What does science say about the ingredients in functional beverages?
Drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration are growing in popularity around the world (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Are Americans feeling like they get enough sleep? Dream on, a new Gallup poll says
It seems Americans don't think they're particularly well-rested (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains
The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts to buyers (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law
Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation's strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea
New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?
A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has spread to more than two dozen herds in eight states (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe's demise
A growing number of progressive candidates are choosing to tell their own abortion stories (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
It's the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer's. Why is is it off to a slow start?
The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged and diagnosis and treatment remain complicated (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can't get enough for medical use, study finds
A new report by the Mexican government says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she says is a vague bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women's and girls' teams (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Urgent care worker accused of sexual assaults while claiming falsely to be a nurse in Philly suburbs
A dozen additional victims say they were victimized by a medical assistant who falsely said he was nurse when they sought treatment in recent months at an urgent care facility outside Philadelphia (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here's what's happening in other states
Abortion was already a major issue in U.S. elections in 2024 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
No link between Ozempic, Wegovy and suicide, EU drug regulators say
Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
