FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal team responsible for setting poverty guidelines that determine who qualifies for health and food assistance has been fired, according to former employees. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) laid off the small group of data experts who worked onContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new pill designed to help with weight loss and blood sugar control is showing promise in early studies. Eli Lilly said its experimental drug, orforglipron, helped people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar and lose weight. The company is hopingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Spring has sprung, and the battle with seasonal allergies is underway in earnest. But there’s a lot folks can do to manage their pollen-produced misery, according to Dr. Zachary Rubin, a Chicago-area pediatrician and allergy expert. “There’s a lot of different issues atContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Migraines, blood clots in veins, kidney or liver disease, and cancer aren’t typically considered conditions that put a person at increased danger for stroke. But these less-common risk factors can more than double the odds of having a stroke in folks younger thanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s taking too long for people with psoriatic arthritis to be diagnosed and treated, a new study argues. Visible signs of psoriatic arthritis appear months and even years before a person develops the full-blown inflammatory joint disease, British researchers reported in the AnnalsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Lucy Mulloor woke one morning to find she couldn’t call out to her two daughters, who were bustling about the kitchen. She also couldn’t move the right side of her body, and only attracted her girls’ attention by falling to the floor afterContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Babies exposed to air and light pollution have a higher risk of developing childhood thyroid cancer, a new study says. Airborne particle pollution and outdoor artificial light both increased babies’ risk of developing thyroid cancer before they turned 20, researchers recently reported inContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A panel of federal health experts on Wednesday recommended expanded vaccine options for several diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), meningitis and a mosquito-borne illness called chikungunya. The panel, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), makes vaccine use recommendations toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration is proposing a major change to the Endangered Species Act that would no longer deem habitat destruction a harm to at-risk animals and plants. Federal officials say this change would reduce an unnecessary regulatory burden, while scientists and conservation groupsContinue Reading