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18 Dec
Grandparent Child Care Comes With Benefits — and Tradeoffs, Study Finds
When grandparents pitch in to help take care of their grandkids, mom and dad feel the benefits big time, but researchers say there may be a small drawback for their little ones.
16 Dec
Is Tamoxifen Alone a Viable Option for Women with Low-Risk DCIS Breast Cancer?
In a new study, women with very early-stage DCIS breast cancer taking tamoxifen alone had higher recurrence rates than researchers expected. But they say the incidence of invasive breast cancer was still low at 5 years, suggesting tamoxifen alone may be an option in “carefully selected patients.”
15 Dec
Uterine Fibroids May Signal Heart Trouble, Major Study Finds
In a new study, women with uterine fibroids had an 81% higher risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event within 10 years.
Nerve Block Cuts Opioids Needed Following Cleft Palate Surgery
Using a nerve blocker before surgery to correct cleft palate can reduce or eliminate the need to prescribe infants opioids to manage post-procedure pain, a new study says.
A nerve block administered to a nerve that provides sensation to the palate, upper jaw and upper lip halts pain during the surgery and significantly reduces it aft...
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Different Mental Health Conditions Share Similar Genetics, Study Says
Psychiatric conditions as varied as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder might be driven by very similar genetic underpinnings, a new study says.
Mental health problems can be sorted into five general genetic categories, each with a shared “genetic architecture” driving people’s illness, according to results published...
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- December 19, 2025
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Eczema Injectable Drug Provides Quick Itch Relief, Clinical Trial Results Show
A recently approved injectable eczema drug provides quick itch relief to patients with the maddening skin disease, a new study says.
Nemolizumab (Nemluvio) relieved itchiness within two days for three times as many patients as a placebo, researchers reported Dec. 16 in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology<...
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Depression, Anxiety Increase Heart Disease Risk Through Stress, Experts Say
Depression and anxiety are linked to a higher risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke, and researchers now think they know why.
These mood disorders appear to drive brain activity and nervous system responses that place additional stress on the heart, researchers reported Dec. 17 in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imagin...
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- December 19, 2025
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Risk Score Helps Predict Pancreatic Cancer Recurrence, Study Says
A new risk score can help predict which pancreatic cancer survivors are more likely to suffer a recurrence of their cancer, researchers said.
The score could help better manage the follow-up care for patients who’ve had pancreatic tumors surgically removed, and whose cancers have not spread to their lymph nodes, researchers wrote Dec...
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- December 19, 2025
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FDA Adds Brain Tumor Warning to Depo-Provera Birth Control Shot
THURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain tumor called meningioma.
The agency signed off last week on a label update for two versions of ...
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