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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…

TuesdayNov 11, 2025 10:00 am

US Senators Reach Deal to Reopen Government

A group of Senate Democrats has agreed to re-open the government, at least until January, without receiving a guarantee that their key demand of extending healthcare insurance subsidies will be met by GOP lawmakers. That breakthrough was secured after the Senate held a rare session on Sunday to chart a way out of the longest ever government shutdown in the history of the country. During that session, a number of centrist Democrats negotiated with GOP Senators and the Democrats promised to vote in favor of re-opening the government on condition that they were given a promise that the chamber would…

FridayNov 07, 2025 10:00 am

Surface Sugars on Immune Cells Linked to the Progression of Psoriasis

A new study has found that immune cells shed the sugars on their surface prior to entering the inflamed skin in people suffering from psoriasis. These findings could lay the foundation for understanding how this disease progresses and lays the groundwork for new approaches to treating psoriasis. The study, whose findings were published in the Science Signaling journal, was conducted by a team in the UK, namely, Doctor Amy Saunders who works at Lancaster University, Doctor Douglas Dyer who works at the University of Manchester, and Doctor Megan Priestley, who was a PhD student to both Sanders and Dyer. Priestley…