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THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- From her hospital bed, Beth Murphy demanded that a television be brought into her room. She needed to see the face of her husband.Kevin Murphy died on 9/11 as he worked at the World Trade Center in New York City. Of the 2,977 killed that day in separate terror attacks, Kevin and 2,752 others died at the twin towers. He was 40 years old.On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Beth couldn't attend a memorial event with her children, Connor and Caitlyn, who were 7 and 4 when their dad died.Instead, Beth was processing the news her doctors delivered the day before: She might never again use the left side of her body.When her husband's image appeared on screen, Beth spoke to him through tears. "Kevin, I need to live for these kids," she...

THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A rare parasitic disease that has long been documented in Europe seems to have taken root in the United States.Researchers in Vermont are reporting on two human cases of the disease, called alveolar echinococcosis (AE), which were caused by a European strain of the parasite E. multilocularis. They also found evidence of the strain in two red foxes in Virginia.Until now, human cases of the disease in the United States had only been reported -- many years ago -- in Alaska and Minnesota. And those had been caused by North American strains of the E. multilocularis parasite, which are considered less virulent than European strains.So the two Vermont patients represent the first cases of AE in the Eastern United States, and the first caused by a...

THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children's health is jeopardized when they have a parent in prison, new research finds. In the United States, 5 million kids have an incarcerated parent. Those children have worse access to primary, dental and mental health care than their peers, the investigators found. And that puts the kids at risk of worse mental and physical health outcomes, according to the study. “Exposure to parental incarceration is a key adverse childhood experience with physical and mental health impacts across the course of the lives of these kids,” said Dr. Nia Heard-Garris from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. “They are exposed to nearly five times as many adverse childhood experiences as their peers, and we know that is also unfortunately...

THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report they have created a vaccine to fight fentanyl addiction, in a potential breakthrough in the opioid epidemic.The shot would block the ability of fentanyl to enter the brain and cause the “high” that users crave. It could be used to prevent relapses in people trying to quit opioids, once it gets through clinical trials, the scientists said.“We believe these findings could have a significant impact on a very serious problem plaguing society for years — opioid misuse,” said study author Colin Haile, a research associate professor of psychology at the University of Houston and the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics. "Our vaccine is able to generate anti-fentanyl antibodies that bind to the...