Mammogram report tells something new
Since September 2024, every woman who gets a mammogram in the United States receives the same piece of information she may not have gotten before. Federal…
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Sudden cardiac arrest is often not sudden
“Sudden cardiac arrest” implies no warning, but the research says otherwise. A study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, published in The…
New Bridge plan for Medicare covers weight-loss drugs
Medicare has never been allowed to pay for a drug used for weight loss, but a temporary program that opened July 1 changes that. Patients who qualify pay…
Candy season is 90 days long, not one night
Halloween is not really the problem. The problem is the stretch that follows — the bowl by the door, the bag on the counter, the leftovers that migrate…
The beer belly is not really about the beer
Blame the beer if you like, but the research does not. Studies find that beer raises overall body weight without steering fat toward the abdomen. The…
The first new painkiller in 20 years comes with a two-week limit
There is one, and it is real. The Food and Drug Administration approved suzetrigine, sold as Journavx, in January 2025 — the first new class of pain…
The cholesterol shot is now a pill
The most powerful cholesterol drugs are not statins. They are PCSK9 inhibitors — and they have been around fas injections for a decade. That changes…
A first-of-its-kind drug for new type 1 diabetes
A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes has always meant the same thing on day one: a lifetime of insulin. A newly approved drug will not…
For older adults, 68 may be the new 62
Living longer is only half the story of aging. A growing body of research suggests that each generation is arriving at older age in better…
A gene-editing therapy reaches the youngest sickle cell patients
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and this year it arrives with a milestone: the first gene therapy for the disease has reached young children.…