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 Gene Therapy Restores Immunity for 'Bubble Boys'
A team of scientists say they have treated 10 "Bubble Boy' babies born with the disease called X-linked combined severe immunodeficiency, or SCID-X1, using a combination of gene therapy and chemotherapy.
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More TV, Tablets, More Attention Issues at Age 5
Compared with their peers who spent no more than a half-hour in front of a screen each day, 5-year-olds who logged over two hours were six times more likely to have "clinically significant" attention issues.
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Two Lives Saved in Rare 'Paired' Liver Donation
Living liver donation carries more risks than a living kidney donation, and it comes with a 0.3% donor risk of death and a 30% risk of complications following an adult-to-adult donation with the larger right liver lobe.
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Gulf War Legacy: Higher Risk of Birth Defects
Rates of major birth defects were similar for children of deployed and non-deployed veterans. And there was no difference in major birth defects among children whose mothers were or weren't deployed.
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Raw Tuna Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
A salmonella outbreak linked to frozen, raw ground tuna from Jensen Tuna has sickened 13 people in seven states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Recall
Certain batches of Ben & Jerry's Coconut Seven Layer Bar bulk and Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey pints may contain undeclared tree nuts that could put people with an allergy or severe sensitivity to tree nuts at risk for a life-threatening allergic reaction.
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Do American Adults Drink Too Much? Study Says Yes
Binge-drinking -- four or more drinks in a two-hour period for women and five or more for men -- is typical behavior for 7% of adults aged 35 to 44 and 10% of adults aged 45 to 54, according to the poll.
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Hot-Car Deaths Hit Record High in 2018
With another hot summer approaching, the safety council has issued free online training. The course, called "Children in Hot Cars," explains how distraction and other factors can lead to death in overheated vehicles.
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FDA Halts All Sales of Vaginal Mesh Products
The companies will have 10 days to submit plans to withdraw these products from the market, the FDA said. Most pelvic mesh products have already been taken off the market, according to the Associated Press.
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Is a New Remedy for Body Odor on the Horizon?
The researchers took samples of the study participants' underarm bacteria and caused small wounds in the area. Participants were asked if they detected a difference in scent between their left and right armpit and, if so, which smelled better.
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Celebrity 'Fat-Shaming' Affects All Women: Study
The impact of fat-shaming may be far-reaching because nearly three-quarters of Americans are overweight or obese, according to the latest information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Cut Melon From Major Stores May Carry Salmonella
The outbreak has so far involved 93 cases of Salmonella Carrau illness, including 23 cases so severe the patients required hospitalization, although no deaths have been reported, the FDA said in a statement.
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Foul Ball: More Kids Having 'Tommy John' Surgery
The number of teens getting UCLs rebuilt grew from fewer than a dozen a year in the early 1990s to more than 40 by 2010. By 2011, more than half of Tommy John surgeries were done on kids ages 15 to 19.
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Could Treating Gut Bacteria Help Autism Symptoms?
All the children in the study had severe digestive issues, so once they were more comfortable perhaps they were better able to focus and learn. Healthier microorganisms in the gut also may send chemicals to the brain that help children learn and make connections.
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Kids' ER Trips for Swallowed Objects Nearly Double
Between 1995 and 2015, an estimated 800,000 kids under age 6 were treated after swallowing foreign objects. Coins are the main culprit, followed by jewelry, batteries and toy parts. new research has found.
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NASA Twins Study: Body Changes Over Time in Space
Brothers Scott and Mark Kelly were 51 in March 2015, when Scott began his fourth and longest space mission — commanding the International Space Station (ISS) for 340 days, which set an American record.
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Many Secretly Use Alternative Meds For Cancer
The researchers found that herbal supplements were the most common complementary and alternative therapy used by cancer patients. That's a concern, they said, because herbal products can interfere with traditional cancer treatments, reducing their effectiveness.
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Many Misdiagnosed With MS
"I've seen patients suffering side effects from the medication they were taking for a disease they didn't have," said study leader Dr. Marwa Kaisey. "Meanwhile, they weren't getting treatment for what they did have."
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Measles Outbreak: What You Should Know
More than 450 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. so far this year, according to the CDC. Learn why these outbreaks are happening, measles signs and symptoms, and how to protect your family from this potentially deadly disease.
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FDA Approves New Osteoporosis Treatment
Evenity, an injected therapy, helps build new bone by blocking the effect of a protein called sclerostin. It's intended for use only in women at high risk off fracture.
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Blame Game on Insulin Costs Leaves Patients Behind
During Wednesday's House subcommittee hearing on insulin price hikes, drug makers and benefits managers pointed fingers at each other for the last decade's 300% price increase, frustrating congressional representatives.
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Science Says: Smiling Helps You Get Happy
The researchers' conclusion: Facial expressions do have a small effect on feelings: Smiling makes people feel happier, scowling makes them feel angrier, and frowning makes them feel sadder.
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Grief, Divorce Can Seriously Tax the Heart
The findings do not prove that stress disorders actually triggered heart complications, experts said. But there are reasons to believe they contributed, according to Simon Bacon, author of an editorial published with the study.
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Is Your Smartphone Making You Fat?
