NIH to Cap Publishing Fees for Publicly Funded Research
2025-07-09
Agency says these fees place an additional burden on taxpayers who already fund the underlying researchContinue Reading
AI Can Help Determine A Person’s Specific Form Of Dementia
2025-07-01
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new AI tool can help doctors hone in on a patient’s particular type of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. The AI tool, StateViewer, helped researchers identify a person’s dementia type in 88% of cases, according to results newly publishedContinue Reading
Fasting Might Not Be Necessary Prior To Surgery, Review Concludes
2025-06-27
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fasting is a well-known hassle associated with surgery. Patients are required to go without food or liquid for hours because of fears they’ll vomit while under anesthesia, potentially causing pneumonia if stomach contents are inhaled. But this long-standing practice might not be necessary,Continue Reading
CDC Pulls Vaccine Slide After Expert Cites Study Doesn’t Exist
2025-06-26
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist. The slide, posted online Tuesday, cited aContinue Reading
Monthly Obesity Shot Shows Big Weight Loss in Trial
2025-06-25
WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed about 20% of their body weight over a year, researchers reported Monday in TheContinue Reading
How a Baby’s Brain Grows in the First Years of Life
2025-06-21
SATURDAY, June 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The first two years of a baby’s life are critical for brain development, and how the brain grows during that time may help predict future learning, behavior and health. That’s according to experts at Cedars-Sinai, who are working to better understand how brainContinue Reading
RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data
2025-06-12
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A longtime vaccine critic hired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reviewing safety data in an effort to revisit debunked claims that vaccines may cause autism. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Geier, a well-known antivaccine activist, hopes to uncover proof that healthContinue Reading
FDA Plans to Use AI to Speed Up Drug and Food Safety Reviews
2025-06-11
WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help speed the approval of new drugs and medical devices. That’s one of several priorities federal officials detailed June 10 in JAMA. They said AI could helpContinue Reading
These Smiling Salamanders Are Helping Scientists Learn to Regrow Limbs
2025-06-11
WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — With their goofy grins and feathery gills, axolotls have become stars of the pet world and video games like Minecraft. But these small, smiling salamanders are also helping scientists explore a medical mystery: Can people someday regrow arms or legs? Axolotls are specialContinue Reading
Racial Disparities Driving Emergency Surgery Costs
2025-06-10
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Emergency surgeries are gnawing away at U.S. health care spending, with racial disparities fueling the bill, a new study says. Emergency surgeries cost about 33% more than planned procedures, averaging $13,645 more per patient, researchers write. And costs for these emergency procedures areContinue Reading