Category: 4. Health

Primary care and metabolic health focused company Knownwell announced today that it will be opening its newest clinic in Atlanta, Georgia. This now marks 10 total locations across the United States, indicating the significant traction and explosive growth the company has experienced over the last year.

Knownwell is focused on metabolic health as a whole, with a key eye towards…

The hospital pager beeps. The patient backlog grows. And somewhere between charting, coding and clicking through drop-down menus, the doctor wonders — when did this job become so joyless?

The healthcare burnout crisis isn’t new, but it’s growing a lot worse. Research by the AMA and Stanford Medicine in 2024 found that more than 60% of U.S. doctors said they…

Phenolic compounds, especially flavonoids, are well-known and sought after in the pharmaceutical industry because of their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-carcinogenic properties.

The researchers identified 79 phenolic compounds in three strains of Cannabis grown commercially in South Africa, of which 25 were reported for the…

Researchers have investigated how four different diets affect the accumulation of chronic diseases in older adults. Three of the diets studied were healthy and focused on the intake of vegetables, fruit, whole grains, nuts, legumes, unsaturated fats and reduced intake of sweets, red meat,…

“We need ways to identify…

A new study has revealed that most Australian women of reproductive age prescribed GLP-1 receptor agonists — medications increasingly used for weight loss such as Ozempic — are not using effective contraception, despite known risks during pregnancy.

Published in the Medical Journal of Australia, the research…

Epic is the health data infrastructure for many hospitals and health systems in the U.S. A federal judge in New York has allowed an antitrust lawsuit against the company to move forward, ruling that healthcare data platform Particle Health presented enough evidence to pursue several claims. This decision may open…

When an outbreak of an infectious disease begins to spread, policymakers face an unenviable challenge. They must decide when to intervene and how forcefully, knowing that their choices carry both public health and economic consequences, typically in tension. Act too soon, and they may impose unnecessary costs on society. Act too late, and the outbreak can spiral out of control. Moreover, they must make these…

Philadelphia has once again been named one of the “asthma capitals” of the U.S. – ranking No. 4 in a report released on Sept. 9, 2025, by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Allentown was ranked No. 3, Harrisburg No. 15 and Pittsburgh No. 44.

The AAFA, which is the largest patient group in the country for people with asthma and allergies, ranks cities based on “how challenging they are to live in” for people with asthma. The ranking combines data on asthma…