Cancer
Major NHS Reset to Speed Up Care
The NHS is launching its most significant overhaul in a generation to speed up care for millions of patients.
Conditions
Heart Health
Waist-to-Height Ratio Better Than BMI for Heart Risk
A new study published in The Lancet Regional Health suggests that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) predicts buildup of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and future heart disease risk better…
Brain and Nerves
Short Intermittent Fasts Rarely Harm Adult Cognition
A new meta-analysis in Psychological Bulletin pooled 63 studies involving more than 3,400 participants to examine how short-term intermittent fasting (fasts under 24 hours) affects…
Heart Health
Men May Need More Exercise Than Women to Lower Heart Risk
A large observational study using wrist-worn activity trackers from more than 85,000 UK Biobank participants found that physical activity is linked to lower coronary heart disease…
Heart Health
Permanent Standard Time May Cut Strokes and Obesity
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 a.m. Eastern, and the recurring debate about whether switching clocks twice a year benefits health continues.
Heart Health
15-Minute Daily Walks Lower Heart Disease Risk More Than Short Bursts
A large UK Biobank analysis found that adults who usually accumulate their daily steps in sustained walks of 15 minutes or longer had substantially lower mortality and cardiovascular…
Autoimmune
Early Peanut Introduction Linked to Lower Childhood Peanut Allergies
A large analysis of pediatric electronic health records provides real-world evidence that introducing peanut early in infancy is associated with falling rates of peanut and other…
Diabetes
California to Offer Low-Cost State-Branded Insulin
California has launched a state-branded insulin program meant to lower costs for people with diabetes.
Cancer
Enzalutamide Plus Leuprolide Cuts Death Risk by 40%
A combination of enzalutamide and the hormone therapy leuprolide—already used for metastatic prostate cancer—appears to extend survival when given earlier to men whose cancer returned…
Cancer
D'Angelo's Death Puts Pancreatic Cancer in Focus
Grammy-winning R&B singer Michael D'Angelo Archer, known professionally as D'Angelo, died on October 14 at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer, his family announced.
Diabetes
GLP-1 Drugs Cut Heart Attack and Stroke Risks in Type 2 Diabetes
A large observational study published October 15 in JAMA Network Open found that GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)—drugs often prescribed for weight loss such as semaglutide and…
Cancer
Rectal Bleeding Signals Higher Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
A recent study found that rectal bleeding in adults younger than 50 raises the odds of an early-onset colorectal cancer diagnosis by about 8.5 times, signaling the symptom should be…