Health

The list of potential benefits of the shingles vaccine continues to grow. Beyond protecting against the viral infection and resulting painful rash, the shot has also been linked to a reduced risk of dementia, as Fox News Digital previously reported. And now, a new study has found that the vaccine …

A young Maryland woman is “relieved and recovering” after doctors performed a novel surgery to remove her potentially deadly cancerous tumors. A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) extracted the tumors, which had wrapped around the spinal cord, through the patient’s eye socket. This was the …

Tossing in a load of wash at home sounds ordinary and harmless.    But healthcare professionals who wash their work uniforms at home may be unknowingly spreading superbugs, according to a new study. Professor Katie Laird of De Montfort University Leicester, a public university in England, tested home washing machines …

Researchers have developed a new “body clock” tool that calculates people’s biological age — and could even predict the risk of disability or death. The tool, which comes from the University of Washington School of Medicine, uses eight different metrics from a patient’s physical exam and bloodwork to determine the …

North Dakota has reported its first case of measles in over a decade. This case — the state’s first since 2011 — involves an unvaccinated child, who, according to North Dakota Health and Human Services, may have contracted the virus from an out-of-state visitor. The infected person is currently isolating …

As Parkinson’s cases continue to rise, the race is on for therapies to combat the effects of the disease — and researchers have pinpointed an unlikely source of relief. Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some mushrooms, has been found to improve mood, cognition and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s patients, …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 700 into law Tuesday, eliminating the ability of local governments to add fluoride or other medical additives to the state’s public water supply, a move cheered by supporters of medical freedom and health transparency. “Jamming fluoride in the water supply …  is essentially a …

The Department of Health and Human Services formally revoked some layoff notices on Tuesday, multiple federal health officials told CBS News, restoring some staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. Tuesday’s letters to laid-off workers notifying them that their employment was …

Some researchers are sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly fungus that could spread throughout parts of the U.S., Europe and Asia. The study article, which was published in pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) in Research Square, claims that “rising global temperatures” could lead to severe infections of Aspergillus, a fungal …

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life. Dimery, who lives in Minnesota, was just 23 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, which has been rising …