Pausing Medicaid eligibility determinations during COVID-19 pandemic linked to increased risk for having no prescriptions and cash-pay prescriptions

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A baby born with a rare and deadly genetic disease is the world’s first known patient to receive an experimental gene editing treatment designed just for him.KJ Muldoon from Clifton Heights, Pa., is thriving after the therapy to fix …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new report says rice sold in U.S. stores contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury.The report — released by Healthy Babies, Bright Futures — found arsenic in 100% of rice samples tested from stores in …

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Proposed cuts to Medicaid could be devastating to America’s rural hospitals, health care CEOs are warning in interviews with HealthDay.House Republicans have proposed an $880 billion reduction in Medicaid funding. Combined with other health care cuts, the package could …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is teaming up with California-based biotech Septerna to develop new pills to treat obesity, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases.The deal could be worth up to $2.2 billion for Septerna. This includes more than …

Association with Alzheimer disease seen in cross-sectional and longitudinal models

Noninvasive diagnostic test measures two proteins, pTau217 and β-amyloid 1-42, found in human plasma

No cases of endometrial, ovarian, vaginal, or vulvar cancer were seen

High mortality, particularly in men, and major complications persist

The phospholipid C38:4 phosphatidylethanolamine may partially mediate air pollution-related bone damage