FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Sucking your baby’s pacifier to clean it may help protect your child against allergies, new research suggests. Researchers interviewed 128 U.S. mothers of infants aRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (American Heart Association) — Rainy days may bring a lot more than relief from summer heat — they also are connected to better survival chances and overall outlookRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — As part of a new effort to cut the use of dogs in drug trials, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday launched anRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Americans in states with the highest obesity rates are less likely to have weight-loss surgery, researchers say. Why? “None of the states with the fiveRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The “hygiene hypothesis” holds that early exposure to a variety of microorganisms may decrease the risk for chronic inflammatory diseases, like asthma. Two Swedish studiesRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Milk allergy affects more than half of American infants who have food allergies in their first year of life, a new study finds. However, studyRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Your EpiPen will still work after being frozen, researchers report. The epinephrine auto-injector can be lifesaving in cases of severe allergic reaction, and millions ofRead More…
FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — When you have serious food allergies, eating at a restaurant can literally mean risking your life. But new research suggests you can take steps toRead More…
THURSDAY, Nov. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) — If you live in Maine and you’ve never experienced hay fever, new research predicts that climate change has an unwelcome surprise in store for you.Read More…
THURSDAY, Nov. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A specific class of diabetes medication appears to double the risk of losing a leg or foot to amputation, a new study reports. People onRead More…
THURSDAY, Nov. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains the fourth biggest killer in the United States. But only a fraction of the millions of people who couldRead More…
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) — People with celiac disease must follow a very restrictive diet, but an experimental vaccine may offer many of them the freedom to eat more normally.Read More…