FDA Authorizes Fruit-Flavored Vapes for Adults

• Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
• May 6, 2026
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For the first time ever, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the sale of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes ("vapes") for adults 21 and over.

The move comes amid news of President Donald Trump reportedly pressing FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary to approve f...

Edibles + Alcohol Combo Poses Driving Risks Missed by Sobriety Tests

• Stephanie Brown and HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporters
• May 6, 2026
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A new study is raising questions about what roadside sobriety tests actually detect -- and what they might miss.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, studied how marijuana edibles and alcohol affect driving perfor...

VR Training Helps Autistic People Navigate Police Encounters

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 6, 2026
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People with autism find interactions with police officers to be difficult, if not harrowing.

They struggle to read social cues and can behave restlessly, increasing the risk that a police encounter might escalate, researchers say.

But an innovative virtual reality ...

Weight Loss Surgeries Fall More Than 20% As Patients Turn To GLP-1 Meds, Experts Say

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 6, 2026
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The number of weight-loss surgery procedures in the United States is dropping rapidly in the face of cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says.

These procedures dropped by more than 20% between 2022 and 2024, falling below 200,000 for the first time ...

Children Living Near Gas Stations Have Higher Cancer Risk, Study Finds

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 6, 2026
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Children who live near a gas station are more likely to develop leukemia or other childhood cancers, a new study says.

Living within 250 meters (820 feet) of a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, and the risk increases the closer a child’s home is to the pump...

First Psych Ward Stay Signals Long-Term Mental Health Struggles For Nearly All Patients

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 6, 2026
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A first-time psychiatric admission usually marks the beginning of a long-term struggle with mental illness, a new study says.

About 95% of patients return to mental health services in one way or another within two decades of their first admission to a psych ward, researc...

HHS' Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals On Notice About Patients' Meals

• Stephanie Armour and KFF Health News HealthDay Reporters
• May 6, 2026
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Complaints about hospital food are certainly not new, and Jell-O and fruit juice are often the butt of related jokes. But the Trump administration has recently upped the ante.

It is urging the public to report hospitals and nursing homes that serve sugary drinks, nutriti...

Supreme Court Issues Stay, Keeping Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available by Mail For Now

• Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
• May 5, 2026
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. issued an order Monday that allows patients to continue accessing abortion pill, mifepristone, by mail, for now.

The one-sentence order pauses a Friday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans ...

Newer Migraine Drugs Reduce Headache Days With Fewer Side Effects

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• May 5, 2026
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Chronic migraine can be difficult to treat -- but new research is helping identify the most effective options.

In a large new review, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed 43 clinical trials involving adults with chronic migrai...

New Warning Labels Might Help People Cut Back On Drinking

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 5, 2026
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Alcoholic beverages in the United States carry a warning label, but you’d be forgiven if they leave little impression.

In place since 1988, the label states the risks of drinking during pregnancy or while driving, along with a general notice that alcohol “may...

New Drug Combo Effective Against Treatment-Resistant IBD, Trials Show

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 5, 2026
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A new combination drug therapy could help people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for whom other medicines have stopped working, according to a pair of new studies.

The treatment combines two drugs already approved to treat inflammatory diseases, guselkubam (Tremfya...

Ozempic Can Curb Cravings in Alcohol Use Disorder, Landmark Trial Finds

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 5, 2026
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Ozempic can help people who are battling alcoholism, a major new clinical trial has concluded.

People with alcohol use disorder taking semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) had significantly fewer heavy drinking days compared to patients assigned a placebo, researchers reported M...

US on the Brink of Losing Measles-free Status, Study Warns

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 5, 2026
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The United States is moving quickly toward losing its status as a measles-free nation, a new study says.

The nation has missed four of seven markers set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after experts declared measles eradicated in 2000, resear...

FDA Green Lights Expanded Access to Pancreatic Cancer Drug, Daraxonrasib

• Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
• May 4, 2026
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted expanded access for the use of an experimental pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib. 

This means the drug will be available for early access to those who previously received conventional treatment for metastatic pa...

Online Misinformation Adding To Americans' Skin Cancer Risk, Survey Finds

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 4, 2026
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Misinformation is putting more than 16 million Americans at increased risk for skin cancer, a new American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) survey has concluded.

Nearly 3 in 5 Americans (57%) regularly use sunscreen, the annual Practice Safe Sun Survey found.

But more ...

Social Media Videos, Easy Access Raise Risk of Teen Inhalant Use

• HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporter
• May 4, 2026
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New research is raising alarms about inhalants, which are often portrayed online as harmless while putting teens at real risk.

Two new studies point to a troubling pattern: Younger teens, especially girls, may be more vulnerable -- and social media is a major source of ...

'Fitspirational' Posts Can Be More Harmful Than Motivational, Review Concludes

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 4, 2026
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Social media is filled with posts about exercising and clean eating that are meant to inspire folks and encourage healthier habits.

But these "fitspirational” posts can do more harm than good with their depictions of idealized, toned bodies, a new evidence review s...

Surgeon Multitasking Increases Death Risk Of Organ Transplantees

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 4, 2026
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MONDAY, May 4, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- People undergoing transplants do better if their surgeon isn’t forced to multitask during their daily operations, a new study shows.

Death rates among transplant patients increase by 15% when surgeons switch between diff...

Parents’ Stress Tied to Children’s Mental Health, New Survey Finds

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• May 4, 2026
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Allison Tomlin, a mom of two boys in Hilliard, Ohio, knows what it’s like to worry about kids’ mental health -- and how hard it is for parents to find the right approach.

“A lot of times, parents are so focused on the fix that they dismiss the feelings,...

FDA Recalls Several Ghirardelli Powdered Beverages Over Potential Contamination

• Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
• May 1, 2026
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Several powdered beverage mixes by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company are being recalled due to possible concerns of Salmonella contamination. 

Ghirardelli issued the recall out of caution following a previous recall of potentially contaminated milk powder from ...