30% of Stillbirths Occur With No Known Risk Factors, Study Shows

Even with modern prenatal care, thousands of U.S. families each year experience the heartbreak of stillbirth, and a surprising number happen without warning.

A study, published Monday in JAMA, analyzed nearly 2.8 million pregnancies and found that about 30% of stillbirths occurred with no clear medical cause or risk factor.

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Man Lives 271 Days With Pig Kidney, Setting Medical Record

A 67-year-old New Hampshire man has set a medical milestone after living more than nine months with a gene-edited pig kidney, doctors announced Monday. 

The experimental transplant, performed by surgeons at Mass General Brigham, lasted 271 days, the longest anyone has survived with an animal organ.

Doctors said Tim Andrews of Co...

Teen Loses Part of Bowel After Swallowing 80+ Magnets

A young boy in New Zealand needed emergency surgery and lost part of his bowel after swallowing more than 80 small, high-powered magnets, according to a new case report published in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

Doctors said the boy swallowed between 80 and 100 neodymium magnets, each just a few millimeters wide. Once inside hi...

Hormel Recalls 4.87M Pounds of Frozen Chicken for Possible Metal

Hormel Foods is recalling 4.87 million pounds of ready-to-eat frozen chicken after pieces of metal were found in some products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said.

The recall covers select chicken breast and thigh items shipped to hotels, restaurants and institutions nationwide between...

Eye Scans Might Help Determine Heart Health Risk, Experts Say

The eyes are the windows to the soul, the old saying goes.

They also might serve as a window into a person’s heart health, a new study adds.

The tiny blood vessels in a person’s eyes can be used to predict their risk of heart disease, as well as whether they’re aging at an accelerated rate, researchers reported Oct....

Clinical Trial Finds Ketamine Not Effective For Depression

Ketamine might not be effective in treating depression, new clinical trial results reveal.

Ketamine infusions added to standard depression care did nothing for people hospitalized with the mood disorder, researchers reported Oct. 22 in JAMA Psychiatry.

“Our initial hypothesis was that repeated ketamine infusions for pe...

Women Struggle On Lung Transplant List, Experts Say

Women are less likely than men to find a donor lung, despite new systems to make organ allocation fairer, a new study says.

Women were 32% less likely than men to receive a lung implant before the reforms went into effect in March 2023, researchers reported recently in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

But afterward, they were...

CTE Not Likely Among People With Few Concussions, Experts Report

Folks who’ve suffered one or two concussions at some point shouldn’t worry about developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a new study has concluded.

CTE is more common in people who experience many repeated head impacts, like the football players in whom the disorder was first identified, researchers recently reported...

Cunning, Manipulative People Use Touch As A Weapon, Study Says

A friendly clasp on the shoulder. A comforting hug. Holding hands.

All these can be dangerous in the wrong hands, a new study reports.

Manipulative and narcissistic people are more likely to use touch in a calculating manner to influence their partners, researchers report in the journal Current Psychology.

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Heartburn Might Be Warning Sign Of A Drinking Problem

Frequent heartburn might be a sign that you have a drinking problem, a new study says.

Patients had an 18% higher risk of diagnosis with alcohol use disorder if they suffered from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also called acid reflux or heartburn, researchers recently reported in the Journal of the American Board of Family Me...