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What one man’s ‘escape’ from Alzheimer’s might tell us about the disease
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a 75-year-old man they call an...
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How Rising Health Care Claim Denials Are Hurting Americans (Video)
By Anuz Thapa The targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December became a turning point in the public’s growing frustration with the health insurance industry. People began sharing...
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Pope Francis Suffering From Kidney Failure in Addition to Pneumonia
By Elisabetta Povoledo Pope Francis is suffering from “initial, mild kidney failure” in addition to the serious respiratory illness that has left the 88-year-old pontiff in critical condition in a Rome...
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GLP-1 Drugs May Aid Brain Health, But Do They Bring Other Risks?
Written by Erika Watts — Fact checked by Amanda Ward Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs or GLP-1) medications have skyrocketed into popularity over the past few years. Pharmaceutical...
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University Of Florida Researchers Advance Development Of Salmonella Vaccine
University of Florida researchers have taken a significant step toward developing a vaccine for non-typhoidal Salmonella. Salmonella infections are responsible for an estimated 1.35 million illnesses,...
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2 Out Of 25 Lifestyle And Environmental Factors Affect Aging The Most, Study...
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. For many years, researchers have been working on cracking the code of aging to help people live a longer, healthier life. For this...
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A Guide For Boosting Your Immunity During Winter
Cold weather brings many challenges to keeping the body’s immune defenses high. Flu, cold, and winter infections are bound to show. The best practice is strengthening the immune system beforehand....
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Republicans and Democrats Agree: The Cost of Health Care Is a ‘Very Big Problem’
By: Adam Hardy – Editor: Katherine Peach – 5 Minute read Regardless of your political leanings, you probably agree with this statement: Health care costs are too high in the U.S. Two-thirds of...
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FDA Cancels Vaccine Advisory Meeting For Choosing Flu Strains For Next...
By Annika Kim Constantino A crucial March meeting of vaccine advisors to the Food and Drug Administration has been canceled without explanation, a member of the advisory panel told CNBC on Wednesday....
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Both Lower And Higher B12 Levels May Be Linked To Cognitive Issues In Older...
Written by Katharine Lang — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin that is essential for developing and maintaining a healthy...
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2 Out Of 25 Lifestyle And Environmental Factors Affect Aging The Most, Study...
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. For many years, researchers have been working on cracking the code of aging to help people live a longer, healthier life. Past...
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As GOP Eyes Medicaid Cuts, Trump Tries To Avoid The Political Third Rails
By Dan Diamond President Donald Trump has insisted — loudly and repeatedly — that his administration won’t cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. “I have said it so many times, you shouldn’t be...
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Managing Respiratory Illness At Home
By Joel Streed According to U.S. health officials, the number of acute respiratory illnesses causing people to seek medical care remains at a high level. Seasonal influenza activity, in particular,...
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Boosting Physical Activity May Lower Dementia, Depression Risk
Written by Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. Neuropsychiatric diseases are health conditions that can negatively impact the brain. Examples can include Alzheimer’s disease and...
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RFK Jr. and His Allies Target Trump’s Beloved Soda
By Kristina Peterson, Josh Dawsey and Laura Cooper Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls it “poison.” President Trump has multiple cans of it every day. Welcome to the 2025 soda wars. At both state and federal...
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Trump Vowed To End Surprise Medical Bills. The Office Working on That Just...
By Noam N. Levey As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. “This must end,” Trump said. “We’re going to hold...
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What to Expect When Living with Crohn’s Disease
Ah, Crohn’s disease. If you’ve been diagnosed (or suspect you might be on the guest list for this not-so-exclusive club), you probably have a lot of questions. And maybe a little bit of panic. I get...
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New Test Distinguishes Between Prion Disease And Other Causes Of Rapidly...
By C.J. Bahnsen In May of 2024, Mayo Clinic launched a new prion test, RT-QuIC Prion, CSF, which can distinguish prion disease from other causes of rapidly progressive dementia — particularly...
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Secrecy and Turmoil Dominate RFK Jr.’s First Weeks as Health Secretary
By Liz Essley Whyte and Kristina Peterson WASHINGTON—Soon after taking over as President Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marked a small victory for his food agenda, congratulating...
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Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
By Roni Caryn Rabin and Nicholas Nehamas At the Veterans Affairs hospital in Pittsburgh, researchers spent months preparing for a clinical trial of a new drug to treat advanced cancers of the mouth,...
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