- Trial Into Antioxidant for Parkinson's Disease Yields Disappointing Results September 17, 2021
The research team found no significant difference in the rate of disease progression for those given the metabolite inosine for two years compared to the placebo group.
- Millions Could Soon Lose Medicaid Coverage Started During the Pandemic September 17, 2021
If you enrolled in Medicaid during the pandemic, you could lose your coverage when the emergency declaration ends.
- Child Obesity Rose Sharply During Pandemic September 17, 2021
Children aged 6 to 11 had the most significant increases in rates of obesity, the AP reported.
- How To Be Careful of ‘Miracle’ Weight Loss Promises September 17, 2021
Here’s a primer on how to spot some concerning claims and make the right choices for your health, fitness, and wallet.
- Use-By, Sell-By, Best-By: Food Dating Labels Explained September 17, 2021
A new guide from PIRG Consumer Watchdog explains food dating labels, like “Use-By” and “Sell-By,” and says better public knowledge could prevent over half a million tons of food waste.
- Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion September 16, 2021
The study authors adds, most adults in the U.S. have had access to vaccines since the spring, so these hospital stays could likely have been avoided.
- In 16 States, 35% or More Residents Now Obese September 16, 2021
This number reported by the CDC has nearly doubled since 2018.
- U.S. Gymnasts Testify About Sexual Abuse by Larry Nassar September 16, 2021
Four medal-winning U.S. gymnasts shared their stories on Wednesday of being sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
- How Black Women Have Fought the HIV Epidemic for Decades September 16, 2021
The Black women members of the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) are far from the first to bring their expertise to the HIV epidemic, as Daniel Royles, PhD, an assistant professor of history at Florida International University, learned when he started working on a history of AIDS activism in Philadelphia.
- Re-Aligned U.S. HIV Panel Works to Rebuild Community Bridges September 16, 2021
In August, when Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine swore in eight new members to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), the U.S.’s most influential policy sounding board of people living with HIV, their clinicians, drug makers, and public health leaders, she was presiding over the largest group of HIV advisers since former President […]
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