In a state that touts itself as “the most pro-life state in the country,” where abortion is prohibited except to save the life of the mother, timber country in southeast Arkansas is an especially dangerous place to give birth.
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Scarlett’s experience has become common, experts say, as preteen girls around the country throng beauty stores to buy high-end skin care products, a trend captured in viral videos with the hashtag #SephoraKids. Girls as young as 8 are turning up at dermatologists’ offices with rashes, chemical burns and other allergic reactions to products not intended for children’s sensitive skin.
Lawmakers are calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to do more to address concerns about the ingredients in tampons after a study released earlier this summer found toxic metals in products from over a dozen popular brands.
It seeks to enroll 100,000 Black women who’ve never had cancer before and will ask them comprehensive questions related to their health and lifestyle twice a year, over a period of 30 years. The participants are between ages 25 to 55. The study is the first large cancer co-hort study focused specifically on Black women.
They were nothing short of legendary in their professions. And their works continue to be celebrated nationwide. But, adding to the mystique of America’s racial health disparities, they’ve all died of complications related to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior.
The 71-year-old retired hairstylist decided to seek medical attention after six months of constant pain that showed no signs of improvement. She was referred to Daniel Klinger, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Broward Health. Following an X-ray and MRI, Dr. Klinger determined that the pain was coming from her lower spine and diagnosed her with lumbar spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis. He recommended a minimally invasive spinal fusion to alleviate her suffering.
Experts are recommending people to get annual vaccines and protect themselves from severe illness and infection. And the time to get those shots is now.
Starting this week, all mammography reports and result letters sent to patients in the United States will be required to include an assessment of breast density. The US Food and Drug Administration’s final rule requiring that mammography facilities notify patients about the density of their breasts goes into effect Tuesday.
Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms – shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble breathing while lying down – are easily mistaken for typical pregnancy discomforts. Late-breaking research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress on a Mayo Clinic study showed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual obstetric care and screening. Full study findings are published in Nature Medicine.
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Learn about the disease, the experiences of people living with it, and advances in research and care.