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FridayDec 12, 2025 10:00 am

Study Highlights Increasing Cases of Breast Cancer in Younger Women

A study that involved an analysis of patient records in New York has discovered that breast cancer, and especially aggressive forms of this cancer, is occurring at a higher rate among younger women aged below 40. This group is currently regarded as low risk for breast cancer by the existing screening guidelines, and this calls for a review of those guidelines. The study analyzed data spanning 11 years taken from 2014 to the end of 2024. These outpatient records were taken from seven medical facilities that covered an area of approximately 200 miles in Western New York State. The team…

ThursdayDec 11, 2025 10:00 am

Health Experts Suggest How Public Trust Can Be Restored in US Healthcare

After the pandemic, public trust in the U.S. healthcare system plummeted, and officials at the local level took the hardest hit when compared to federal health officials. As things stand, even state and federal health officials are losing even the little trust that the public still had in them. For a healthcare system to function, public trust is vital because people want to believe that the professionals they entrust with their health have their best interests at heart. It is therefore alarming that public trust in healthcare professionals is at an all-time low, and fixing the healthcare crisis needs to…

TuesdayDec 09, 2025 10:00 am

US to End Mandatory Vaccination of Newborns Against Hepatitis B

Since 1991, there has existed a recommendation requiring all newborns to receive a vaccine against Hepatitis B at birth. However, an advisory panel on vaccines voted on Friday to end this recommendation and instead recommended that only babies whose mothers have had a positive test for hepatitis B should receive the shot at birth. The panel in question, ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices), advises the CDC on vaccination policy in the U.S. During their recent meeting, the panel voted 8-3 in favor of letting individuals decide whether to have their newborns receive the vaccine or not. This only applies…

FridayDec 05, 2025 10:00 am

Nasal Drops Hold Promise in Fighting Deadly Brain Cancer

The fight against glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, has been boosted by new research conducted at Washington University that has developed nasal drops which can travel through nerves found in the nose and reach different parts of our central nervous system in order to fight the glioblastoma cells there. Preliminary results revealed that this novel medication safely reached the intended target and protected the mice against the fatal tumors. Alexander Stegh, a neurosurgeon at the university, explains that their approach offers hope for more effective and safer treatments for this deadliest brain cancer and possibly other cancers that are resistant…

TuesdayDec 02, 2025 10:00 am

Could Copying Lessons from Europe Help America Fix its Healthcare System?

The steep cost of healthcare in the U.S. has always been, and is becoming an even bigger political issue with each passing year. The issue was at the center of the recent shutdown of the federal government and the shutdown was only ended after a promise that the expiring healthcare subsidies would be voted on this month. Health insurance costs are soaring while citizens grapple with a high cost of living. According to a report published by the OECD last month, the per capita expenditure on healthcare in the U.S. far exceeds the per capita cost in other countries. Despite…

MondayDec 01, 2025 10:00 am

Study Uncovers Surprising Connection Between Choline, Obesity and Brain Inflammation

For a long time, the scientific community has known that anything that causes harm to the body usually also harms our brains. Conditions like insulin resistance, obesity and high blood pressure strain the body’s metabolic and vascular systems. With time, this stress accelerates cognitive decline and amplifies Alzheimer’s risk. Now, a new study conducted by a team at Arizona State University (ASU) together with collaborators elsewhere has shown that the harmful effects often start much earlier than had initially been thought. They observed that obese young adults exhibited a pattern of subtle changes suggesting early brain damage. These same patterns…

TuesdayNov 25, 2025 10:00 am

Common Drug for Blood Pressure Could Slow Glioblastoma

Researchers studying how a common drug, hydralazine, for blood pressure and preeclampsia works at the cellular level have identified the specific mechanism through which it works and their discovery has revealed that the medication that has been around for more than half a century could find new application as a way to slow down how aggressively glioblastoma grows. Despite how long this drug has been in use, it wasn’t clear how exactly it attained the effects it has upon blood pressure. This isn’t unique to hydralazine, as only 10-20% of all existing medications have known mechanisms of action. In a…

FridayNov 21, 2025 10:00 am

What Patients Need to Know About Exercising During Cancer Treatment

It may sound strange to speak of exercising and cancer treatment in the same breath, but experts and numerous studies have documented the immense value that patients can attain by integrating exercise into their schedule during the duration that they are receiving treatment for cancer. We address some of the queries that cancer patients may have about exercising during their treatment. First off, ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) assembled experts that analyzed at least 100 clinical trials that explored any possible links between cancer treatment and exercise. These experts then published a report of their exercise recommendations back in…

ThursdayNov 20, 2025 10:00 am

Senator Sanders Suggests Six Other Ways to Address Health Crisis

On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders authored a letter that he sent to Democrats in both chambers of Congress urging them to band together and support the Affordable Care Act. He wrote that a lot more can be done to improve healthcare in the country and made six suggestions that can help in attaining this objective. He appeals for an extension to the ACA tax credits designed to lower the cost of health insurance for people who aren’t eligible for Medicare yet they don’t have sufficient employer-provided medical cover. These tax credits were at the heart of the recently-ended government shutdown,…

TuesdayNov 18, 2025 10:00 am

Parent Explains Why it is Wrong to Say Vaccines Cause Autism

For a while, the media has been filled with claims that vaccines cause autism. These claims have been amplified by public figures like the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, R. F. Kennedy Jr., as well as other public health leaders. Now a parent, Greg Scaduto, whose child is autistic, has come out to explain why such thinking is misguided and does more harm than good. He explains that these false narratives are founded in a failure to understand the difference between correlation and causation. He says many people quickly, and falsely, jump to the conclusion that when two…