- Physician's Weekly

Climate Change Expected to Increase Heat-Related Deaths in Europe

Jan 31, 2025

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heat-related deaths are expected to climb...

Led by RFK Jr., Conservatives Embrace Raw Milk. Regulators Say It’s Dangerous.

Jan 30, 2025

In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane, the 63-year-old can view grazing lands of the dairy company he runs that...

Sports Betting Is Coming to Missouri. A Fund To Help Prevent Problem Gambling Will Follow.

Jan 30, 2025

Listen as senior producer Zach Dyer reports on the public health concerns over online sports betting and a fund in Missouri that might help with addiction treatment and prevention. The parking lot at the Super One Stop in...

New Bird Flu Strain Detected in the U.S.

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been...

FDA Approves Ozempic to Protect Kidneys in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A popular diabetes drug just got a major new...

Mindfulness-Based Groups Tied to Significant Reduction in Opioid Craving

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For adults with opioid use disorder (OUD)...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Causally Linked to Prostate Cancer

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Genetically predicted rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

Higher Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure Tied to Depression

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP)...

Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Linked to Fetal Fat Accumulation

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is...

Leukocyte Count Predictor of Future Long COVID Severity in Postmenopausal Women

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Leukocyte count is an independent predictor of...

Dose-Dependent Link Seen for Alcohol, Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer in Patients With Hep B

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For patients with hepatitis B virus, alcohol is...

Fasting Glucose, Age, Male Sex, BMI All Linked to Diabetes Development

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), age, body mass...

Multicomponent Prehabilitation Beneficial for Surgical Patients

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Exercise prehabilitation, nutritional...

Trump Administration Waives Halt on Distribution of HIV Medications Via PEPFAR

Jan 30, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has made some...

What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week

Jan 29, 2025

President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health and Human Services. Two Senate committees will question Kennedy this...

Schools Aren’t as Plugged In as They Should Be to Kids’ Diabetes Tech, Parents Say

Jan 29, 2025

Just a few years ago, children with Type 1 diabetes reported to the school nurse several times a day to get a finger pricked to check whether their blood sugar was dangerously high or low. The introduction of the continuous...

Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos

Jan 29, 2025

States and the nation’s health industry were thrown into disarray after the Trump administration ordered Monday that the government freeze nearly all federal grants at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, a sweeping directive that at least...