Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert to notify doctors and health officials that a person who contracted measles attended the Asbury revival meeting in Kentucky last month. The agency said Friday that the Kentucky Department for Public Health identified a confirmed case of measles …

Two people have died of cholera in Syria’s opposition-held northwest in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the area, a source from the rescue force that operates there told Reuters on Tuesday. The earthquake left more than 4,000 people dead in the rebel-controlled zone near the Turkish border …

Advanced stage colorectal cancer (CRC) cases are on the rise and the disease is being discovered among younger patients more frequently, according to Colorectal Cancer Statistics 2023, a new report on cancer facts and trends by the American Cancer Society (ACS), which is headquartered in Atlanta.  Although deaths related to CRC …

Black women face a significantly higher risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension) in their childbearing years, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts, analyzed data that was collected from 1,293 women between 2001 …

Devoting just 11 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each day would be sufficient to lower the risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and a number of cancers, according to new research.  In an international study led by the University of Cambridge and published in the British Journal of …

A 57-year-old man from Nashville, Tennessee, is eating nothing but McDonald’s for 100 days in an unconventional attempt to shed some pounds. Kevin Maginnis is documenting his journey on his TikTok account at @bigmaccoaching.  His plan is to order three meals a day from McDonald’s, eat only half of each …

A drug called bempedoic acid (brand name Nexletol) has been shown to be an effective alternative for lowering cholesterol and reducing heart attack risk, according to a major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Saturday. Most cholesterol medications are statins, which work by “blocking a substance …

Hundreds of thousands of women around the world are paying big bucks — and taking big risks — to get plumper, perkier derrières. More than 520,000 people elected to get some type of buttock augmentation, including what’s known as the BBL, or Brazilian butt lift, in 2021. That’s an astounding …

Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Hannah Diviney, 23, is hoping that the Walt Disney Company will create a princess character with disabilities for all to see. And she is heading up a campaign that to date has gotten support from Reese Witherspoon, Jameela Jamil and Mark Hamill, according to …

Feds look to fight flesh-destroying drug ‘tranq’ Fox News national correspondent Alexis McAdams has the latest on the FDA restricting imports of animal tranquilizer Xylazine, also known as ‘tranq,’ in an effort to curb overdose deaths on ‘America Reports.’ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will now restrict imports of …