_ Health Headlines Sexually Transmitted Infections and STDsNews Alert: HPV Vaccine Approved for People 27 to 45 By Jane Farrell articleThe anti-cancer HPV vaccine Gardasil 9, previously approved only for people aged 9 through 26, has now been given the … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesRecalled Blood-Pressure Pill Shows No Short-Term Risk of Cancer By Jane Farrell articleProducts containing the blood pressure drug valsartan, withdrawn from the U.S. and European markets because some lots were tainted with … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesSome Advil for Children Recalled by Manufacturer By Jane Farrell articlePfizer Consumer Healthcare, a division of Pfizer Inc., is voluntarily recalling one lot of Children’s Advil® Suspension Bubble Gum Flavored … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesFDA Approves New Hormonal Contraceptive By Jane Farrell articleThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Annovera (segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol vaginal system), a combined hormonal contraceptive … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesFDA Approves Generic Epi Pen By Jane Farrell articleThe federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first generic competitor to the EpiPen and EpiPen Jr., the … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesBayer to Halt Sales of Essure By Jane Farrell articleBayer announced on Friday that it would halt the sales of the controversial birth control device Essure by the end … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesAnnual Report to The Nation: Overall Cancer Mortality Continues to Decline By Jane Farrell articleThe latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death rates continue to … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesStudy Links Night Exposure to "Blue Light" to Breast and Prostate Cancer By Jane Farrell articleA study performed by an international team led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), , reports a link … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesTargeted Antioxidants May Help Fight Heart Disease By Jane Farrell articleOlder adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets hostile cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see age-related vascular changes reverse … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesAdult-Onset Neurodegeneration Has Roots in Early Development By Jane Farrell articleThe disease mechanism for adult-onset progressive degenerative diseases begins much earlier than previously thought, according to a Northwestern Medicine study … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesStudy Debunks Fears of Increased Pediatric Suicide Risk from Popular Flu Drug By Jane Farrell articleThe flu medication known as Tamiflu does not cause an increased suicide risk in pediatric patients, according to a new … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesOn the Front Lines of Reproductive Research By Jane Farrell articleReproduction, a process that has from the beginning of time formed the very basis of life itself, is undergoing a … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesArtificial Intelligence Can Help with Diagnosis of Critical Eye Diseases By Jane Farrell articleResearchers have developed a new computational tool that will help artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to screen patients with … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesCan Your Cardio Device Be Hacked? By Jane Farrell articleMedical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for hacking. In a paper published in February 2018 … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesGenetic Ancestry Test Beats Self-Reports in Predicting Bleeding Stroke Risk By Jane Farrell articleA genetic ancestry test more accurately identified patients at risk for bleeding stroke than traditional self-reports of race, cultural identity … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesAsthma Attacks Declining Among U.S. Children By Jane Farrell articleChildren with asthma in the U.S. are having fewer asthma attacks, missed school days, and visits to the hospital, according … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesCellular "Powerhouses" May Explain Health Effects of Stress By Jane Farrell articleHow does psychological stress translate into physical health effects? A key piece of the puzzle may be found in specialized … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesBrain-Scan-Guided Emergency Stroke Treatment Can Save More Lives By Jane Farrell articleResearchers say that advances in brain imaging can now identify a greater number of stroke patients who can receive therapy … Read More→