U.S. Moms Facing Mental, Physical Health Struggles

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. mothers are struggling with both their mental and physical health, a new study says.

The percentage of mothers who report excellent mental health dropped 12 points between 2016 and 2023, from 38% to 26%, researchers reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Mothers reportin...

Former Surgeon General Warns Social Media Is Harming Children’s Health

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging lawmakers to take stronger steps to protect children from the potential dangers of social media.

In a recent interview on NBC News’ "Meet the Press," Murthy said Congress has failed to act on what he described as a ...

NIH Director's COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested the agency may have helped fund research that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

The protest happened roughly 27 minutes into the meeting, held at N...

Billy Joel Cancels Tour After Brain Condition Diagnosis

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Music legend Billy Joel has canceled tour dates through July 2026 after being diagnosed with a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).

The 76-year-old singer announced Friday that his condition had worsened with recent performances, affecting his hearing, vision and balance...

Knee Pain Relief Through The Ear? New Study Says It's Possible

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “It’s easier to put your elbow in your ear” is a time-tested way to describe the impossibility of any given task.

But the route to easing knee pain might indeed wend through the ear, a new study says.

Stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear improved knee pain for so...

U.S. Had 1.5 Million Excess Deaths Following Pandemic

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Excess deaths in the United States have continued to mount following the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an early demise for hundreds of thousands, a new study says.

More than 1.5 million “missing Americans” died in 2022 and 2023, deaths that would have been averted if U.S. death rat...

Exercise Improves Odds Against Cancer

The last thing a cancer patient might like to do is hit the treadmill or hop on an exercise bike, given how much the disease and its treatments drain a person’s energy.

But toughing through regular workouts can boost their odds of beating cancer, a new study says.

Getting recommended levels of physical activity reduces the risk...

Vitamin D Might Fend Off Biological Aging

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplements might be a veritable Fountain of Youth, capable of slowing down a person’s biological aging, a new study says.

People taking daily vitamin D3 experienced less wear-and-tear on their telomeres, the protective caps of DNA code at the ends of chromosomes, researchers r...

Fentanyl Fueling OD Deaths Among Teens, Young Adults

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl is involved in most fatal drug overdoses (OD) among teens and young adults, a new study says.

Worse, fentanyl taken alone – not in combination with other drugs – is responsible for many of these deaths, researchers found.

Fentanyl-only d...

Quieter Classrooms May Help Calm Kids, Study Shows

SUNDAY, May 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The first day of preschool can be tough — lots of new faces, unfamiliar sounds and the sudden goodbye to Mom or Dad can be overwhelming. But what if something as simple as the ceiling could make it a little easier?

New research suggests that reducing noise in preschool classrooms can help...

Environmental SOS: Rare Birds Crunch From Bellies Full of Plastic

SATURDAY, May 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Birds on a remote Australian island are so full of plastic they crunch, British researchers report.

They found plastic in the bellies of chicks less than 3 months old and a dead bird with 778 individual pieces of plastic packed into its tummy "like a brick," according to ecologist Alex Bond, ...

Biden’s Prostate Cancer Likely Grew Undetected for Years, Experts Say

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis has drawn attention to screening guidelines for older men. 

When Biden, 82, was diagnosed last week, his cancer had already spread to his bones. His last prostate screening was more than a decade ago.

“President Biden&rsquo...

White House Report Blames Toxins, Food and Screens for Poor Health

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new White House report says today’s children are the sickest generation in U.S. history when it comes to chronic disease, and it puts the blame on environmental toxins, poor nutrition and too much screen time.

Called the "MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again," the report was r...

FDA Halts Sale of Off-Brand Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Drugs

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal deadline ending sale of off-brand weight-loss and diabetes medications is now in effect, cutting off access to drugs many patients count on.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already declared that shortages of popular GLP-1 medications have ended, CNN reported. Thos...

Family Link For Postpartum Psychosis Discovered

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women are 10 times more likely to develop postpartum psychosis if they have a sister who experienced the condition after an earlier pregnancy, a new study says.

Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious mental illness that causes severe mood swings, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia and thou...

Want To Live Longer? Stay Sociable, Study Says

FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who stay socially engaged are much more likely to have longer lives, a new study says.

Social engagement among seniors is associated with a lower risk of death, when compared to seniors who are loners, according to findings published May 21 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics ...