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31 Mar

Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. Who Do Americans Trust to Help Them Make Important Vaccine Decisions? A New HealthDay/Harris Poll

F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, of the Yale School of Medicine talks with Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, of the Baylor School of Medicine about the rise in vaccine refusal and the backlash against scientists.

28 Mar

Common Sugar Substitute May Actually Increase Your Appetite

A new study finds sucralose, the primary sweetener in Splenda, changes brain activity related to hunger. Researchers say the results could be stronger cravings.

27 Mar

Simple, At-Home Smell Test May Help Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

A new peel-and-sniff card was tested by 180 adults, and the results showed those with mild cognitive impairment had significantly more trouble identifying and remembering odors.

Microplastics Linked To High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Stroke

Microplastics Linked To High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Stroke

Microplastics appear to be contributing to chronic diseases in shoreline areas of the United States, a new study suggests.

High blood pressure, diabetes and stroke rates are higher in coastal or lakefront areas with greater concentrations of microplastics in the environment, researchers reported at a meeting of the American College of Card...

Pregnant Women, New Moms Dying More Often From Heart Conditions

Pregnant Women, New Moms Dying More Often From Heart Conditions

The heart-related death rate among pregnant women and new mothers more than doubled between 1999 and 2022, researchers have found.

Just under 9.1 mothers for every million people died from heart-related diseases in 2022, up from 3.6 per million in 1999, according to results presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology’s ann...

Navigators Help Patients Get Colonoscopy For Suspected Cancer

Navigators Help Patients Get Colonoscopy For Suspected Cancer

Personalized support can help more people at risk of colon cancer attend a potentially life-saving colonoscopy appointment, a new study says.

About 55% of people assigned a patient navigator got a follow-up colonoscopy after their stool test revealed a risk of colon cancer, compared with nearly 43% of patients who were simply notified of t...

GLP-1 Drug Use For Weight Loss Has Soared, Costing Billions

GLP-1 Drug Use For Weight Loss Has Soared, Costing Billions

The number of Americans taking cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound has skyrocketed in recent years, a new study says.

The number of people without diabetes taking a GLP-1 drug more than tripled between 2018 and 2022 in the U.S., researchers reported March 31 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Fasting Outperforms Calorie Cutting, Clinical Trial Says

Fasting Outperforms Calorie Cutting, Clinical Trial Says

Fasting every other day can prompt more weight loss than simply cutting calories, a new clinical trial shows.

People who undertook 4:3 intermittent fasting lost just under 8% of their body weight within a year, compared to a 5% loss among people who cut their daily calories by about a third, researchers reported March 31 in the Annals ...

Local Outbreaks Can Motivate The Vaccine-Hesitant, Poll Finds

Local Outbreaks Can Motivate The Vaccine-Hesitant, Poll Finds

COVID-19 and influenza burned through the U.S. during this year’s cold and flu season, and deadly measles outbreaks have sickened people in 19 states.

So what does it take to get people vaccinated against these preventable diseases?

Essentially, an outbreak within a person’s own community appears to be one of the most pot...

New Drug May Cut Sudden Heart Risk by 94%

New Drug May Cut Sudden Heart Risk by 94%

A new drug may help protect millions of people from heart attacks and strokes by lowering a little-known risk factor in the blood.

The drug, made by Eli Lilly and called lepodisiran, lowered levels of a tiny particle called Lp(a) by 94% with a single shot, the study shows. Lp(a) is a mix of protein and lipids.

The drug's effects last...

Top FDA Vaccine Official Quits, Warns of Vaccine Misinformation

Top FDA Vaccine Official Quits, Warns of Vaccine Misinformation

A top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping down, warning that vaccine misinformation is coloring the country’s top health decisions.

Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said he will resign and retire by April 5.

In a letter to the acti...

Smartwatches Can Help People Control Diabetes Through Exercise

Smartwatches Can Help People Control Diabetes Through Exercise

Wearing a smartwatch might do more than track steps (or your texts) -- it could be a powerful tool for helping people with type 2 diabetes stay active, a new study says.

