Hope for hard-to-treat heart disease
Some 1 million patients in the U.S. live with a type of heart disease called heart failure with…
States face pushback on their rural health transformation plans
In the final days of 2025, governors around the country trumpeted the hundreds of millions of federal dollars…
SuppCo launches certification to verify actives in dietary supplements
The new program complements SuppCo’s TrustScore supplement quality rating system and builds on earlier testing initiatives, which revealed…
Swine flu, ketamine and depression, football CTE: Morning Rounds
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Can brain training prevent dementia? Long-term trial shows speed training with boosters makes a difference
A landmark 20-year analysis of the ACTIVE trial suggests that targeted, reinforced speed-based cognitive training may delay dementia…
New research initiative aims to predict and prevent diseases before they start
What if doctors could tell you a disease was coming years before you felt a single symptom-and stop…
People Really Are More Likely to Commit Crimes After a Cancer Diagnosis
You can draw a straight line between the cancer diagnosis and Walter White becoming the American Southwest’s preeminent…
American heart health worsening — Harvard Gazette
Treatments for cardiovascular conditions have never been better. Knowledge about how to improve heart health has steadily improved.…
Medicaid is paying for more dental care. GOP cuts threaten to reverse the trend.
Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for…
“Kind of morbid”: Health premiums threaten their nest egg. A terminal diagnosis may spare it.
COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself first.” So…
NIH-supported trial reduces HIV incidence by 70% in rural populations
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Study used technology to extend reach of existing infrastructure, linking people to care. Transmission electron…
Texas Health outlines plans for new, 60-bed hospital in McKinney
Texas Health Resources is planning to build a hospital in McKinney, with the medical campus slated to open…