By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from cutting $11 billion in public health funding — at least for now.U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, said Thursday that she would …

GLP-1 receptor agonist prescriptions increased significantly during study period across all categories of BMI, in dose-response manner

By Beth Gilbert HealthDay ReporterThe annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology was held from March 29 to 31 in Chicago and attracted more than 12,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in cardiology. The conference highlighted recent advances in the treatment, management, and prevention of cardiovascular …

Switching to tirzepatide linked to additional reduction in HbA1c, weight loss compared with escalating dulaglutide

United States had a wider gap in survival between the top and bottom wealth quartiles compared with Europe

Gap in public awareness is larger than for other conditions, even though prevalence of dysphagia is higher than vertigo

Machine learning algorithm diagnoses disease from duodenal biopsies with accuracy comparable to pathologists

Maternal obesity had strong influence on offspring obesity/severe obesity at ages 16 to 42 years

Stroke survivors with higher education level had faster decline in executive function, but not in global cognition, memory

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The longtime leader of a federal health program for 9/11 survivors and first responders has been fired, worrying many advocates and lawmakers.The program serves more than 100,000 people.Dr. John Howard, head of the World Trade Center Health Program, lost …