FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Proposed cuts to Medicaid could be devastating to America’s rural hospitals, health care CEOs are warning in interviews with HealthDay. House Republicans have proposed an $880 billion reduction in Medicaid funding. Combined with other health care cuts, the package could leave as manyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to die if they lose access to crucial medication coverage, a new study says. More than 14 million poor Medicare beneficiaries receive the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which further reduces their drug costs, researchers saidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People who develop type 1 diabetes in adulthood have a higher risk of heart disease and death, a new study says. However, these patients can improve their odds through healthy lifestyle habits, researchers reported May 14 in the European Heart Journal. “We showContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Measles virus popped up in Houston wastewater weeks before a notorious Texas outbreak of the highly infectious disease started in January, a new study says. Wastewater samples collected Jan. 7 contained genetic evidence of measles virus, researchers reported in the American Journal ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Barbie’s arched feet became something of a statement on female empowerment in her 2023 movie. Her feet initially remained arched even when she stepped out of high heels, but to Barbie’s horror fell flat as she started to think about weighty subjects likeContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has temporarily halted the import of live cattle, horses and bison from Mexico. The move aims to stop the spread of New World screwworm, a dangerous flesh-eating parasite that can be deadly to animals and can sometimesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. surgeon general has raised eyebrows for promoting the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, in a 2024 book and her personal newsletter. His choice for the post is wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means, who was recommendedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A mother with stage 4 colon cancer faces an uncertain future after federal staff cuts delayed her experimental cancer treatment. Natalie Phelps, 43, was accepted into an immunotherapy study at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But her treatment has been delayed dueContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The 2023 approval of the first drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease came with no small amount of concern from skeptics. Lecanemab (Leqembi) modestly slows Alzheimer’s by helping the body flush out amyloid beta proteins associated with toxic plaques in theContinue Reading