Diabetes
Plant-Forward Eating Lowers Diabetes and Heart Disease Risk
Growing evidence indicates that diets built around plant foods can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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Infections
Doctors Warn CDC Move to Drop Newborn Hepatitis B Shot Risks Children
A CDC advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, prompting sharp criticism from infectious disease…
Health News
NHS Faces Severe Flu Wave and Winter Strike Risk
The NHS is preparing for an unusually large flu surge this winter, with officials warning there is "no peak in sight yet." England’s national medical director for urgent and emergency…
Food Safety
1.5 Million Shredded Cheese Bags Recalled for Metal, Listeria
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an active recall for more than 1.5 million bags of shredded cheese after testing identified possible metal fragments and potential Listeria…
Health News
A&Es Overrun by Minor Illnesses This Winter
Hundreds of thousands of patients went to A&E last winter for everyday niggles such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails, new NHS figures show.
Mental Health
Surge in Cannabis-Related Severe Vomiting Cases
Emergency department visits for a severe vomiting condition tied to long-term cannabis use have climbed sharply in the United States, a large retrospective analysis reports.
Heart Health
AI cuts stroke treatment delays, doubles thrombectomy rates
A national study published in The Lancet Digital Health finds that a fast-track AI imaging tool is helping stroke patients reach specialist treatment more than an hour earlier…
Diet and Weight
WHO Recommends GLP-1 Drugs as Part of Obesity Care
The World Health Organization has issued its first guideline advising that GLP-1 medications be offered within comprehensive obesity treatment programs alongside healthy diets, regular…
Women's Health
Stopping GLP‑1s Before Pregnancy Tied to Complications
New research found that people who used GLP‑1 drugs (like semaglutide/ozempic) before conceiving and stopped them prior to pregnancy had higher rates of some pregnancy complications…
Wellness
Use an Invisible Day to Reset Holiday Stress
The holidays—and daily life—often bring constant demands: messages, email, social feeds, and nonstop news.
Wellness
Try an 'Invisible Day' to Reduce Holiday Stress
Feeling burned out by messages, to-dos, social media and nonstop news is common, and those pressures often intensify around the holidays.