Common Consumer Products Contain Toxic Chemicals, Study Shows
Hair and nail products, all-purpose cleaners and automotive products contain some of the highest numbers of chemicals.
PUMP Act: What to Know About the New Breast Pumping Law
Enhanced regulations aim to protect a greater number of working parents.
Australia Aims to ‘Stamp Out’ Vaping With Sweeping Regulations
The Australian government said it wanted to crack down on the use of e-cigarettes in an effort to “reduce smoking and stamp out vaping” in one of the most sweeping tobacco regulatory moves in the country in years. The proposal, announced on Tuesday, would ban all single-use, disposable vapes; stop the importation of nonprescription vapes;…
One Dose of HPV Vaccine Prevents Infection for at Least Three Years
A single dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine is highly effective at preventing infections over three years, most likely lowering rates of cervical cancer and other diseases linked to the virus, according to a new study in Kenya. A single-dose strategy would dramatically extend supplies of the vaccine, lower costs and simplify distribution, which would…
Loneliness is a Health Crisis, Surgeon General Says. Here’s How to Combat It.
America’s top physician, Dr. Vivek Murthy, offers advice on how to build meaningful social connections in an increasingly lonely world.
How Gwyneth Paltrow Put Concussions On Trial
Yet as someone who has, for nearly the past 20 years, lived with invisible illness, I can tell you that it is a legitimate look. My personal complex of illness stems from an unusual neurological condition called spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak syndrome, which leads to a brain with an insufficient cushion around it. I also…
A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading
Think of the words whirling around in your head: that tasteless joke you wisely kept to yourself at dinner; your unvoiced impression of your best friend’s new partner. Now imagine that someone could listen in. On Monday, scientists from the University of Texas, Austin, made another step in that direction. In a study published in the…
Emergency Room Visits Have Risen Sharply for Young People in Mental Distress, Study Finds
The News Mental health-related visits to emergency rooms by children, teenagers and young adults soared from 2011 to 2020, according to a report published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The sharpest increase was for suicide-related visits, which rose fivefold. The findings indicated an “urgent” need for expanded crisis services, according…
Hablar dos idiomas desde la juventud podría prevenir la demencia
Hablar dos idiomas proporciona la envidiable capacidad de hacer amigos en lugares insólitos. Un nuevo estudio sugiere que el bilingüismo puede tener otra ventaja: mejorar la memoria en la vejez. Tras estudiar a cientos de pacientes de edad avanzada, unos investigadores alemanes descubrieron que quienes decían utilizar dos idiomas a diario desde temprana edad obtenían…
How a Gastroenterologist Cares for Her Gut
We asked Dr. Olufemi Kassim, a gastroenterologist at Loyola Medicine, for her best gut health tips.