TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans taking cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound has skyrocketed in recent years, a new study says. The number of people without diabetes taking a GLP-1 drug more than tripled between 2018 and 2022 in the U.S., researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled ground coffee sold in 15 states after finding it may have been wrongly labeled as decaffeinated. Hundreds of 12-ounce bags of Our Family Traverse City Cherry Decaf Light Roast Ground Coffee were part ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new drug may help protect millions of people from heart attacks and strokes by lowering a little-known risk factor in the blood. The drug, made by Eli Lilly and called lepodisiran, lowered levels of a tiny particle called Lp(a) by 94% withContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Certain stages of sleep – deep sleep and dream sleep – appear to contribute to brain health in ways that affect risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. People who get less deep sleep or dream sleep have smaller volumes in criticalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration will lay off 10,000 workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a major reorganization, officials announced Thursday. The changes reflect efforts to cut the size of the federal government and follow Health SecretaryContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Liz Cox, 80, had been suffering from severe stomach pains and anemia for nearly 30 years before doctors finally diagnosed her with celiac disease. Cox first developed severe stomach pains in her 30s, after having her three children. “My doctor carried out variousContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund new research on how climate change affects people’s health, according to records reviewed by ProPublica. The new directive was shared internally with staff last week. It follows other action to stop NIH supportContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is facing major changes, with five senior leaders stepping down Tuesday. These exits follow three other recent departures, meaning that as many as one-third of the agency’s top leaders have now left. The departuresContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — HIV could explode worldwide in the wake of U.S. cuts to foreign aid, resulting in millions of AIDS deaths and soaring rates of infection, a new analysis says. President Donald Trump has floated the notion of ending the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDSContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — That stick of gum you’re chewing? It might be minty fresh, but it could also come with a little something extra: tiny bits of plastic. A new study finds that one piece of gum can release hundreds — possibly thousands — of microplasticsContinue Reading