovy, as doctors and families grow more comfortable with the treatment.
But experts say access is still limited, and more research on its long-term safety in teens is needed, NBC News reported.
Prescriptions of Wegovy... Full Page