Health

As flu season looms, the virus may not only leave people vulnerable to pneumonia, fever and body aches — but it may also increase the risk of heart attack, according to several past studies. Those who had the flu were six times more likely to experience a heart attack a …

Dr. Ruth Westheimer appointed New York’s ambassador to loneliness Dr. Ruth Westheimer appointed New York’s ambassador to loneliness 00:39 ALBANY, N.Y. — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, best-known as a sex therapist and talk show host, has been named New York’s honorary ambassador to loneliness, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday. New …

A military veteran who received the first-ever whole-eye and partial-face transplant is speaking out about the life-changing surgery. The recipient, 46-year-old Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was working as an electrical lineman in 2021 when his face touched a live wire — and received a 7,200-volt electric shock. As …

Dog food recall 00:27 A Texas pet food manufacturer is greatly expanding a recall to include dozens of different types of dry dog and cat food potentially contaminated with salmonella, with at least seven people — six of them infants — sickened. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the …

As enrollment in the Affordable Care Act reaches a record high this year, more Americans need doctors — but getting an appointment can be hard. Nevada ranked 48th in the nation for the availability of primary care doctors, as cited in a July 2023 study by the University of Nevada, …

After more than three decades of living with Parkinson’s disease, actor Michael J. Fox has raised awareness and over $2 billion worth of research. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991, when he was just 29 years old. In 2000, he established the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Now 62, Fox …

Many lung cancer patients now have access to a potentially life-saving medication. Osimertinib, sold under the brand name Tagrisso, is available to patients with Stage 1B-3A lung cancer who have a certain genetic mutation and have had surgery to remove cancerous tumors. Among those patients, Tagrisso was shown to reduce …

NEW YORK — A new study is shedding light on why women of color die more often from breast cancer. The reason might surprise you. In October, breast cancer survivor Atia Allen shared her story with CBS New York. “I did eight rounds of chemotherapy. I did 25 rounds of …

A 34-year-old Missouri man was recently saved by surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who used breast implants to successfully perform a double-lung transplant. Davey Bauer, 34, whose nickname is now “Double D Davey,” started smoking cigarettes when he was 21 years old, and typically smoked a pack of cigarettes …

The Food and Drug Administration approved a request by Eli Lilly on Wednesday to begin marketing its tirzepatide medication, which is branded as Mounjaro for diabetes, under a new brand for weight loss as well. While Mounjaro had already been used by some patients “off-label” for weight loss, the new …