I have breast cancer: Now what?
After coping with the initial diagnosis and gathering support from your loved ones, there are questions you should ask your cancer-care team.
Continue ReadingAfter coping with the initial diagnosis and gathering support from your loved ones, there are questions you should ask your cancer-care team.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes in the US “will take significantly more time,” US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Friday, delaying a decision that had posed political risks for President Joe Biden as he runs for re-election. “This rule has
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. Doctors have long known that syphilis can permanently damage a person’s vision and hearing and
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday. The subject, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey, had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease that required routine dialysis, NYU
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to cardiovascular fitness, you may tend to focus on activities that move you forward, such as walking, running and cycling. Likewise, in weight training, most traditional exercises center on forward and backward motion, occurring in what’s known as the sagittal plane. But there is another plane of movement
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — It’s long established that sleep plays a crucial role in health and well-being. Numerous studies have documented the relationship between health and the quantity and quality of people’s sleep. Anyone who has had a poor night of rest can attest to how they had less energy and were grumpier
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century. There were about 3.6 million babies born in 2023, or
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking aim at the high prices of the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. The Vermont senator, an independent who has long called out drug manufacturers for their costly products, is launching an investigation into the “outrageously high prices” Novo Nordisk charges for the
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that it is issuing a federal order to require more testing and reporting of H5N1 influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, in dairy cows. The USDA had previously required reporting of H5N1 influenza in poultry and wild birds, but producers were
Continue ReadingKYW, JOE CARROTA, NYU LANGONE HEALTH, LISA PISANO, CNN, Joe Carrota/NYU Langone Health, Lisa Pisano By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday. The subject, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — When opposite sex couples are trying and failing to get pregnant, the attention often focuses on the woman. That’s not always the case. Several times a month, men come into my office to ask, “Could I really be the problem?” Why are some men in denial? I think
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday. The subject, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey, had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease that required routine dialysis, NYU Langone
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New US school meal standards announced Wednesday will limit the amount of added sugars for the first time and slightly reduce sodium content among other adjustments, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said. The final rule announced on Wednesday will be implemented in phases over the
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — About 3.6 million Medicare enrollees may qualify for coverage of the anti-obesity drug Wegovy, according to a KFF analysis released Wednesday. But it could wind up costing Medicare nearly $3 billion a year and contribute to higher Part D premiums for all beneficiaries. Medicare announced last month that Part
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — More people across the United States – nearly 40% – are living in places with unhealthy levels of polluted air, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. The number of people living with levels of air pollution that can significantly affect their health climbed from about
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Despite working a full-time job in human relations and caring for her 6-year-old son Chase and 3-year-old daughter Millie, Anne Helms often feels isolated and lonely. “I work from home, and when I have video meetings or calls with our employees, it’s very focused on the subject at hand.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Early tests of pasteurized milk – purchased at grocery stores in areas with cows that have tested positive for H5N1 influenza or bird flu – suggest that it is not infectious and wouldn’t be able to make people sick, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Tuesday about the risks of counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections after dangerous fake versions of the product have been found in several states. The CDC, the US Food and Drug Administration and state and local officials are working
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — When the US Department of Agriculture announced late Sunday that it had publicly posted new data from its investigation into a bird flu outbreak in cattle, scientists eagerly searched a well-known platform used globally to share the genetic sequences of viruses. The sequences weren’t there. As of Tuesday morning,
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