Category: 4. Health

Week Four of this NFL season was not good for even more key players. It added two star wide receivers to the growing list of key players who have suffered major injuries. Both the New York Giants’ Malik Nabers, who tore his right anterior cruciate ligament, and the Miami Dolphins’ Tyreek…

The constitutionality of a Colorado law that bans so-called “conversion therapy” is scheduled to go before the Supreme Court on Oct. 7, 2025. The question at the center of the case, Chiles v. Salazar, is whether a therapist who uses talk therapy to try to convince minors to change their sexual orientation or gender identity is protected by a First Amendment right to free speech.

Twenty-three other states and the District of Columbia also ban conversion therapy.

Poor sleep has been linked to dementia, but it is unclear whether unhealthy sleep habits contribute to the development of dementia or whether they are rather early symptoms of the disease. In…

Watching a football game this weekend, I was bombarded with commercials promoting a wide array of unhealthy foods. It reminded me that Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said he wants to crack down on junk food ads, particularly those targeting children. But thus far, Kennedy has offered few concrete policy…

As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant’s diet can affect both their short- and long-term health. Compared to formula, breastfeeding is linked to a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, lower rates of infections and hospitalizations and a lower risk of developing diabetes later in life. Breastfeeding can also provide health benefits to the…

Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) issued a press release last month stating that St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Northeast Georgia is ending services for delivering mothers and newborn babies due to Medicaid…

The small clinical trial was published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health in March 2024 and its findings press released. The study findings generated widespread international attention at the time, and continue to be frequently referred to in media coverage.

The retraction was prompted by concerns raised about…

“We were surprised to find that zeaxanthin, already…

The Trump administration announced late last month “bold actions to tackle the autism epidemic.” President…