Researchers believe the findings suggest a link between multitasking and obesity risk -- the connection being the part of the brain that responds to temptation.
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Dozens Charged in Medicare Brace Scam
The scheme sold unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces to hundreds of thousands of seniors, using overseas calls centers to get Medicare numbers from beneficiaries, the Associated Press reported.
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FDA: Don't Suddenly Stop Taking Your Rx Opioid
The FDA's new warning says that stopping an opioid painkiller can cause uncontrolled pain or withdrawal symptoms. As a result, the patient may to try to get opioid pain meds from other sources. That's behavior that can be confused with "drug-seeking" for abuse rather than pain relief.
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Despite Switched Organs, Woman Lived to 99
Rose Marie Bentley was an anatomical rarity. Her stomach, liver and other abdominal organs were switched in position right to left. The condition is called "situs inversus."
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Family Doctors Suggest New Mammogram Guidelines
Compared with yearly screening, biannual mammograms do not significantly boost the average woman's risk of death from breast cancer. And they greatly reduce the potential harms, the American Council of Physicians said.
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New 'Cancer Vaccine' Attacks Tumors From Within
Eight out of 11 lymphoma patients in a small, early clinical trial had partial or complete destruction of the tumor that received the initial injection, according to the researchers' report.
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Brain 'Zap' Might Rejuvenate Aging Memory
The results show that the negative effects of aging on memory aren't necessarily permanent. "We can bring back the more superior working memory function you had when you were much younger," the lead author said.
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Suicidal Behavior Nearly Doubles Among U.S. Kids
Reasons for the increase, researchers said, probably include greater recognition of the problem by parents, schools and doctors and perhaps that kids are under more stress or are developing depression at higher rates.
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Some Boys Are Having Sex Before 13
Having sex before 13 is linked to increased sexual risks, such as having multiple sexual partners and sexually transmitted infections, an editorial published with the study said. It may also be linked to substance abuse, dating violence and low school achievement.
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Does Telemed Lead to More Antibiotic Prescriptions?
The study of children assessed for acute respiratory illness found antibiotic prescriptions were handed out in more than half of telemedicine visits, compared with 42 percent of urgent care clinic visits and 31 percent of doctor's office visits.
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State Offers Print-Your-Own Vaccine Exemptions
Of the more than 31,500 non-medical vaccine exemptions submitted last year, nearly 30,000 were from parents who viewed an online education video and then printed out a do-it-yourself form, Oregon Health Authority data show.
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CDC Probes Mystery E. Coli Outbreak in 5 States
A specific food item, grocery store, or restaurant chain has not been identified as the source of infections, the CDC said.. States affected are Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.
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Could 2 Drinks a Day Raise Stroke Risk?
Researchers followed more than 500,000 people in China for a decade. Overall, it found that alcohol boosts stroke risk by about one-third for every four additional drinks a day.
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Mick Jagger Recovering After Heart Surgery
Jagger had a procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Doctors accessed his heart valve using a catheter that was inserted through his femoral artery, avoiding the need to open Jagger's chest.
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Simple CPR Doubles Survival Odds
During the 18-year study, patients receiving standard and hands-only CPR were twice as likely to survive 30 days as patients who received no CPR, according to the report published online April 1 in the journal Circulation.
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FDA Issues List of 'Safe' Blood Pressure Meds
The initial 40 medicines free of nitrosamine will be added to the "safe" list, the FDA says. The list is meant for health care professionals to review as they consider treatments. "
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Unhealthy Diets May Be World's Biggest Killer
The analysis pointed to some eating habits with particularly strong links to higher death rates: diets high in sodium, and those low in whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and nuts and seeds.
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Hep C-Infected Lungs, Hearts OK for Transplant
The new transplant policy calls for recipients to receive hepatitis C antivirals starting a few hours after leaving the operating room. This strategy could increase the number of potential organs available to patients by 20% to 25%, the lead researcher said.
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Terminally Ill Boy Exposed to Measles
The 7-year-old has a condition called tuberous sclerosis. His mother said doctors told her that her son was exposed to measles by an unvaccinated child who had caught the disease while overseas.
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NIH Official: Polio-Like Illness on the Rise
More than 550 Americans have been diagnosed with the mysterious, paralyzing illness called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) this decade. More than 90 percent were children, most around 4, 5 or 6 years old.
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Our Pets Help Ease the Aging Process, Poll Finds
The benefits of pet ownership include helping their people enjoy life; making them feel loved; reducing their stress, and providing a sense of purpose, the new National Poll on Healthy Aging found.
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Moisturizer With Sunscreen? Get Around Your Eyes
If you're planning prolonged sun exposure, use sunscreen, the researchers suggest. But if you're using moisturizer, use one with SPF; any SPF is better than none but it should not be considered the equal of sunscreen.
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Health Risks After Hysterectomies
New research shows that hysterectomies can raise your odds of having other health problems later in life. So if your doctor recommends one, consider your options.
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New Pancreatic Cancer Therapies Extending Lives
New chemotherapy regimens have given people with inoperable pancreatic cancer a fighting chance when delivered appropriately in conjunction with radiation therapy and surgery, according to a new study.
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