New Guidance on Managing Environmental Threats to Children
A large proportion of childhood diseases worldwide results from environmental causes and climate change magnifies the effects on children, the ...
Month: February 2025
Breastfeeding Linked to Lower Cardiovascular Risk
DENVER — Breastfeeding was linked to lower long-term cardiovascular risk than not breastfeeding, with the effect size greater in those ...
Cancer Care Post-Pandemic: What Has Changed and What’s Next
New research has shown a 39% drop in cancer screenings and a 28% decline in treatments during the pandemic — ...
Heavy Cannabis Use May Alter Brain Activity
TOPLINE:Heavy lifetime cannabis use is linked to reduced brain activation during working memory tasks in young adults, while recent use ...
‘Clear failings’ found in NHS care of triple killer
Asha PatelBBC News, NottinghamNottinghamshire PoliceValdo Calocane, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was given a hospital order in January 2024 ...
Physician Group Sues Trump Health Agencies Over Scrubbed Sites, Data
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians have launched a legal challenge against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and federal health agencies ...
Hydroablation Device Shows Promise for Early Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- A hydroablation device developed for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) showed promise as a potential treatment aid for ...
RFK Jr. Made These Promises to Win Key Senator’s Vote
(MedPage Today) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), said he received numerous pledges from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the ...
ACOG Will Host Contraceptive Guidance for Ob/Gyns Amid CDC Website Purge
(MedPage Today) -- Amid a political environment in which government websites are being gutted of vital health information, the American ...
APHA Sounds the Alarm on Trump’s Targeting of Public Health
(MedPage Today) -- In this Instagram Live discussion, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Georges Benjamin, MD, executive ...
Public Health Journal Won’t Be Complicit in Trump Admin’s Censorship
(MedPage Today) -- Studies censored by government employees will have a tough time getting published in the American Journal of ...
Modified Quadruplet Regimen Effective in Older Myeloma Patients
(MedPage Today) -- A modified version of the regimen combining the anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody isatuximab (Sarclisa) with bortezomib (Velcade), lenalidomide ...
FDA OKs New Wearable Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved an apomorphine hydrochloride infusion device (Onapgo) to treat motor fluctuations in adults with advanced ...
RFK Jr Nomination to Lead HHS Advances
Robert F Kennedy Jr's quest to head the nation’s largest healthcare agency cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as the Senate ...
Don’t Take Medical Receptionists for Granted
(MedPage Today) -- Imagine leaving your home on a bitter-cold morning, -10°F, scraping ice off your car, and trudging through ...
CDC Employees Respond to Trump’s Buyout Offer
(MedPage Today) -- In recent days, mass censorship at the CDC has been a focus. But another potential crisis is ...
Microplastics in the Brain; Amyloid After COVID; Alzheimer’s and Extreme Heat
(MedPage Today) -- Concentrations of microplastics and nanoplastics were higher in brain tissue than they were in liver or kidney ...
‘Yo-Yo Dieting’ Could Be Hard on Kidneys in Type 1 Diabetes Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Body-weight cycling, sometimes referred to as yo-yo dieting, may be harmful to the kidneys for people with ...
CVD Risk With Twins; Hep C+ Hearts; Stethoscope Screening for Pulmonary Hypertension
(MedPage Today) -- Nationwide data showed that twin pregnancies are associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) complications ...
US Health Agencies Sued Over Removal Of Health Data Websites
(Reuters) - A medical advocacy group on Tuesday sued the main U.S. health agencies over the sudden removal of websites ...
