You Want To Join a Clinical Trial. Here’s What To Know About the Hurdles.
Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated — even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew…
MAHA’s mental health rhetoric masks an alarming agenda
At a May MAHA Institute summit organized around the theme of “overmedicalization,” the health secretary announced an action…
Kennedy presses ahead with plans to reduce antidepressant use
Lizzy leads STAT’s coverage of the FDA. Her stories explore the relationship between politics and science at the…
As presidential fitness test returns for students, so do old questions
WASHINGTON — The presidential fitness test, a divisive hallmark of children’s education from the 1960s to the 2010s,…
Affordability czar targets Mediciaid ‘gimmicks’ at hospital conference
Tara covers the business of health care. Her stories focus on hospitals, doctors, and how their business practices…
Industry and regulators signal a smarter, collaborative era for supplement oversight
While the industry has spent years bracing for and fending off a heavier regulatory hand, what it heard…
Trump and Kennedy Seek To Relax Safeguards for AI Healthcare Tools
Paul Boyer, a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is experiencing the AI revolution firsthand. He’s a…
Women’s health has federal offices. Should men have one, too?
The early 1990s were a watershed moment for female health. In 1990, the Office of Research on Women’s…
Nutritionists respond as RFK Jr. challenges Dunkin’s sugar content
According to the American Heart Association, the recommended added sugar intake for men is 36 grams and for…
TrumpRx: High expectations, but limited impact a month after launch
WASHINGTON — President Trump heralded his signature drug discount platform, TrumpRx, as “one of the most transformative health…
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…
Gen Z men are eating ‘boy kibble’, the human equivalent to dog food, to load up on protein cheaply
We’ve all been there: after a long day at work, you come home, realize you’ve skipped the supermarket…