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- FDA approves first nasal spray treatment for severe depressionby NBC News Health on January 22, 2025
The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson’s Spravato nasal spray as a stand-alone treatment for patients suffering from severe depression. It is now the first-ever stand-alone therapy for treatment-resistant depression.
- Why are you being told to avoid seed oils?by Melissa Dahl (NBC News Health) on January 22, 2025
Most claims about the dangers of seed oils tend to focus at least in part on inflammation — more specifically, that seed oils contain large amounts of omega-6s relative to omega-3s.
- Man had unnecessary chemotherapy for 14 yearsby BBC News on January 22, 2025
His lawyers say his case is "just the tip of the iceberg" and 12 other patients may be affected.
- 'Filming me sleep on ward made my mental health worse'by BBC News on January 22, 2025
Former mental health patients are worried camera surveillance is being used without explicit consent.
- Treat eating disorders as an emergency, MPs urgeby BBC News on January 22, 2025
The alarming rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia is now an emergency, a cross-party group says.
- Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacareby Berkeley Lovelace Jr. (NBC News Health) on January 21, 2025
As President Donald Trump’s health care agenda for a second term takes shape, it’s becoming clear that many Biden-era policies won’t make the cut.
- Everything you need for a dumbbell workout at homeby Zoe Malin (NBC News Health) on January 21, 2025
Personal trainers explain how to plan at-home dumbbell workouts and the best exercises to do with weights.
- Does running destroy your knees? Doctor debunks exercise mythsby NBC News Health on January 21, 2025
Dr. Jordan Metzl, a sports medicine physician from the Hospital for Special Surgery, joins TODAY to debunk common fitness myths being spread on social media. Topics include if it’s better to be thin than active, if running destroys your knees and if exercising in the cold is bad for your health.
- Weight-loss drugs linked to benefits beyond dropping poundsby NBC News Health on January 21, 2025
A new study published in the Nature Medicine monthly journal highlights the benefits and risks of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Positives include reduced risks of infections and cardiac arrest, but could put people at risk for gastrointestinal issues and inflammation of kidneys. […]
- US exit from WHO could see fifth of budget disappearby BBC News on January 21, 2025
Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Host of hospital builds delayed by up to 14 yearsby BBC News on January 20, 2025
Ministers say previous government promise for 40 new hospitals by 2030 was undeliverable.
- Weight-loss drugs may boost health in many waysby BBC News on January 20, 2025
New weight-loss drugs have broad health benefits but also come with risks, researchers warn.
- Cervical screening knowledge gap 'costing lives'by BBC News on January 20, 2025
Women can ask for adjustments and this may encourage some people to get tested, the Eve Appeal says.
- How eating more fiber may help protect against dangerous bacteria like E. coliby Linda Carroll (NBC News Health) on January 19, 2025
Eating more fiber, which is found in whole grains, vegetables and fruits, might help protect against dangerous bacteria in the gut.
- Wine sales drying up as Americans turn elsewhereby Ash Reynolds (NBC News Health) on January 19, 2025
U.S. wine sales continued a multiyear decline in 2024, which experts attribute to shifting demographics, health concerns, new competition and economic forces.
- The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know aboutby Erika Edwards (NBC News Health) on January 19, 2025
Problems with pulse oximeters have been known for decades, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that the real dangers to Black patients became clear.
- Researchers working to make pulse oximeters work better on all skin colorsby NBC News Health on January 19, 2025
Researchers from UCSF are leading an effort to find out which pulse oximeters work equally well on all skin colors. NBC News' Erika Edwards reports.
- 'Pregnancy is a risk I'm willing to take': Why some women are ditching the pillby BBC News on January 18, 2025
Some women are opting for fertility tracking apps to avoid mood swings and weight gain on "hormonal" contraception.
- 'Will it really work?': Young sickle cell patient among the first to start new gene therapyby Jason Kane (NBC News Health) on January 18, 2025
Since two gene therapies were approved for sickle cell disease in late 2023, only a handful of patients have started the expensive treatments.
- US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions, including for opioidsby ABC News: Health on January 18, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerous amounts of opioids
- Hawaii fireworks blast victims have injuries comparable to those seen on a battlefield, doctor saysby ABC News: Health on January 18, 2025
Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks explosion on New Year’s are comparable to battlefield injuries
- As bird flu concerns grow, scientists race to develop new vaccinesby Berkeley Lovelace Jr. (NBC News Health) on January 17, 2025
As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of new vaccines, including an mRNA shot.
- Medicare announces weight-loss drugs, including Ozempic, will be up for price negotiationsby Berkeley Lovelace Jr. (NBC News Health) on January 17, 2025
The Biden administration on Friday released its next round of prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations, which includes Ozempic.
