MONDAY, July 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Family game night can be more than just a fun time: New research suggests it may even help build some early math skills in young children. While past research has pointed to games as a way to enhance reading development and literacy, aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New federal initiatives could help save Americans money on health care costs. President Joe Biden announced plans Friday to target surprise medical bills, scam insurance and third-party credit cards and loans that carry high interest charges, the Associated Press reported. Limiting “junk” insuranceContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, clearing the way for insurance coverage of the pricey drug. “The full FDA approval will open the floodgates for people with early Alzheimer’s to get this drug.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A lot of experts advise getting a good night’s sleep. For Black Americans who have a gene variant linked to Alzheimer’s disease, that rest could be protective, a new study says. “This new finding suggests that someone with a high-risk variant might beContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Decades of “redlining” — discriminatory policies that led to disinvestment in minority communities within the United States — may be connected with current cases of kidney failure in Black adults. A new study from researchers at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH)Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research finds that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — brought an unexpected benefit: increases in how many patients got palliative care. “Our findings are encouraging, especially with growing evidence of the important benefits of palliativeContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Several companies are selling copycat food items that have the potential to trick people, including children, into consuming dangerous quantities of cannabis. On Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission warned six companies about selling these copycat foodContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Youth who are both LGBTQ+ and either Black or Hispanic and live in U.S. states that have discriminatory policies are more likely to have depression than their counterparts in states that are more affirming to gender and sexual identity, new research finds. “ThisContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The artificial sweetener aspartame is in the hot seat once more. Two separate committees made up of health experts from around the world will soon offer advice on consuming aspartame, a popular sugar substitute that is added to sodas, cough drops, desserts andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Children with disabilities are discriminated against in health care settings — to the detriment of their health, according to their parents. Thirty in-depth interviews with parents of children with disabilities revealed a disturbingly common thread. “They mistreated her and treated her like aContinue Reading