Participants were more likely to start and maintain an exercise regimen if they had a smartwatch providing them feedback and encouragement, researchers reported March 27 i...

Bad Sleep Linked To Alzheimer's-Related Brain Changes

Bad Sleep Linked To Alzheimer's-Related Brain Changes

Certain stages of sleep – deep sleep and dream sleep – appear to contribute to brain health in ways that affect risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says.

People who get less deep sleep or dream sleep have smaller volumes in critical brain regions, researchers reported today in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medici...

More Type 1 Diabetics Are Obese, Taking GLP-1 Drugs

More Type 1 Diabetics Are Obese, Taking GLP-1 Drugs

Use of cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound has increased dramatically among people with type 1 diabetes, raising safety concerns among experts, a new study says.

Both adults and children with type 1 diabetes are taking the drugs more often to manage obesity, researchers reported in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and...

Breasts Can Shrink Following Cancer Surgery, Radiation

Breasts Can Shrink Following Cancer Surgery, Radiation

Breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer might not conserve as much as previously thought, a new study suggests.

Women’s breasts can shrink considerably after they’ve undergone radiation therapy and lumpectomy for their early-stage breast cancer, researchers reported March 27 in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Sur...

Surgery Not Necessary In Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers, Study Says

Surgery Not Necessary In Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers, Study Says

Surgery might not be needed to treat as many as 60% of early-stage breast cancers, a new study says.

Breast cancers that have been completely wiped out by chemotherapy and radiation treatment are not likely to come back, according to a small-scale clinical trial published March 28 in JAMA Oncology.

The trial tracked 31 women...

Citrus Oil Formula May Relieve Dry Mouth for Cancer Patients

Citrus Oil Formula May Relieve Dry Mouth for Cancer Patients

A new formula made with natural citrus oil could help cancer patients find relief from dry mouth, a common and painful side effect of radiation treatments.

The formula was created by researchers at the University of South Australia and Stanford University. It mixes limonene -- a citrus oil found in lemons, limes and oranges -- with healthy...

Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity

Measles Outbreak Leads to Dangerous Vitamin A Toxicity

As a measles outbreak spreads across U.S., doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: Children getting sick from taking too much vitamin A.

At Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, several unvaccinated children showed signs of liver problems after taking large amounts of vitamin A, according to Dr. Lara Johnson, th...

Trump Administration To Cut 10,000 Health and Human Services Jobs

Trump Administration To Cut 10,000 Health and Human Services Jobs

The Trump administration will lay off 10,000 workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a major reorganization, officials announced Thursday.

The changes reflect efforts to cut the size of the federal government and follow Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vision for the agency.

Before the cut...

Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies

Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies

A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies, state health officials said Wednesday.

The patient got the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December and passed away the following month.

The exact type of organ and the patient’s identity have not been shared, according to NBC News...

New Surgical Technique Preserves Erectile Function In Prostate Cancer Patients

New Surgical Technique Preserves Erectile Function In Prostate Cancer Patients

A pioneering technique can help nearly twice as many men preserve erectile function following prostate cancer surgery, researchers say.

The new surgical method, called NeuroSAFE, preserves the nerves that run through the prostate’s outer layers, which are thought to be responsible for producing erections, according to a report publis...

AI Improves Diagnosis Of Celiac Disease

AI Improves Diagnosis Of Celiac Disease

Liz Cox, 80, had been suffering from severe stomach pains and anemia for nearly 30 years before doctors finally diagnosed her with celiac disease.

Cox first developed severe stomach pains in her 30s, after having her three children.

“My doctor carried out various tests, but celiac disease wasn't very well known then, so I wasn'...

Sugar Substitute Appears To Boost Appetite, Hunger

Sugar Substitute Appears To Boost Appetite, Hunger

Splenda doesn’t directly add calories to your diet, but the sweetener still might lead people to pack on pounds, a new study says.

The sugar substitute might spur on a person’s appetite and feelings of hunger, potentially leading them to overeat, according to results published March 26 in the journal Nature Metabolism....

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