Some Texans recently took to Facebook to spread rumors about HIV and AIDS spreading in a community swimming pool. To be clear, no cases of HIV transmission via swimming pools have ever been recorded, according to the University of Rochester Medical Center. The Facebook post read: “HOA [homeowners association] Pool...

Mental health problems affect millions of children in the U.S., and some have recently been on the rise. The symptoms of mental health disorders fall into two categories: internalizing (staying within) and externalizing (acting out). Examples of internalizing symptoms include anxiety and depression. Examples of externalizing symptoms are aggression and rule breaking.

Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, said she’s lost six friends and acquaintances to suicide, two to car crashes, and one to appendicitis. Four of her relatives died in their 30s or 40s, from causes such as liver failure and COVID-19, she said. And she recently lost a 1-year-old nephew.

[On May 7], the American Cancer Society (ACS) is proud to announce the launch of the VOICES of Black Women study, the largest behavioral and environmental focused population study of cancer risk and outcomes in Black women in the United States. Designed to better understand the multi-level drivers of cancer incidence, mortality and resilience within this demographic, the long-term study will gather valuable data from Black women between the ages of 25 and 55 from diverse backgrounds and income levels who have not been diagnosed with cancer. The organization aims to enroll over 100,000 Black women across 20 states and D.C. where, according to the U.S. Census, more than 90 percent of Black women in the U.S. reside.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch clinical trials to investigate potential treatments for long-term symptoms after COVID-19 infection, including sleep disturbances, exercise intolerance and the worsening of symptoms following physical or mental exertion known as post-exertional malaise (PEM). The mid-stage trials, part of NIH’s Researching COVID to Enhance...

In study findings presented at The Liver Meeting 2023, researchers reported that using a statin medication was linked to a lower risk of liver-related complications and death among people without prior liver disease. Based on these results, the researchers suggested that randomized clinical trials might test statins for liver disease prevention.

Monica Kelly was thrilled to learn she was expecting her second child. The Tennessee mother was around 13 weeks pregnant when, according to a lawsuit filed against the state of Tennessee, doctors gave her the devastating news that her baby had Patau syndrome. The genetic disorder causes serious developmental defects...

The Biktarvy single-tablet regimen is safe and well tolerated during pregnancy, maintains viral suppression during the second and third trimesters and postpartum, and protects babies from vertical transmission, according to updated label information approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This update makes Biktarvy the only second-generation integrase inhibitor...

Different people have different resident microbes in and on their bodies. The trillions of microbes in the human intestines influence not just digestion and gut health, but how organs throughout the body function. Levels of certain microbes in the gut have been associated with the risk of health conditions like diabetes, liver disease, and cancer.

First, her favorite doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, retired. Then her other doctor at a health center a few miles away left the practice. Now, Piedad Fred has developed a new chronic condition: distrust in the American medical system. “I don’t know,” she said, her eyes filling with tears. “To...

Last week, at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, a 12-year-old boy with sickle cell disease became the first patient to start a new treatment approved in December by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Physicians collected stem cells from Kendric Cromer in preparation for the first commercial infusion...

A new review in JAMA highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women’s health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for cardiovascular disease, cancer, hip fractures, and other conditions in postmenopausal women. More than 68,000 women enrolled in clinical trials between 1993 and 1998 and were followed for up to 20 years.

Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the little beige house with white trim and radioed to let dispatchers know he’d arrived. There, Shawnice Slaughter waited on the steps, wiping sleep from her eyes. “Good morning, Shawnice,” Blaire said. “How are...

In a rural Kentucky county, free medical care and direct-acting antiviral treatment for people with hepatitis C greatly reduced the proportion of people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia, or detectable viral load, researchers reported at The Liver Meeting 2023. People with a sustained undetectable viral load after treatment are considered cured and do not transmit the virus.

Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests have detected the virus among cattle in nine states, mainly in Texas and New Mexico, and most recently in Colorado, said Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a May 1 event held by the Council on Foreign Relations.

Why do some people hospitalized with COVID-19 succumb, while others—with apparently similar disease severity at the time of hospitalization—survive? Among older individuals, are there particular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 virus infection that set the stage for the increased risk of severe COVID-19? These are among the questions addressed...

Marisol Pantoja Toribio found a lump in her breast in early January. Uninsured and living in California without legal status and without her family, the usually happy-go-lucky 43-year-old quickly realized how limited her options were. “I said, ‘What am I going to do?’” she said in Spanish, quickly getting emotional....

At Cook For Your Life, we believe the only thing better than having a pint of chocolate ice cream stashed in your freezer is having a pint of homemade chocolate ice cream in your freezer. Grocery store ice creams often contain additives, chemicals, and preservatives that you can avoid by making your own. Plus, doing it yourself leaves you in control of things like sweetness and chocolate intensity. Our ice cream is light and fluffy because it’s made by folding chocolate into whipped cream. A dash of instant coffee works to bring out the chocolate flavor and add depth. The only real downside is having to wait four hours to let it freeze!

Custom-made vaccines continue to show promise for various types of hard-to-treat cancer, researchers reported at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (AACR 2024) this month in San Diego. One early trial found that pancreatic cancer patients who responded well to a personalized messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine plus a...