Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Watching TV as a kid linked to high blood pressure and obesity as an adult: Study
TravelCouples/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The amount of time that young people spend watching screens -- instead of physical activity like sports, hikes or gardening -- could be linked to health issues ...
Jul 24, 2023
Beat the heat with these viral TikTok cooling hacks
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- With millions around the U.S. under heat alerts, it's no wonder cooling hacks have racked up over 53 million views on TikTok. Here are some of the viral ways to stay cool as the ...
Jul 24, 2023
New guidance suggests skipping Ozempic before surgery
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In recent years, Ozempic and other similar drugs, called GLP-1 agonists, have grown in popularity for weight loss. However, doctors are now cautioning people ...
Jul 22, 2023
Mom who documented ovarian cancer battle on TikTok dies at 30: What to know about the deadly disease
taylorodlozil/Instagram(NEW YORK) -- The death of a 30-year-old mom who battled ovarian cancer for eight years has put a spotlight on the deadly disease, and its impact on young women. Haley Odlozil's...
Jul 21, 2023
How AI is being used to detect, treat cancer -- and the potential risks for patients
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Artificial intelligence, or AI, is continuing to expand into many areas of our lives and one of those is cancer detection. Researchers are using machine-learning t...
Jul 21, 2023
Headers linked to memory issues, raising questions about soccer safety as the World Cup kicks off
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the Women's World Cup kicking off this week, the focus of the sports world turns to soccer -- the most popular sport in the world and one continuing to ...
Jul 20, 2023
US halts funding access to Wuhan lab at heart of COVID-19 origins debate
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The virus lab at the heart of the contentious debate around COVID-19’s origins has been cut off from U.S. funding opportunities for likely violating Natio...
Jul 20, 2023
Mom says 8-year-old daughter was injured by magnets in reusable water balloon
Courtesy of Kelley Whitty(NEW YORK) -- An Ohio mom says her 8-year-old daughter was injured by magnets from a reusable water balloon. Kelley Whitty of Morrow, Ohio, told ABC News' Good Morning America...
Jul 20, 2023
Millions could soon have access to life-saving tuberculosis drug following online uproar
Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a move welcomed by advocates, a treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis could soon become more accessible for millions of people worl...
Jul 20, 2023
Millions could soon have access to life-saving tuberculosis drug following online uproar
Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a move welcomed by advocates, a treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis could soon become more accessible for milli...
Jul 19, 2023
