WEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A healthy plant-based diet might protect people from inflammatory bowel diseases, a new study says. People noshing healthy plant-based foods had a 14% lower risk of Crohn’s disease and an 8% lower risk of ulcerative colitis, researchers found. On the other hand, anContinue Reading
AAP maintains RFK Jr. violated federal law by unilaterally changing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations without scientific evidenceContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 6 older adults takes daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, even though stricter guidelines say it’s not for everyone, a new study says. Worse, nearly a quarter of those folks started taking aspirin without a doctor’s recommendation, and about 1Continue Reading
Agency will require a Limitation of Use section in the prescribing information of all extended-release ADHD stimulantsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global public health threat, as more microbes gain the ability to thwart essential bacteria-killing drugs. And there’s a hidden means by which antibiotic resistance is likely increasing, researchers say. Manure from livestock is a major reservoir for antibioticContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tens of thousands of people suffer needless heart attacks and strokes every year because they aren’t taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study says. More than 39,000 deaths, nearly 100,000 non-fatal heart attacks and up to 65,000 strokes in the U.S. could be preventedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content. The Children’s Health Defense sued Meta Platforms, the parentContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Moderna’s new flu vaccine, based on the same mRNA technology used in its COVID-19 shot, showed promising results in a major trial, the company announced Monday. The vaccine, called mRNA-1010, was tested in a Phase 3 study in adults aged 50 and older.Continue Reading
Benlysta is the first and only approved autoinjector biologic for both systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritisContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday. The decision was made public in a video shared at a GaviContinue Reading