As with any new drug, parents and doctors may worry that the use of GLP-1 weight-loss meds by children and teens might raise psychiatric risks, including the risk for suicide … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
More bystanders are stepping in to administer naloxone to people who’ve overdosed on opioids, a new study shows. Nearly 25,000 OD patients received naloxone from an untrained bystander before paramedics … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Results from a very small study suggest that a combination of the diabetes drug Ozempic and an innovative new intestinal procedure could help erase the need for insulin in folks … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Alison Burke wanted to be there for her daughter following the girl’s diagnosis with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Then she noticed that a lot of what she was learning about ADHD … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
Forget about public restrooms: It turns out your own bathroom is teeming with viruses. Researchers at Northwestern University studied two things that most people use everyday—their toothbrush and showerhead—to see what was living in each. What they found was “quite surprising,” says Erica Hartmann, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern who … Read more
If you’re always on the lookout for the latest skincare gadget, you may have already tried facial rollers, sculpting wands, and dermaplaning devices. And you may be curious about the red-glowing masks that you’ve seen making the rounds on social media. Red-light masks use low levels of light-emitting diode, or LED, to stimulate skin cells, … Read more
Increasing pediatric readiness would reduce mortality, increase life expectancy and improve young patients’ lives, the researchers write. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore
Despite all the recent hype from anti-aging evangelists and companies touting ways to extend life, human life expectancy is actually slowing down after accelerating in the previous century. In a paper published in Nature Aging, researchers led by S. Jay Olshansky, professor of public health at the University of Illinois in Chicago, report that factors … Read more
The vice-presidential nominee’s story about family members’ new health coverage illustrates how Republicans inherited — and benefited — from the current system. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond, Isaac Stanley-Becker
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) — Chronic stress speeds colorectal cancer’s spread dramatically by disrupting gut microbiota — the delicate balance of good and bad bacteria, a new study in … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor: