Health

Lucas Goeller’s family has launched a campaign to spread awareness of the urgent need for organ donors for their 10-year-old son and other children and adults. (Jessica Goeller / Summer Kraus) A FAMILY’S PLEA – A 10-year-old Pittsburgh boy needs a second liver transplant to save his life. Continue reading… …

Major retailers including Amazon, Target and Walmart will stop selling water beads marketed to children amid calls for a ban on the colorful, water-absorbing balls sold as toys that can be potentially lethal if swallowed.  The retailers, along with Etsy and Alibaba, are halting sales and marketing of water beads …

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new medical breakthrough has roots in Philadelphia. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first gene therapies to treat patients with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that strikes mainly people of color.  “You feel like somebody is taking a sledgehammer to your bones …

Actress Kate Micucci, known for her role as Lucy on the CBS sitcom “Big Bang Theory,” says she underwent surgery for lung cancer – despite having never smoked a cigarette in her life. “Hey everybody, this is not a TikTok, it’s a ‘Sick Tok,'” Micucci said in a TikTok video …

Just as a fitness trainer can help you build physical strength, could a health and lifestyle coach help you reduce the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease? A recent study led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), suggested personalized coaching in health and lifestyle resulted in better cognitive scores, …

Compression therapy, in which pressure is applied to certain areas of the body, has been proven to help with specific medical issues and is relatively easy to use.  “Compression for lower extremities helps prevent or decrease swelling seen in the lower legs or when the legs are in a dependent …

Modern medicine is one step closer to potentially curing sickle cell disease. On the heels of the U.K.’s authorizing the world’s first gene-edited treatment for sickle cell disease on Nov. 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the same treatment on Dec. 8. “CASGEVY’s approval by the FDA …

An outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in southern California has led to three deaths, according to a Dec. 8 health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The total of five reported cases all involved affected people who had recently traveled to or lived in …