Tag: Fitness
To Prevent Heart Attacks, Doctors Try a New Genetic Test
Despite the high hopes for the new tests, there are many questions.Some critics say that a focus on treating younger people is misplaced...
2 Dead in Suspected Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Mexico
Two people in the United States have died with probable cases of fungal meningitis and more than 200 others are at risk after...
Complications After Delivery: What Women Need to Know
After a woman gives birth, the baby’s well-being usually becomes the focus of family attention, and the mother’s health often recedes as a...
Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home
Sherri Willis-Prater’s baby boy was 2 months old, and she was about to return to her job at a school cafeteria in Chicago....
Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Depression in New Study
A new study suggests that, for some patients, the anesthetic ketamine is a promising alternative to electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, currently one of...
Hundreds of Thousands Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired
Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of a pandemic-era policy...
Ultrasound Pulses to Brain Send Mice Into a Hibernation-Like State
For many animals, life is a cycle of scarcity as well as plenty. Hibernating creatures curl up underground in winter, slowing their metabolism...
House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs
The House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday that would make permanent harsh criminal penalties and strict controls on fentanyl-related drugs, with scores...
A History of U.S. Surgeon General Warnings: Smoking, TV, Safer Sex...
A warning issued by the United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Tuesday provided guidance about an issue that has been front...
Surgeon General Warns That Social Media May Harm Children and Adolescents
The nation’s top health official issued an extraordinary public warning on Tuesday about the risks of social media to young people, urging a...
