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Adults Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Face Heart Health Issues, Risk Of Early Death
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — People who develop type 1 diabetes in adulthood have a higher risk of heart disease and death, a new study says. However, these patients can improve their odds through healthy l...
Medicare Low-Income Drug Benefit Saves Lives, Study Says
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to die if they lose access to crucial medication coverage, a new study says. More than 14 million poor Medicare beneficiaries r...
Republican Medicaid Cuts Could Cause Rural Hospital Closures, CEOs Warn HealthDay TV
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — Proposed cuts to Medicaid could be devastating to America’s rural hospitals, health care CEOs are warning in interviews with HealthDay. House Republicans have proposed an $880 b...
Custom Gene Editing Helps Baby With Rare Condition
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — A baby born with a rare and deadly genetic disease is the world's first known patient to receive an experimental gene editing treatment designed just for him. KJ Muldoon from C...
Novo Nordisk, U.S. Biotech Company Team Up to Create Obesity Pills
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is teaming up with California-based biotech Septerna to develop new pills to treat obesity, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. The deal ...
Medicaid Unwinding Linked to Disruption of Chronic Medication Therapy in Youth
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 – In young patients, especially young adults, Medicaid unwinding associated with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chronic medication therapy, according to a study published...
Risk for Death, MACE Increased for Patients With Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 – Adult-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associated with an increased risk for death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), according to a study published online May 14...
Audiologist-Fitted Hearing Aids Outperform Over-the-Counter Ones
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 – Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids (HAs), in which audiologists provide limited services, are effective, but do not achieve the same outcomes as HAs fitted by audiologists...
2016 to 2020 Did Not See Any Improvement in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Outcomes
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 – Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is associated with high mortality and complications, and recent years have seen little to no improvement in outcomes, according to a study published...
Broken Heart Syndrome Remains A Killer, Especially For Men
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 — “Broken heart syndrome” sounds like a romantic, fairy-tale notion — the idea that suffering a devastating loss that can cause one’s heart to wither. But this syndrome, formall...
Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Can Be Safely Administered In Memory Clinics, Study Says
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 — The 2023 approval of the first drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease came with no small amount of concern from skeptics. Lecanemab (Leqembi) modestly slo...
Study Finds No Link Between COVID Vaccine And Miscarriage Risk
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 — There’s no link between the COVID-19 vaccine and miscarriage, a new study says. COVID poses significant risks to pregnant women, including preterm birth, maternal death and ne...
NIH Research Cuts Leave Cancer Patient Facing Hard Choice
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 — A mother with stage 4 colon cancer faces an uncertain future after federal staff cuts delayed her experimental cancer treatment. Natalie Phelps, 43, was accepted into an i...
Trump's Surgeon General Pick Touts Psychedelics for Health
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 — President Donald Trump's choice for U.S. surgeon general has raised eyebrows for promoting the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, in a 2024 book and her personal n...
U.S. Suspends Live Animal Imports Amid Screwworm Outbreak in Mexico
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has temporarily halted the import of live cattle, horses and bison from Mexico. The move aims to stop the spread of New World sc...