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Financial Missteps Dug A Multimillion-Dollar Hole In Florida’s Health Care...
BY: CHRISTINE SEXTON, Florida Phoenix A House committee has criticized the DeSantis administration for overspending by the state Agency for Health Care Administration, with one Republican estimating...
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How Do Butter Vs. Plant-Based Oils Compare In Terms Of Death, Cancer Risk?
Written by Finn Cohen — Fact checked by Kelsey Costa, MS, RDN Swapping butter for plant-based oils, in particular olive oil, soybean oil, and canola oil, may contribute to a reduced risk of premature...
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Trump CMS Nominee Dr. Oz Won’t Commit To Opposing Medicaid Cuts (Video)
By Kevin Breuninger Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency in charge of massive government-run health insurance programs, on Friday declined to commit to opposing future cuts...
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Drug For Diabetes And Kidney Disease May Also Lower Heart Attack, Stroke Risks
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. Researchers estimate that as many as 840 million people globally live with chronic kidney disease — a disease that steadily damages...
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Mounjaro Can Boost Weight Loss In People Without Diabetes
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Amanda Ward In November 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved one GLP-1 drug using tirzepatide as the active ingredient, called Zepbound, for...
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How Neuroscience is Changing Our Understanding of Criminal Behavior: Expert...
Understanding criminal behavior has been a subject of study across many fields, from psychology to sociology. However, recent changes in neuroscience have begun offering insights into why individuals...
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What Women Should Know About Prostate Cancer Surgery
By Dr. Dan Sperling It’s been said that prostate cancer is a couple’s disease. This is true. As the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) reminds us, “When a man has prostate cancer, his...
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Is Excessive Sleepiness As We Age A Warning Sign Of Dementia?
Written by Katharine Lang — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. Dementia is an increasing problem worldwide. More than 55 million people are currently living with the condition, with 139...
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How Smarter Health Insurance Choices Are Helping Businesses Save Money
Businesses are feeling the squeeze from rising healthcare costs. As expenses continue to climb, finding affordable health insurance is more important than ever. Many companies are rethinking how they...
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Can Exercising Help You Live Longer? Twin Study Says It May Be Complicated
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Amanda Ward For as long as there has been science, researchers have continued to look for ways to help us live longer. “The length of the life span reflects...
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A Brief History Of Medicaid And America’s Long Struggle To Establish A Health...
Ben Zdencanovic, University of California, Los Angeles The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state...
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RFK Jr. Tells His Favorite Anti-Vaccine Group to Delete Mock CDC Website
By Thomas Maxwell Anti-vaccine advocate and health secretary for the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ordered the nonprofit he once chaired to delete a webpage that mimicked the design of the...
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Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
By Apoorva Mandavilli, Margot Sanger-Katz and Jan Hoffman The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for...
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Can You Use Home Equity To Pay For Long-Term Care?
Written by Linda Bell – Edited by Troy Segal – 9 Minute read Aging is inevitable. It’s also very expensive. At some point in our lives, seven out of ten of us will need long-term care. And costs for it...
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10,000 Federal Health Dept. Workers to Be Laid Off
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg The Trump administration on Thursday announced a massive layoff of 10,000 employees at the Health and Human Services Department, as part of a dramatic reorganization designed to...
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Over 100 Tons Of Egg Beaters Products Recalled
Cargill Kitchen Solutions of Lake Odessa, MI, is recalling 212,268 pounds of liquid egg products that may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite, according to the the USDA’s Food Safety...
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Why TED Requires Treatment by a Specialist: Understanding the Importance of...
Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) can affect a person’s well-being and quality of daily life. The condition is commonly linked to Graves disease and can lead to eye-related issues such as irritation and...
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Could A Low-Calorie Keto Diet Help Reverse Biological Aging?
Written by Erika Watts — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. Obesity affects more than 40% of adults in the United States, and one of the health concerns related to obesity is how it affects...
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Thousands Of Workers At Nation’s Health Agencies Brace For Mass Layoffs
BY AMANDA SEITZ AND MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the...
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Multiple Leaders Purged At NIH, CDC And FDA As Massive Layoffs Begin At U.S....
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Rachel Roubein and Joel Achenbach In emails that began arriving late Monday, senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on administrative leave...
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