Blood moonshot: Pitt researchers’ artificial, shelf-stable platelets are a major step forward for trauma care
Researchers said artificial platelets may just be the “holy grail” for a long-held problem.
When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know
Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing. Guidelines disagree on whether to begin at age 40, 45 or 50, and whether a yearly or every-other-year scan is best.
FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market
The Associated Press has learned that officials at the Food and Drug Administration were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the…
By changing women’s lives, the pill changed the nation
The pill helped give birth to modern America. Known by one simple word, the revolutionary oral contraceptive — approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 66 years ago this…
Florida is becoming a hotbed for reversing, or at least slowing down, biological age
Wide-ranging studies and treatments to slow down or reverse biological age. Also in this month's Your Health column: women's thinning hair, an emergency care center opens, and transplant news.
Florida revives case against nurse tied to patient death, hours after Sentinel report
Florida has now moved to sanction a state-licensed nurse nearly three years after she was banned from working in Missouri because she allegedly made mistakes that ended in a patient's…
Health advice is all over social media. Here’s how to vet claims
About half of U.S. adults under 50 get health information from social media influencers or podcasts.
Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaks
Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and norovirus on cruise ships are making headlines, but they’re unlikely to dim the growing popularity of vacation cruises, according to industry representatives and travel experts.
When the helpers ‘feel helpless’: First responders get a boost in mental health support
In recent years, states and municipalities say they’re focusing on reducing barriers to care.
Her heart stopped after giving birth. Now, she’s warning others about blood clots during pregnancy
It’s one of the most common causes of pregnancy-related death in the U.S.