2024-01-31 Garden Group Names 2024 ‘Year of African Violet’
The African violet, a plant from Tanzania that came to the U.S. in the late 1800s, received a special honor from the National Garden Bureau (NGB). The organization named 2024…
2024-01-30 What Are Enlarged Prostate and Prostate Cancer?
Britain’s King Charles was treated recently for a medical condition called enlarged prostate. American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently spent two weeks in a hospital for treatment following an operation…
2024-01-29 Studies: Gene Treatment Lets Children Deaf at Birth Hear
Gene treatments are being credited with permitting several children born with deafness to hear again. Gene therapy is a medical treatment that aims to change a few of a patient’s…
2024-01-22 Cameroon Launches First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children
Cameroon has begun the world’s first major malaria vaccine program for children. The campaign launched Monday in the Central African nation. Health officials called the effort a major step in…
2024-01-22 Study: Diabetes, Obesity Drugs Not Linked to Suicidal Thoughts
A large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicidal thoughts, researchers reported recently. Both Ozempic for type 2 diabetes and…
2024-01-17 Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled Water
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plastic known as nanoplastics, a recent study says. Researchers found the nanoplastics with a…
2024-01-15 Alzheimer’s Drugs May Reach Brain Faster with Ultrasound Tool
Researchers recently said a new tool that uses what is called focused ultrasound can help deliver important medicine to the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Alzheimer’s is a disease that slowly…
2024-01-11 WHO: More COVID Deaths after Holiday Gatherings
The World Health Organization (WHO) says holiday gatherings and the spread of a new COVID-19 variant led to increased hospitalizations and deaths last month. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…
2024-01-08 Italian Man Might Regain Use of Hand after Nerve Operation
A man in Italy might regain the use of his hand after having a new kind of medical operation. Doctors in northern Italy said the surgery used a nerve from…
2024-01-07 Consumer Reports Finds ‘Widespread’ Plastics in Food
New research from the American non-profit organization Consumer Reports finds that plastics have a “widespread” presence in food. The group called on the United States government to examine the safety…
2024-01-07 Talking Robot Helps Seniors Fight Loneliness
Joyce Loaiza lives alone in a community for older people in the American state of Florida. When she is home, the retired office worker often talks with a friendly female…
2024-01-02 Woman, Cat Help Others through Therapy
Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg. The device is called a prosthetic. Then, Mengel does the…
2024-01-01 New Treatments for Sickle Cell Remain Out of Reach for Many
United States health officials recently approved two new gene treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). The treatments provide hope that the disease might be curable. But experts say high costs…
2023-12-25 Millions Infected with Dengue as Temperature Rises
The disease dengue is spreading across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980. Experts are warning that rising temperatures and growing cities are increasing the…
2023-12-24 Study Suggests Obesity Increasing Among US Children
A new study adds to evidence that obesity is becoming more common in young children in America. The study appeared in the medical publication Pediatrics. The findings are similar to…