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01 May
High-Intensity Exercise After Breast Cancer Surgery Speeds Recovery, Study Finds
In a new study, breast cancer survivors who completed a three-month high-intensity resistance training program improved strength, mobility, balance, and muscle mass—supporting a faster return to everyday activities.
30 Apr
Sleep & Anxiety Meds in Pregnancy: What New Research Shows
A new study finds no link between sedative use during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental conditions like ADHD and autism in children.
29 Apr
AI Tool Helps Identify ADHD in Kids Long Before Typical Diagnosis
Researchers say AI can spot early patterns linked to ADHD in everyday medical data, helping flag kids who may benefit from earlier evaluation and intervention.
FDA Recalls Several Ghirardelli Powdered Beverages Over Potential Contamination
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Several powdered beverage mixes by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company are being recalled due to possible concerns of Salmonella contamination.
Ghirardelli issued the recall out of caution following a previous recall of potentially contaminated milk powder from a third-party supplier, C...
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High-Intensity Exercise After Breast Cancer Surgery Helps Speed Recovery
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — After breast cancer surgery, many women are told to limit how much — and how soon — they exercise.
"Traditional guidelines question how soon women treated for breast cancer can exercise and how much weight they can safely lift, particularly in mastectomy and axillary lymph node disse...
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Trump Offers Third Candidate For Surgeon General After Pulling Dr. Casey Means' Nomination
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The White House has hit the reset button on its search for the next U.S. surgeon general.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is withdrawing the nomination of Dr. Casey Means and tapping Dr. Nicole Saphier to serve as the nation’s top doctor and health educator.
The mov...
- Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
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Antibiotics Not Linked To Celiac Disease Risk, Study Argues
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Antibiotics don’t appear to increase a person’s risk of developing celiac disease, a new study says.
Patients with celiac disease had a 24% higher odds of antibiotic use compared to healthy siblings or members of the general public, researchers reported recently in the journal Cl...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Senses, Not Muscles, Key to Speech Recovery After Stroke
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A stroke victim’s senses might matter as much as their muscles as they work to relearn how to talk, a new study says.
Previously, experts thought that remembering the facial movements involved in speech was primarily the role of the brain’s motor system, which moves muscles in the co...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Confusion Continues Over Age To Start Breast Cancer Screening, Survey Finds
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Many women might start breast cancer screening later than recommended because they aren’t up to date on the latest guidelines, a new survey says.
Updated guidelines issued in 2024 lowered the age to start getting mammograms to 40 from 50.
But 44% of women still incorrectly think mamm...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Common Knee Surgery Doesn't Help, Might Actually Make Things Worse, Clinical Trial Reports
FRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — One of the world’s most common knee surgeries doesn’t help patients, and might even make matters worse, a new study says.
A torn meniscus — the cartilage inside a knee — can cause pain, swelling and difficulty moving the joint.
As a treatment, doctors sometimes remo...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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New Medical Guidelines Urge More Fiber, Less Bathroom Scrolling on Your Phone
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — On Wednesday, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released updated guidelines aimed at modern bathroom habits and dietary trends that could be making hemorrhoids and constipation worse.
The message from doctors is clear: If you want to protect your posterior, you need to chan...
- Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
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- April 30, 2026
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Sleep and Anxiety Medications in Pregnancy Appear to Pose Little Harm
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Insomnia and anxiety are very common during pregnancy — and for some moms, sedatives are prescribed to help manage the symptoms.
Now, a large new study, published in The BMJ, offers some reassurance regarding the safety of taking sedatives while pregnant.
The researcher...
- HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
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- April 30, 2026
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Trump's Medicaid Work Mandate Debuting in Nebraska to Much Dismay
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Schmeeka Simpson of Omaha works as a patient navigator for the American Civil Liberties Union and an administrative assistant at Nebraskans for Peace, plus picks up shifts at a Dunkin’ shop.
Still, even with three jobs, she worries about losing her health coverage when Nebraska, on Ma...
- Phil Galewitz and KFF Health News HealthDay Reporters
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Prehabilitation Slashes Post-Op Complications By Half, Review Says
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Eating right and exercising prior to surgery dramatically reduces a person’s odds of complications, a new study says.
Such prehabilitation care cut patients’ post-op complications by almost half, researchers reported April 29 in the Journal of the American College of S...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 30, 2026
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Nasal Spray Flu Vaccines Create 'Battlefield' In Adults' Noses
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Nasal spray flu vaccines appear to work differently from traditional jabs, creating a battlefield in the nose for invading viruses, a new study says.
The FluMist vaccine triggers an immune response directly in nasal tissue in adults, researchers reported April 29 in the journal Science ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 30, 2026
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Understanding Emotions Could Be Key To Quelling Chronic Pain
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — People who struggle to understand their own emotions are more likely to have chronic pain disrupt their daily life, a new study says.
People with alexithymia — difficulty recognizing and expressing emotions — tend to have greater psychological distress related to chronic pain, r...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 30, 2026
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Meth Caused 1 In 6 Heart Attacks Over A Decade, Study Finds
THURSDAY, April 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine played a role in 1 out of 6 heart attacks treated at a Northern California hospital, a new study says.
These heart attacks occurred among younger adults with relatively good heart health, highlighting the risk posed by meth, researchers said in the study published April 29 i...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 30, 2026
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AI Tool May Help Identify ADHD in Kids Long Before Typical Diagnosis
Key Takeaways
Many children go years without a diagnosis of ADHD, missing opportunities for early intervention
An AI model can estimate a child's risk of developing ADHD
Early intervention is key to better academic, social and health outcomes
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FDA Moves to Real-Time Clinical Trial Patient Monitoring, Faster Drug Review
WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to speed drug development and review by launching real-time clinical trials.
The move could soon mean more options for patients who need life-saving medications.
The agency announced Tuesday that it has completed the first t...
- Deanna Neff HealthDay Reporter
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Online Program Soothes Post-Trauma Stress In Injured Children
WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Car crashes, sports injuries, bad falls, severe burns and other sources of trauma can leave lasting scars in the minds of children and teens.
Nearly half of children who’ve experienced physical trauma suffer from lasting post-traumatic stress symptoms, researchers say.
But a ne...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Pooled Umbilical Cord Blood Boosts Stem Cell Transplant Success, Trial Finds
WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A new way of using umbilical cord blood — by pooling blood from multiple donors — could make it easier to receive a stem cell transplant for leukemia, a new study says.
Nearly everyone in a small group of patients who received these pooled transplants survived at least one year...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Dementia Screening Safe For Families, Trial Finds
WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Screening for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease can give seniors and their families advance warning to plan and prepare for oncoming decline.
But there’s also concern that a positive screening result might stress a family out, with adult children anxious over their role as careg...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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Mental Defeat Can Worsen Chronic Pain, Researchers Say
WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — U.K. resident Fiona McNiven can tell you how chronic pain can wear a person down, as she spent more than three decades battling muscle and neuropathic pain.
“It completely overtook my life,” McNiven, 61, of Leeds, said in a news release. “It was the hardest thing I’...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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