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Date: 2025/04/10 - 19:00

HHS Cuts Programs That Help People Quit Smoking: What Are the Health Impacts?

The HHS has gutted key programs that help people quit smoking, including the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Experts say the federal cuts could increase smoking rates, related disease burden, and treatment costs.

Date: 2025/04/07 - 23:32

Amy Schumer Says Mounjaro Improved Perimenopause Symptoms, Sex Drive

Amy Schumer shared she quit Wegovy due to side effects like nausea but was "having a really good experience" with Mounjaro, including improved perimenopause symptoms and sex drive. Side effects with different GLP-1 drugs may vary from person to person.

Date: 2025/04/06 - 19:00

‘Hunger Games’ Star Elizabeth Banks on Perimenopause and Thriving in Your 50s

Actor, director, and producer Elizabeth Banks shares how she prioritizes her health in her 50s. The “Hunger Games” star opens up about healthy aging and how she's navigated shingles and perimenopause in her 50s.

Date: 2025/04/05 - 09:31

Popular sweetener may increase weight gain by boosting hunger

Sucralose may affect the way in which our brains regulate hunger cues, thus possibly promoting overeating.

Date: 2025/04/04 - 20:00

Shingles vaccine could prevent 1 in 5 dementia cases

The strongest set of evidence to date indicates that people who had a shingles vaccine had significantly lower odds of developing dementia later in life.

Date: 2025/04/04 - 18:00

FDA Authorizes First At-Home Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea: What to Know

The FDA has approved a new at-home test for common sexually transmitted infections and diseases. The test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis produces results in 30 minutes.

Date: 2025/04/04 - 01:00

AI screening for opioid use disorder associated with fewer hospital readmissions

NIH-supported clinical trial shows AI tool as effective as healthcare providers in generating referrals to addiction specialists.

Planned Parenthood sign held in front of US Supreme Court

Date: 2025/04/03 - 19:32

Supreme Court Appears Divided Over State-Level Cuts to Planned Parenthood Funding

The U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether states can deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood because the organization’s clinics perform abortions. The Trump administration has also temporarily frozen $27 million in Title X family planning funding designated for Planned Parenthood.

Date: 2025/04/01 - 16:30

Jay Bhattacharya Begins Tenure as 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health

President Trump nominated Dr. Bhattacharya for the position on Nov. 26, 2024, and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 25, 2025.

MRI slides of a screening for prostate cancer

Date: 2025/03/27 - 21:00

Going to screenings may lower death risk from prostate cancer by 23%

Men who avoided prostate cancer screening appointments were significantly more likely to die from the disease, according to the world's largest prostate cancer screening study.