Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
New study shows alcohol deaths on the rise in women. What are the warning signs?
Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study is sounding the alarm about a rise in alcohol-related deaths, especially in women. The investigation, published by JAMA's Substance Use and A...
Jul 31, 2023
Doctors increasingly discourage vaping amid mounting health concerns
Martina Paraninfi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Doctors are increasingly discouraging people from using e-cigarettes given the mounting evidence about the significant negative health impact of vaping...
Jul 30, 2023
Red meat allergy caused by ticks is an 'emerging public health concern': CDC
rbkomar/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A red meat allergy caused by tick bites is an "emerging public health concern," according to two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alph...
Jul 28, 2023
Toddler undergoes first-of-its-kind heart transplant after two open-heart surgeries
Courtesy of Abigail Robinson(NEW YORK) -- Elias Robinson-Rodriquez was just 11 months old when he underwent a type of heart transplant so rare it had previously been performed on only six children glo...
Jul 28, 2023
Doctors who separated conjoined twins in three-day surgery speak for first time
Dayton Children's Hospital(NEW YORK) -- Doctors in Ohio performed a groundbreaking surgery to separate conjoined twins, the first of its kind due to the twins' age and the complexity of their conditio...
Jul 27, 2023
Postpartum depression pill shows positive effects, new trial data shows
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pill for postpartum depression led to meaningful improvements in depression symptoms, according to a late-stage study published Wednesday in The American J...
Jul 27, 2023
How adults diagnosed with autism navigate changes
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When many people think of autism and an initial diagnosis, they think of children. A growing number of adults are learning they have autism, and their condition has gone unt...
Jul 26, 2023
1 in 6 toddlers have not completed childhood vaccine series, study finds
Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Several routine childhood vaccines require multiple doses to be effective, but a new study finds children are not receiving all of them. The study, publishe...
Jul 26, 2023
Black women saw fetal mortality rates fall 4% in 2021, but still twice as high as national average: CDC
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Fetal mortality rates declined among Black women in 2020 but were much higher than other racial/ethnic groups in the U.S., new federal data shows. A report, p...
Jul 26, 2023
Couple welcome first baby born from a uterus transplant outside clinical trial
Courtesy of Mallory(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- The first baby has been born from a transplanted uterus, outside of a clinical trial, the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced Monday. UAB said the bi...
Jul 26, 2023