Today, doulas are covered in 26 states and Washington, D.C. An additional 20 states have considered proposals or are working to implement similar policies.
- Corinne Purtill Los Angeles Times
Driven by social media hype and a growing distrust of public health guidance, consumer demand for experimental drugs exploded over the past decade.
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Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School found that alcohol abstinence was followed by changes in the brain’s bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, or BNST, in mice. Some abstinent mice later showed compulsive-like drinking, consuming alcohol despite an increasingly bitter taste. Their BNST a…
- Mary Walrath-Holdridge USA Today
All those years of reaching for the "skim" and "fat-free" options in the milk and cheese aisle may not have been the heart-healthy move we once thought.
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An experimental oral GLP-1 drug called aleniglipron helped adults with obesity or overweight lose up to about 12% of their body weight over 36 weeks, according to a new trial from Northwestern University published in Nature Medicine. Unlike injectable treatments such as Wegovy and Ozempic, a…
- Reuters
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday calling for fewer childhood vaccinations by limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunizations.
- SARA MONIUSZKO USA Today
A recent review suggests many sedentary people consume more protein than needed, which may harm health.
Hunter Biden became emotional while discussing his 83-year-old father's health during an interview with BBC Newsnight.
Mayo Clinic researchers have used artificial intelligence to design an experimental drug that targets a region of the GIPC1 protein long considered impossible to drug, opening a new path against pancreatic cancer. The AI-designed compound, called GIPCi, blocks the protein's PDZ domain, which…
Artificial intelligence can detect breast cancer in mammograms as effectively as experienced radiologists, according to a new study. The new technology could reportedly cut radiologists’ workload by almost half, freeing them for more advanced diagnostic work.
New research from the University of Toronto suggests adults can consume three daily servings of full-fat dairy without harmful effects on body weight, cholesterol, or energy metabolism. The 12-week study followed 74 adults with overweight or obesity and found no significant differences in bo…
A new study examining pollution levels across a 16 years found that while general pollution levels have significantly declined, recent increases in wildfire smoke air pollution have offset those gains.
This visualization shows smoke move from Canadian wildfires through the Upper Midwest in mid-July.
The risk of hair loss in patients taking GLP-1 drugs for obesity or diabetes, while low, is higher than with other diabetes drugs, new studies suggest.
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