Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted a lot of attention for his raspy voice, which results from a neurological voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.
Kennedy, 71, says that in his 40s he developed a…
Category: 5. Health
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CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Impacting 1 Million Aetna Members
CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also known as Obamacare next year, … More
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Avoidable Deaths Decrease In High-Income Nations And Increase In U.S.
Roadside cross marking traffic fatality site in rural Iowa.
Avoidable deaths are decreasing in high-income nations while they’re increasing in the United States. It’s a worrisome trend, which is partly responsible for the growing gap in…
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As President Trump Marks 100 Days In Office, Almost Half Of Americans Are Exposed To Harmful Air Pollution
LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 11: Downtown highrise buildings are shown cloaked in dirty air shortly … More
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How Preschool Can Boost Your Child’s Mental Health
Preschool children are playing with clay in classroom.
Once considered a luxury of the upper class alone, parents everywhere are now signing their children up to attend preschool. In the United States, pre-kindergarten attendance rates of…
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Ozempic and Wegovy ingredient may reverse signs of liver disease
The diabetes and weight loss drug semaglutide reversed liver scarring and inflammation. It’s among several drugs in the works for the condition MASH.
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Engineers develop wearable heart attack detection tech
Every second counts when it comes to detecting and treating heart attacks. That’s where a new technology from the University of Mississippi comes in to identify heart attacks faster and more accurately than traditional methods.
In a study…
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Breast cancer mortality in women ages 20-49 significantly dropped between 2010 and 2020
From 2010 to 2020, breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly across all breast cancer subtypes and racial/ethnic groups, with marked declines starting after 2016, according to an analysis of data from the Surveillance,…
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Seasonal changes affect alcohol tolerance and your waistline
Nagoya University researchers in Japan have found that drug effectiveness, alcohol tolerance, and carbohydrate metabolism change with the seasons. Their findings are based on a comprehensive seasonal gene expression map, which investigated over…
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Increasing physical activity in middle age may protect against Alzheimer’s disease
An increase in physical activity between the ages of 45 and 65 could help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, while inactivity may be detrimental to brain health. This is the main conclusion of a scientific paper published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia,…
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