Frozen Meals Sold at 3 Chains Linked to Listeria Outbreak

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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Federal health officials have expanded their probe into a listeria outbreak that has claimed four lives, and affected at least 20 people.

The investigation, which first focused on premade chicken pasta meals sold at Walmart and Kroger, is now looking at a similar product...

Doctors Warn Against Mouth Taping During Sleep

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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Taping your mouth shut before bed may seem like a quick fix for better sleep, but doctors are raising serious alarms about this viral social media trend. 

While devotees claim it can improve sleep and reduce snoring, health professionals say the practice is unproven...

Kennedy Says FDA Reviewing Safety of Abortion Pill Mifepristone

• Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the safety of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions for 25 years, amid a push from conservative state attorneys general and anti-abortion groups. 

The announcement was made in a letter from Health ...

In-Home Gun Deaths of Children Have More Than Doubled

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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In-home firearm homicides of children and teenagers have more than doubled since 2010, according to a new study.

Nearly a quarter of children and teenagers killed by guns died in their own homes between 2020 and 2021, including two-thirds of child victims 12 and under, a...

TikTok For Sex Advice? Check The Source, Study Suggests

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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Teenagers and young adults turning to TikTok for sexual health advice would do well to make sure videos are produced by qualified health professionals, a new study says.

More than 20% of sexual health-related TikToks created by non-medical influencers contained inaccurat...

Golf Cart Injuries On The Rise Among Kids

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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More kids are being hurt in golf cart accidents, a new study says.

Golf cart injuries among children have steadily increased over the past three years, researchers reported Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ annual meeting in Denver.

Nine out of 10...

Hidden Signs Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Found In Blood Long Before Diagnosis

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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An invisible storm might rage for years inside the bodies of people at risk for rheumatoid arthritis, prior to any joint pain occurring, a new study says.

These folks experience dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms, researchers reported in the jo...

Most American Kids Rely On Medicaid, CHIP Insurance

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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Most American kids rely on federal health insurance plans like Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance program at some point during their childhood, a new study says.

About 61% of U.S. children, or 3 in 5, have been covered by a federal insurance program by age...

Dogs (But Not Cats) May Protect Against Childhood Asthma, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 29, 2025
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Babies who grow up around dogs might be less likely to develop childhood asthma, a new study says.

However, they don’t get the same protection from growing up around cats, according to findings presented Sunday in Amsterdam at a meeting of the European Respiratory ...

Mouse Study Offers Cautionary Tale About The Keto Diet

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• September 28, 2025
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It sounds counterintuitive: Eat more fat and lose more weight.

But it’s the underpinning of a keto diet — a controversial eating regimen designed to retrain the body to rely on something other than sugar for energy. The regimen is rich in meat, eggs, high-fa...

Wildfires in Western U.S. Play a Role in Global Warming, Research Shows

• Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
• September 27, 2025
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Wildfires are an increasingly common feature of life in American West, and researchers are working overtime to understand how the resulting smoke affects air quality, human health and climate change.

"Wildfires do not emit ozone directly," Jan Mandel, a professor emeritu...

Tylenol Refutes Old Post as Pregnancy Safety Debate Resurfaces

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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The maker of Tylenol is pushing back against resurfaced claims that its popular pain reliever is unsafe for pregnant women.

Kenvue, the parent company of Tylenol, issued a statement Thursday after an old and now-deleted 2017 social media post resurfaced suggesting it did...

New World Screwworm Parasite Detected in Northern Mexico Near U.S. Border

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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A dangerous parasite once eliminated in the United States has been detected in northern Mexico, close to the U.S. border.

Mexico’s agriculture ministry confirmed Sunday that an 8-month-old cow in Nuevo León tested positive for New World screwworm. The animal...

Gene Therapy Slows Huntington’s Disease in Early Trial

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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A new gene therapy has shown promise in slowing the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early trial results released Wednesday.

In a Phase 1/2 study, patients given a high dose of UniQure’s experimental therapy AMT-130 experienced a 75% slowing ...

Sprout Organics Widens Recall of Baby Food Pouches for Possible Lead

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Sprout Organics has widened its recall of 3.5-ounce Sweet Potato, Apple & Spinach pouches because some lots may contain elevated levels of lead.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the recall, first announced Sept. 16, now covers additional lots sold onl...

Dangerous TikTok Challenge Still Active, Five Years Later

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Teenagers and young adults are still harming themselves as part of a social media challenge that’s now five years old.

The Benadryl Challenge, which started in 2020 on TikTok, has spread to other social media platforms and is still being attempted by foolhardy youn...

Early MS Patients Fare Worse If They Eat Junk Food

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Ultra-processed foods could be making matters worse for people in the early throes of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study says.

Higher consumption of ultra-processed eats is linked to more frequent relapses in early MS patients, researchers reported Thursday at the annu...

Backup Cameras Save Kids' Lives, Study Says

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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The number of kids hurt or killed by a reversing car dramatically dropped after backup cameras were required in new vehicles, according to a new study.

Cases of children severely injured by a car in reverse fell by half following the 2018 federal mandate requiring backup...

Routine Community Screening Catches Undiagnosed Asthma

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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Routine screening can help find kids who are suffering from undiagnosed asthma in communities with high levels of the breathing disorder, a new study says.

Asthma screening during well-child visits found that more than two-thirds (35%) of children with no previous diagno...

COVID-19 Damage To Sense Of Smell Long-Lasting And Subtle, Study Suggests

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 26, 2025
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A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person’s sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might not even notice it, a new study says.

In all, 4 out of 5 people who reported that COVID had altered their sense of smell still scored low on a clinical scent de...