Category: 4. Health

Now, a new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Health has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down…

This is according to a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London. The findings suggest that treating patients earlier with a combination of statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could prevent thousands of new heart attacks over a decade.

Cardiovascular disease is by far the most common…

CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.

The danger is greatest for infants, followed by children and adolescents. But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely to get scans.

Nearly 103,000 cancers are predicted to result from the 93 million CTs that…

The authors analyzed…

A study published in the British Medical Journal investigated the relationship between baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and the risk of developing dementia. The findings reveal a significant association, indicating that lower LDL-C levels (<70 mg/dL or 1.8 mmol/L and <55 mg/dL or 1.4 mmol/L) are linked to a reduced incidence of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (ADRD) compared to higher LDL-C levels…

Few industries in America are as storied, sprawling, and structurally complex as healthcare provision. Riddled with systemic challenges—such as soaring costs, staffing shortages, and labyrinthine regulations—the sector is ripe for innovation, if only those doing the innovating can navigate the many organizational and cultural barriers in their path.

Recent efforts at Advocate Health, a large integrated health…

Crohn’s disease is a chronic, inflammatory condition that causes abdominal cramps, diarrhea, fever, fatigue, weight loss, and anemia due to the malabsorption of nutrients. There can be other complications depending on the type of Crohn’s, which is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. In this case, the immune system is erroneously attacking healthy tissue in the gut. This leads to gut inflammation, and symptoms of disease. Scientists have now learned more…

When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied program within it called the Epidemic Intelligence Service – also known as the CDC’s disease detectives – would also be cut. A few days later, the program was reinstated. And in March, Epidemic Intelligence Service officers traveled to Texas to support the state’s public health officials in fighting the…

Imagine nearly every seat in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center − over 20,000 seats − are empty. That’s the scale of Pennsylvania’s projected shortfall of registered nurses by 2026, according to the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

Hospitals in the state report an average 14% vacancy rate for registered nurses. In rural areas it is much higher.

This shortage, of course, is not just in hospitals. It also affects long-term care facilities, outpatient…

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system—ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing behavioral symptoms.

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