- Justice Department says Alabama institutionalizes too many children with disabilitiesby ABC News: Health on January 17, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department says Alabama is unnecessarily institutionalizing children with physical disabilities in nursing homes and hospitals
- CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu casesby Erika Edwards (NBC News Health) on January 16, 2025
The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry.
- Young cancer patient who inspired millions with viral Nebraska football touchdown dies at 19by David K. Li (NBC News Health) on January 16, 2025
A young cancer patient who inspired millions of college football fans in 2013 with a 69-yard springtime sprint in Nebraska has died of the disease, officials said Wednesday.
- 'No dignity in this', say staff on stretched A&Eby BBC News on January 16, 2025
While the number of patients with flu are declining, a cold snap has again placed nurses under extreme stress.
- Get ready for an even bigger chill. Siberian air to make Trump swearing-in coldest in 40 yearsby ABC News: Health on January 16, 2025
The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather
- At least 30 dead, dozens injured after drinking bootleg alcohol in Istanbulby ABC News: Health on January 16, 2025
Turkey's state-run news agency says at least 30 people have died in Istanbul in the past three days after drinking bootleg alcohol
- Cancer cases are increasing in women while declining in men, report findsby Aria Bendix (NBC News Health) on January 16, 2025
Cancer cases are shifting from men to women in the U.S., and from older to younger adults, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
- How does the Covid inquiry work?by BBC News on January 16, 2025
The inquiry has heard from politicians, civil servants, public health experts and bereaved families.
- Some parents could be able to join Georgia's Medicaid program without workingby ABC News: Health on January 16, 2025
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to let low-income parents with young kids enroll without working in a Medicaid program that provides coverage for some able-bodied adults
- Rise of vaccine distrust - why more of us are questioning jabsby BBC News on January 16, 2025
Confidence in all types of vaccination has taken a hit. The question is why, and what can be done about it?
- Food safety advocates expect a smooth transition away from the newly banned Red No. 3by Elizabeth Chuck (NBC News Health) on January 15, 2025
Because the artificial dye is prohibited in the E.U. and elsewhere, many food and beverage makers already have recipes without it that they can use for U.S consumers.
- FDA bans Red No. 3, artificial dye used in beverages, candy and other foodsby Berkeley Lovelace Jr. (NBC News Health) on January 15, 2025
The FDA said Wednesday it’s banning the use of Red No. 3, a synthetic dye that has been linked to behavioral problems in children and cancer in animals.
- FDA moves to slash nicotine in cigarettesby Erika Edwards (NBC News Health) on January 15, 2025
Nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the U.S. would have to get lowered dramatically under a new FDA proposal.
- Democratic attorneys general ask to defend health access for 'Dreamers' since Trump probably won'tby ABC News: Health on January 15, 2025
A group of Democratic state attorneys general are asking a court to let them defend a federal policy to allow young adult immigrants known as “Dreamers” to access subsidized health care
- FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foodsby ABC News: Health on January 15, 2025
U.S. regulators are banning the dye called Red 3 from the food supply
- FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trumpby ABC News: Health on January 15, 2025
The Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels
- Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move onby ABC News: Health on January 15, 2025
People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic
- Obesity label is medically flawed, says global reportby BBC News on January 15, 2025
There is a risk too many people are being diagnosed as obese, with weight-loss drugs in high demand.
- Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slippingby Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead | KFF Health News (NBC News Health) on January 15, 2025
Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia have some of the highest childhood vaccination rates. Experts worry a rising tide of vaccine skepticism is causing those bright spots to dim.
- Osteoporosis screening guidelines updated: Do you need a bone scan?by Shiv Sudhakar, M.D. (NBC News Health) on January 15, 2025
At least 1 in 5 women older than 50 in the U.S. have osteoporosis, but many don’t realize it. How strong are your bones?
- Sierra Leone declares emergency after confirming 2nd mpox case in 4 daysby ABC News: Health on January 14, 2025
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency after reporting its second case of mpox in less than four days
- Man says two of his cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird fluby ABC News: Health on January 13, 2025
A California man says his two cats died and a third was hospitalized after he fed them raw milk recalled for bird flu risk
- Thousands of Providence Health Workers Strike in Oregonby ABC News: Health on January 11, 2025
This is a MedPage Today story. Nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health began a strike Friday morning, picketing all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, after months of contract negotiations between the health system and the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) union, which is […]
- Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessityby ABC News: Health on January 11, 2025
This is a MedPage Today story. When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he has worn out more legs than he can count. He picked a gold plan on […]
- How a week of weather extremes upended the lives of millions of Americansby ABC News: Health on January 11, 2025
The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its usual path more often these days
- It's sick season. Here's how to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID, flu and RSVby ABC News: Health on January 11, 2025
In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds
- Maintaining good balance is crucial as you age. Asking these questions can helpby ABC News: Health on January 11, 2025
To age well, geriatricians say one underappreciated key is maintaining good balance