Category: 4. Health

There may finally be bipartisan momentum to lifting a cap that Congress put on Medicare-funded…

For generations, families have prioritized passing down wealth — carefully structuring inheritances, minimizing estate taxes, and setting up trusts to secure financial futures. The recent One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress has brought major changes to inheritance taxes, estate planning and charitable giving, reshaping how wealth…

In the first study of its kind in South Australia, University of South Australia researchers have detected traces of nitazene in samples of discarded injecting equipment, plastic bags, vials and filters from public disposal bins at local needle and syringe program sites.

Their findings were published on July 31 in…

“Scrumping” is the name coined in a paper led by researchers at Dartmouth and the University of St Andrews in Scotland for the fondness apes have for eating ripe fruit from the forest floor. These primates’ palate for picked-up produce has taken on…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy may soon be asking the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to examine aluminum ingredients in vaccines, according to Bloomberg News. Kennedy has long falsely asserted that vaccines containing aluminum salts as…

Yet, teeth without staining may not mean that people didn’t chew betel nuts. Now, using…

Individuals with cannabis use disorder (CUD) are over three times more likely to develop oral cancer within five years than those without the condition. The corresponding study was published in Preventive Medicine Reports.

Around 52.5 million people, or almost 20% of Americans, used cannabis at least once in 2021. Research meanwhile indicates that around 30% of those who use cannabis develop CUD. While the link between tobacco and oral cancers is well…

From a larger sample of over 2,000 non-pregnant women aged 15-34, researchers identified a subgroup of 936 who didn’t want to get pregnant. Within that…

Before the start of each academic year in higher education, there appears to be questions from incoming students and their families about how much do college students drink alcohol. According to the 2023 National College Health Assessment by the American College Health Association, 63.7% of college students in the survey reported using alcohol in their lifetime, and 57.7% reported using alcohol in the past 3 months. However, national surveys…

As a neurosurgeon specializing in spinal conditions and treating a diverse range of athletes—from corporate executives to weekend warriors and high school competitors—I frequently encounter the question: “Can I…