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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cannabis is getting stronger, research has shown — and so are its health risks. Two new studies raise red flags about how marijuana use may increase paranoia and mental health struggles, especially for people who start using it to cope with anxiety, depression or past trauma.The first study, published in BMJ Mental Health, looked at more than 3,000 adults who currently or previously used cannabis.CANNABIS GUMMY POISONINGS SURGE AMONG VULNERABLE GROUP, EXPERTS WARNResearchers found that people who first tried marijuana to deal with pain, stress or depression were far more likely to struggle with paranoia later. Those who only used it out of curiosity or for fun had the lowest levels of paranoia and anxiety. "This study further spotlights th...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News' Health newsletter brings you stories on the latest developments in healthcare, wellness, diseases, mental health and more.TOP 3:- Common painkillers may fuel deadly superbugs- Military workout goes viral as new fitness craze- New protein booster could reduce belly fat This week's top health news included common fixes for major health issues, military workout crazes and superbug scares. (iStock)MORE IN HEALTHSIMPLE CHANGE – Dementia risk could be dramatically reduced with one common health intervention, a study finds. Continue reading… LONGEVITY HACK - A common daily vitamin was shown to slow the aging process over a four-year period. Continue reading…FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook Instagram YouTube TwitterLinkedInSIGN U...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More wild animals are getting infected with rabies, which poses a public health threat, officials warn.Around 75% of Americans are exposed to raccoons, skunks and foxes — the very wildlife that commonly spread the fatal disease to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The latest report from the CDC’s National Rabies Surveillance System, which monitors rabies trends in the U.S., found that wildlife cases increased 5% in 2023 over the prior year.ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT DIES OF RABIES AFTER SURGERY"Currently, the CDC Rabies Program is tracking 15 rabies outbreak events," Paul Prince, a CDC spokesperson, told Fox News Digital. "There are likely many more rabies outbreaks across the U.S., but these are managed at...

More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. But only slightly more than half of them are expected to receive an organ within five years.  Now, a congressional investigation is raising serious questions about whether non-profit groups meant to secure organs for transplants from deceased donors are doing enough. The groups, called organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, are "failing" to secure many organs that could be recovered, according to a House subcommittee investigating the organ donation and transplant system."Seventeen to 20 people a day die on the wait list because they can't get organs, and the OPOs are just not recovering enough organs and making sure they're getting into people who need them," said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who ch...

Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday denied that he pressured the ousted director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to preapprove vaccination recommendations from a panel he overhauled before her firing. Susan Monarez was fired from the position less than a month after her Senate confirmation. In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Monarez said that Kennedy "pressured me to resign or face termination" in an Aug. 25 meeting. "One of the troubling directives from that meeting more than a week ago: I was told to preapprove the recommendations of a vaccine advisory panel newly filled with people who have publicly expressed antivaccine rhetoric," she wrote. The piece was published shortly before Kennedy t...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new study has discovered another way to potentially prevent COVID-19.Researchers at Saarland University in Germany headed a clinical trial that found a nasal spray could reduce the risk of coronavirus infection by two-thirds.The phase 2 study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, ran from March 2023 to July 2024 at Saarland University Hospital.NEW COVID VARIANT MAY CAUSE 'RAZOR BLADE THROAT' — HERE'S WHAT TO KNOWThe 450 healthy adult participants were randomly assigned to receive either the azelastine nasal spray or a placebo, three times per day for 56 days.The researchers conducted SARS-COV-2 rapid antigen testing twice a week to diagnose infection. People who had symptoms but received negative antigen test results underwent multiple PC...

(Editor's Note: This story is not about fentanyl addiction, which is a separate serious issue. This story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl, and their families and their kids' friends. Sharing this story could save a life.) Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses, and they're popping up everywhere from vending machines to bars. They're intended to help young people avoid fentanyl-laced counterfeit prescription pills and tainted recreational drugs. But as fentanyl test strips are normalized – from high school to college to bachelor parties – experts warn test strips alone can provide a false sense of security, and in some cases do more harm than good.  We put fentanyl test str...

From cops called on elementary school kids for behavioral issues to the state storing and sharing your DNA without permission, we showed you how our CBS News California investigations have lawmakers pushing for change.Now, we're giving you a glimpse into how things really work inside the California State Capitol. The Capitol doesn't generally work the way people think it does, and bills prompted by our reporting provide the perfect examples.Our Handcuffs in Hallways investigations revealed that cops were called to K-8 campuses more than 10,000 times in a single year, including for things like tardy mediation, inappropriate behavior and disrupting school activities, which is technically a misdemeanor."We're using valuable resources, having cops come to campuses thousands of times a ...

Amended bill allows California to continue to conceal who is using newborn DNA for research -- and why. ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The first artificial intelligence (AI) stethoscope has gone beyond listening to a heartbeat.Researchers at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust discovered that an AI stethoscope can detect heart failure at an early stage.The TRICORDER study results, published in BMJ Journals, found that the AI-enabled stethoscope can help doctors identify three heart conditions in just 15 seconds.AI TOOLS COULD WEAKEN DOCTORS' SKILLS IN DETECTING COLON CANCER, STUDY SUGGESTSAccording to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which partially funded the study, the researchers analyzed data from more than 1.5 million patients, focusing on people with heart failure symptoms like breathlessness, swelling and fatigue.A total of 12,725 pa...