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Prenatal public water arsenic exposure linked to risk of low birth weight, lower birth weight, lower birth weight-for-gestational age z score

Total adverse events of heart failure or all-cause mortality were reduced with empagliflozin, regardless of kidney function

Exposure to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms linked to up to 0.89 years' shorter survival

Sensitivity and specificity for CT perfusion and CT angiography as ancillary test for death by neurologic criteria did not meet prespecified validation threshold in recent study

In study, patients with CRC as the only malignancy had more frequent liver and lung metastases and received systemic adjuvant treatments more often

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say.The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito-borne virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds of those cuts were illegal.This decision comes just days after U.S. District Judge William Young ordered the NIH to restore more …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) —  The woman tapped to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says she supports science, vaccines and public health programs — but she dodged key questions about recent cuts to the agency during a Senate hearing …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist.The slide, posted online …

Knee brace most likely to yield best results for WOMAC pain score, followed by exercise and high-intensity laser therapy