Clinical

Most can lower blood pressure by reducing salt, even those on BP drugs

Nov 13, 2023 at 10:24 am by Staff

  By Bill Snyder   Nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure- reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake, repor.... Read More

Children’s antibodies highly potent against COVID-19: study

Nov 13, 2023 at 10:14 am by Staff

  By Bill Snyder   Children are an underutilized source of potential antibody therapies to counteract the “ever-evolving” COVID-19 pandemic, according.... Read More

U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a Decade

Nov 11, 2023 at 07:26 pm by Staff

CDC is recommending concerted action to stop the increase of newborn syphilis cases and continues to sound the alarm about the consequences of a rapidl.... Read More

Underdiagnosed and Undertreated, Young Black Males With ADHD Get Left Behind

Nov 11, 2023 at 06:06 pm by Staff

  By Claire Sibonney, KFF Health News   As a kid, Wesley Jackson Wade should have been set up to succeed. His father was a novelist and corporate sales direc.... Read More

Flu Season Starting Late but Expected to Increase for the Holidays  

Nov 07, 2023 at 10:15 am by Staff

  Flu season is ramping up, and it’s important for everyone, especially health care professionals, to not only get the flu vaccine but also educate patients about.... Read More

Science Says Teens Need More Sleep. So Why Is It So Hard to Start School Later?

Nov 06, 2023 at 04:40 pm by Staff

  By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN, KFF Health News   NASHVILLE, Tenn. — High school classes start so early around this city that some kids get on buses at 5.... Read More

Medicare Expands the Roster of Available Mental Health Professionals

Nov 06, 2023 at 04:33 pm by Staff

  By Judith Graham, KFF Health News Lynn Cooper was going through an awful time. After losing her job in 2019, she became deeply depressed. Then the covid-19 pande.... Read More

Pancreas “crosstalk” may influence course of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

Nov 05, 2023 at 06:21 pm by Staff

By Bill Snyder In the largest study of its kind, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified unexpected alterations in the exocrine tissues of the pan.... Read More

Polygenic “scores” may improve cancer screening

Nov 05, 2023 at 06:11 pm by Staff

  By Bill Snyder Accounting for genetic variability in biomarkers not associated with cancer risk could avoid unnecessary diagnostic procedures, Mingjian Shi, PhD,.... Read More

Study discovers role for gut bacteria in host-pathogen competition for nutrients

Oct 31, 2023 at 01:29 am by Staff

  By Leigh MacMillan   When pathogens like Salmonella invade the gut, a struggle for essential nutrients such as iron begins. Salmonella — and other bacteri.... Read More