Health

In 2023, Sydney Towle, then 23, developed a bump on her abdomen that she could feel. When she exercised, she experienced a stinging in her stomach. Worried that she developed a hernia, Towle visited an urgent care clinic. 

The procedure, called Uterine Transposition, consists on temporarily suspending the uterus in the abdomen so the patient can receive radiation without affecting it

When a woman gets diagnosed with cancer, radiation can save her life, but with it, can come devastating impacts to her fertility. Now, a local hospital is the first to perform a procedure that is giving women hope for the future, and it involves temporarily moving around your organs.

Dentists say fluoridated water was one of the most significant public health advances in recent memory. The incoming administration may not see it that way.

The FDA said the proposed order is not final yet, which means companies can still market over-the-counter drugs containing oral phenylephrine for now.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that people ages 65 and up and those with weakened immune systems get a second dose of the 2024-25 Covid vaccine six months after their first dose, NBC News reports.

The baby powder was first recalled in September.

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu.

Fresh, slivered onions on the restaurant chain’s Quarter Pounders “are the likely source” of the outbreak, the agency said Wednesday.

Actress turned fertility activist Kellee Stewart is fighting to make alternative means to motherhood alive and affordable for all.

Rochelle Broder-Singer was 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a common form of breast cancer last year. She caught it early thanks to diligent screenings, but as a woman with dense breast tissue, it wasn’t just a mammogram she needed.

Rochelle was 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a common form of breast cancer last year. She caught it early thanks to diligent screenings, but as a woman with dense breast tissue, it wasn’t just a mammogram she needed.

The outbreak, likely linked to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, joins a list of other E. coli incidents from fresh produce, especially precut, pre-washed fruits and vegetables.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons.

An international group of health experts concluded that existing regulations globally are insufficient to protect the public from the potential harms of widely accessible gambling.

Even as cases of H5N1 virus among animals and people are rising in the U.S., there’s no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

New standards from the Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at protecting children from exposure to lead paint.

The McDonald’s E. Coli outbreak has been linked to food served in 10 states, including several in the West and Midwest.

Four cases in Washington farmworkers are the latest in a drumbeat of human infections across the U.S. as the virus continues to spread among farm animals.

An E. coli outbreak has been linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in multiple states.