When Laurie Syphard’s oldest child was 18 months old, her lip swelled up after eating a veggie burger. “It looked like someone had punched her in the mouth,” says Syphard. Food allergy tests showed her daughter was allergic to tree nuts. Then a few years later, Syphard’s second child got her own allergy diagnosis at … Read more
“You would have looked at my sons and never known,” says Bonnie Milas, MD. She’s speaking about the accidental opioid overdoses that killed her two adult sons in 2018 and 2019. She and other doctors say there’s something that could spare many other families from going through the same tragedy. It’s naloxone, a medication that can reverse an opioid … Read more
Even though HER2-positive breast cancer is an aggressive form of the disease, recent advancements in medicine have improved outcomes drastically. Compared to just a few decades ago, this type of breast cancer responds better to treatment. But people with it are still choosing mastectomies over surgery that would allow them to keep their breast — … Read more
June 26, 2023 – The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may now be as critical as ever, though young people are taking the shot in fewer and fewer numbers. An epidemic of sexually transmitted HPV is now swirling around the U.S. and the U.K., with some serious cases leading to oropharyngeal cancer, which can affect the … Read more
SOURCES: Douglas Gentile, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology, Iowa State University, Ames. Ella Faulhaber, PhD candidate, Iowa State University, Ames. Melissa G. Hunt, PhD, associate director of clinical training, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz, MD, team lead, adolescent inpatient unit, Silver Hill Hospital, New Canaan, CT. White House statement: “Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces … Read more
June 27, 2023 — When she was in her 60s, Carole E., a retired accountant’s assistant in Albuquerque, NM, started having neck pain. She found out that three of her neck vertebrae were compressed and her whole spinal canal was narrow. “The neck problem was addressed with surgery to stabilize the disks and prevent them … Read more
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When a child unintentionally shoots and kills another child in the United States, they’ve likely been playing around with an unlocked, loaded gun, new research reveals. Analyzing a decade’s worth of data, researchers also found that 4 out of 10 such gun deaths … Read more
June 23, 2023 – If you’re taking Ozempic or Rybelsus for type 2 diabetes, Wegovy for weight loss, or other medications in the same drug class, it is not clear how long before planned surgery you should stop taking the drug to be safe. The generic name for these medications is semaglutide. Semaglutide can control … Read more
June 23, 2023 – When emergency room patients complain of stomach pain, doctors have limited options. Scans and ultrasounds can’t show the inner lining of the digestive tract, so patients are often sent home without answers. Upper endoscopies, where a flexible tube with a tiny camera is fed into the upper digestive tract, require anesthesia … Read more
June 23, 2023 – Susan Whitmore lost her daughter Erika 20 years ago to a rare sinus cancer. And even though she is a grief counselor in Pacific Palisades, CA, “I thought the grief would literally kill me,” she said. “People often don’t talk about how physical grief is, but it’s a shock to your … Read more