Category: 4. Health

  • Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks

    Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks

    More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation. The report also found a “large swath” of the U.S. no longer has the “basic, ground-level immunity” needed to stop the spread of measles.

    Dr. David Higgins, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado CU Anschutz Medical Center and a…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Missing Details On Trump’s Drug Price Plan Make It Hard To Evaluate

    Missing Details On Trump’s Drug Price Plan Make It Hard To Evaluate

    The Trump administration has reached an agreement with the drug company Pfizer to…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • A psychedelic surprise: DMT helps the brain heal after stroke

    A psychedelic surprise: DMT helps the brain heal after stroke

    DMT, or dimethyltryptamine is a natural psychoactive molecule found in many plants and mammals. According to an article published in Science Advances, researchers from the HUN-REN BRC Institute of Biophysics and Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Centre found that DMT reduces the harmful effects of stroke in animal models and cell culture experiments.

    A solution from nature in the spotlight

    DMT is also present in the human brain, and it is currently undergoing clinical trials to aid…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Scientists finally reveal what’s behind long COVID’s mysterious brain fog

    Scientists finally reveal what’s behind long COVID’s mysterious brain fog

    Even though many years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of infection with SARS-CoV-2 are not completely understood. This is especially true for Long COVID, a chronic condition that can develop after COVID-19 that causes a variety of lasting symptoms. Among the most common and debilitating of these is cognitive impairment, often referred to as “brain fog,” which affects over 80% of people with Long COVID. Given the hundreds of millions of global cases, Long…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Scientists find brain circuit that traps alcohol users in the vicious cycle of addiction

    Scientists find brain circuit that traps alcohol users in the vicious cycle of addiction

    What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and wellbeing? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain region plays a key role in how animals learn to continue drinking to avoid the stress and misery of withdrawal.

    In a new study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science on August 5, 2025, the Scripps Research team zeroed in on a set of brain cells in the paraventricular nucleus of…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • 4 Reasons Why Fear And Anxiety Are More Than Just Simple Feelings

    4 Reasons Why Fear And Anxiety Are More Than Just Simple Feelings

    According to a 2025 report on PRNewsWire.com, 93% of young adults between the ages of 18-28 plan to celebrate Halloween this year and spend an average of $622 on items such as costumes, candy, and decorations. Such reports indicate that for many young and emerging adults, celebrating Halloween is more about social and entertainment factors as opposed to invoking fear and anxiety.

    Though fear and anxiety may not be the foundation for Halloween…

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  • You don’t have to lose weight to lower your diabetes risk, scientists say

    You don’t have to lose weight to lower your diabetes risk, scientists say

    Until now, weight reduction has been the primary therapeutic goal for people with prediabetes. An analysis of a large Tübingen study shows that patients who bring their blood sugar levels back within the normal range through a healthy lifestyle but do not lose weight, or even gain weight, still reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes by 71 percent. Researchers from the University Hospital of Tübingen, Helmholtz Munich, and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) were involved in the…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints

    Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints

    As the federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, competing narratives quickly emerged about the cause.

    Some Republican lawmakers objected to Democrats’ push to include an extension of the expanded Affordable Care Act premium subsidies in a short-term funding bill and cited concerns about long-term spending. Democratic leaders countered that the subsidies are not a new demand but rather the continuation of a program that has helped keep record numbers of Americans…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Parkinson’s risk could increase with exposure to common chemical, study suggests – AOL.com

    1. Parkinson’s risk could increase with exposure to common chemical, study suggests  AOL.com
    2. Exposure to Commonly Used Chemical Tied to Parkinson’s Disease Risk  Medscape
    3. TCE and Parkinson’s — Health  Asian Journal News
    4. New study links exposure…

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  • The Hidden Reason For Americans’ Declining Trust In Their Doctors

    The Hidden Reason For Americans’ Declining Trust In Their Doctors

    For more than half a century, physicians ranked among the most trusted professionals in America. Even before modern medicine, when treatments usually failed, patients admired their doctors’ knowledge, dedication and compassion. Today, that trust has eroded, with profound implications for the future of U.S. healthcare.

    Gallup polling shows just 44% of Americans…

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