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Empowering everyday community members to lead suicide prevention efforts—by promoting wellness, strengthening relationships and implementing tailored actions—can significantly reduce the risk among youth.

Triggered by hormonal changes in the brain and body, puberty marks a physical transformation. Estrogen and testosterone—often called “sex hormones”—drive many familiar changes, such as breast development and periods or a deeper voice and facial hair.

Adoption of lecanemab, a novel infusion treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has been disproportionately higher among patients who are male, white, from urban areas, and have higher socioeconomic status, new research suggests.

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease’s spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included many changes to Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits, improved prescription drug affordability for many U.S. seniors, but also raised concerns that some insurers would exit the market.

Women’s physical activity levels are less variable than men’s, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. What’s more, women’s hormonal cycles did not have a noticeable impact on physical activity levels.

UNITED States Ambassador to Zambia Michael Gonzales has defended his diplomatic conduct, citing 25 years of experience, following criticism from the government over his recent comments on drug pilferage in the public health sector. Recently, Mr Gonzales, publicly announced a USD 50 million reduction in U.S. health aid to Zambia, citing the “systematic theft” of […]

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A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state’s strict anti-abortion law.

Dementia usually affects older people, so when it occurs in middle age, it can be hard to recognize. The most common form is frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which is often mistaken for depression, schizophrenia, or Parkinson’s disease before the correct diagnosis is reached.

Published in Nature Medicine, researchers discuss the types and sources of synthetic food contaminants, focusing on food contact chemicals from food packaging and food processing, and their increased presence in ultra‐processed foods.