HEALTH CONDITIONS

Prenatal marijuana use linked to serious risks for mother during pregnancy

"Cannabis use during pregnancy is not safe.”

New pill could stop cancer growth for 40,000 men

GLOUCESTERSHIRE LIVE – A hormone reduction pill which can be taken at home could benefit more than 40,000 men in England with advanced prostate cancer. Relugolix, also known as Orgovyx and made by Accord, is an androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a medicine that reduces testosterone levels to treat prostate cancer. ADTs are usually administered by injection, but relugolix is the first oral treatment of its kind to be approved by the National Institute for Health and...

Tennessee Agrees To Remove Sex Workers With HIV From Sex Offender Registry

KFF HEALTH NEWS – The Tennessee government has agreed to begin scrubbing its sex offender registry of dozens of people who were convicted of prostitution while having HIV, reversing a practice that federal lawsuits have challenged as draconian and discriminatory. For more than three decades, Tennessee’s “aggravated prostitution” laws have made prostitution a misdemeanor for most sex workers but a felony for those who are HIV-positive. Tennessee toughened penalties in 2010 by reclassifying prostitution with HIV...

The best U.S. hospitals for cancer care, diabetes and other specialties, ranked

CBS NEWS – Need speciality care? A new ranking aims to highlight the top hospitals for different specialized care needs, from cancer to cardiology. Published in U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday, the outlet's "Best Hospitals for Complex Specialty Care" rankings for 2024 to 2025 are meant for patients with "life-threatening or rare conditions who need a hospital that excels in treating complex, high-risk cases" ... Here are five of the specialties analyzed and their...

How often you poop can affect your health well beyond the gut, study suggests

Chronic constipation — two or fewer bowel movements a week — was linked with decreased kidney function, while diarrhea — going four or more times a day — was associated with decreased liver function.

Woman born with two vaginas: one for husband, one for sleeping around

An OnlyFans model has revealed how she lives with an incredibly rare medical condition that sees her have two vaginas - with her rules over who has access to what very strict.

A study found toxic metals in popular tampon brands. Here’s what experts advise

Researchers detected “measurable concentrations” of all 16 metals they were looking for in the tampons, as well as “elevated mean concentrations” of toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium.

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough As Nasal Spray May Boost Memory

These studies could bring hope to the 6.9 million Americans who are living with Alzheimer's at present.

Gastrointestinal issues are a common but often unrecognized sign of COVID infection

THE NEW YORK TIMES – In January 2020, a man who would become known as the first documented Covid-19 patient in the United States arrived at an urgent care clinic. Two of his symptoms, a cough and a fever, were among those that would become known as the telltale symptoms of Covid. But the patient had also experienced two days of nausea and vomiting. Many of us associate Covid with respiratory issues. But some people who...

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Challenges and Strategies

Gardasil 9, the latest and most comprehensive HPV vaccine, protects against nine HPV types. These types are responsible for approximately 90% of cervical cancer cases globally.

After decades of progress in trying to erase negative stereotypes about women, irritability, anxiety, depression, and sudden mood swings again tied to being female

Tampa Bay Times – For the most part, Cori Lint was happy. She worked days as a software engineer and nights as a part-time cellist, filling her free hours with inline skating and gardening and long talks with friends. But a few days a month, Lint’s mood would tank. Panic attacks came on suddenly. Suicidal thoughts did, too. She had been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, but Lint, 34, who splits her time between St. Petersburg,...

1956 John Wayne movie linked to high cancer rate

THE HILL – The 1956 movie “The Conqueror” is infamous among cinephiles, both for its casting of John Wayne as the Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan and for a suspicious number of deaths that followed its filming downwind of a nuclear test site. Nearly 70 years later, the makers of the documentary “The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout” hope to tell the story of the affected “downwinder” community in St. George, Utah, near where the film shot as...