Category: 4. Health

MASLD occurs when fat builds up in the liver and is associated with one or more of five conditions: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and low HDL cholesterol, known as “good” cholesterol. These conditions are characterized as cardiometabolic risk factors because they affect the heart or…

Every year, nearly two million people worldwide are diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Between 20 and 40 percent develop metastases, which makes the disease both more…

Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025.

This is not the first time political arguments over health care policy have instigated a government shutdown. In 2013, for example, the government shut down due to disputes over the Affordable Care Act.

This time around, the ACA continues to play a central role, with Democrats demanding, among other things, an extension of subsidies for ACA…

When Florida’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, announced his plan last month to get rid of all vaccine mandates in his state, he referenced “medical freedom” and letting people do whatever they want with their bodies. Nevertheless, vaccine mandates are integral to current and past United States legal immigration policy. Under U.S. immigration laws, a foreigner who applies…

A first-of-its-kind study from Houston Methodist found that adipose-derived extracellular vesicles, tiny cell-to-cell messengers in the body, can signal the buildup of amyloid-β plaque in obese individuals. These plaques are a key feature of Alzheimer’s disease.

The study, “Decoding Adipose-Brain Crosstalk:…

• Long-term exposure to a common industrial chemical may be linked to a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease.
• Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a chemical used in metal degreasing and dry cleaning. Even though it has been banned for some uses, it remains in use today as an industrial solvent and lingers in air, soil and water across the U.S.
• Researchers estimated long-term TCE exposure for more than 1.1 million older adults by using ZIP+4 codes and air pollution data.
• Older adults living…

New data from a gene therapy trial provide the first…

For this study, OSUCCC – James researchers sought to answer a…

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Hunger and food insecurity are problems in the United States. Measuring their existence and the role federal and state governments play in their mitigation is vital, according to public health experts. But now an annual report on hunger and food insecurity issued by the U.S….