Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Doctor debunks TikTok-viral flaxseed gel trend that claims it's 'nature's Botox'
Veena Nair/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The latest trend to take hold on TikTok boasts flaxseed gel as a slimy addition to beauty routines, but medical experts are advising against it, saying it lacks sc...
Dec 14, 2023
Three moms bond going through '1 in 8,000' rare twin pregnancies together
Courtesy of Keaira Davis/Summer Morrison/Vakoya Miller(NEW YORK) -- Summer Morrison, a mom of three from North Carolina, was several weeks into her eight-week stay in a high-risk maternity unit for a ...
Dec 14, 2023
Supreme Court to take up abortion pill case that could impact access nationwide
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted petitions from the Food and Drug Administration and Danco Labs to hear their appeal of a ruling that would rein...
Dec 13, 2023
Pharmacies are sharing private data with police without a warrant, lawmakers say
nano/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Americans’ prescription drug records are being shared with law enforcement agencies in some cases without the customer's knowledge and without a judge first...
Dec 13, 2023
Pediatric ER doctor shares top gifts to avoid giving kids this holiday season
Pramote Polyamate/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pediatric doctor is sharing the holiday gifts parents should avoid giving kids – and it's not because she wants to be a Grinch. Dr. Meghan Martin, a...
Dec 13, 2023
Sun-dried tomatoes recalled over 'undeclared sulfites'
FDA(NEW YORK) -- Global Veg Corp has issued a recall of all lots and codes of its 5-pound packages of Aviator brand Sundried Tomato Halves (Lot #060923/1) due to the possibility of "undeclared sulfite...
Dec 13, 2023
Massachusetts officials report cluster of hepatitis A cases they say resembles 2018 outbreak
Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Massachusetts health officials are warning that a hepatitis A outbreak has hit the state, and it resembles a similar outbreak that occurred several years ago. Six case...
Dec 12, 2023
Mom opens up about heart attack she thought was the flu
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A mom who thought she was experiencing flu symptoms but was really having a heart attack is opening up about her experience and sharing a warning for other women. ...
Dec 12, 2023
Arizona's Supreme Court hears case on state's 1864 abortion ban
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Arizona State Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments Tuesday over whether a centuries-old near-total abortion ban will be reinstated. Currently, abortion is ...
Dec 12, 2023
Breast cancer vaccine now in early clinical trials: What to know
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new vaccine being studied in early clinical trials may hold the potential to help some women with breast cancer, a disease that affects one i...
Dec 11, 2023