Health

• Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, U.K. study suggests

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Annual mammograms are recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries, including the U.S., but a large British study finds...

• Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than some past studies suggest, CDC says

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 22

  Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million.

• Firearms fallout: Study says pregnant women who lived through D.C. sniper trauma had complications

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 21

  The fear and stress felt by area pregnant women during the 2002 D.C.-region sniper attacks was acute enough to cause a 25% spike in premature...

• CDC report finds non-White women with twins, triplets most at risk of intensive care childbirths

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 23

  Black, Asian and Indigenous women delivering twins or triplets are the most likely to give birth in intensive care units with higher health risks,...

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• Two babies infected with rare bacteria sometimes found in powdered infant formula

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 18

  The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child...

• Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio -- but there's nowhere to buy it

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

  Ohioans woke up Thursday in a land of recreational marijuana limbo, in which adults can legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but cannot...

• A nurse's fatal last visit to patient's home renews calls for better safety measures

  8-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 29

  The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence.

• White House says it will grab patents if companies set exorbitant prices for taxpayer-funded drugs

  7-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 19

  The Biden administration on Thursday said it will take control of patents for drugs that were developed with public funding but are priced too...

• Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state's ban

  7-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 28

  A Texas judge on Thursday granted a pregnant woman permission to obtain an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state's ban that took...

• Scientists vow not to repeat U.S. government's grisly experiments on humans

  7-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 25

  U.S. national security officials say they have made important changes to their experiments on human subjects since a botched research project in...

• White House delays menthol cigarette ban

  7-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 14

  White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that...

• White House delays menthol cigarette ban

  7-12-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 16

  White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that...