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Hearing loss is very common in older adults, with almost 60% aged 60 years and over experiencing disabling (moderate or greater) hearing loss.

A growing number of states have made it easier for doctors who trained in other countries to get medical licenses, a shift supporters say could ease physician shortages in rural areas.

With the 2025 Euros just a few months away, attention continues to grow around women’s soccer. Now new research involving Swansea University is focusing on female professional soccer players and the levels of lactate they produce during exercise.

Individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a condition characterized by daily excessive worry lasting at least six months, have a high relapse rate even after receiving treatment. Artificial intelligence (AI) models may help clinicians identify factors to predict long-term recovery and better personalize patient treatment, according to researchers from Penn State.

Kingston Health Sciences Center and Queen’s University researchers analyzed trends in alcohol-related organ damage among adolescents and young adults, identifying a significant rise in cases over the past two decades. Researchers found an increasing incidence of alcohol-associated pancreatitis and liver disease, with higher rates of growth among young females.

More than three years ago, health insurance giant Centene Corp. settled allegations that it overcharged Medicaid programs in Ohio and Mississippi related to prescription drug billing.

A naturally occurring molecule identified by Stanford Medicine researchers appears similar to semaglutide—also known as Ozempic—in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight. Notably, testing in animals also showed that it worked without some of the drug’s side effects, such as nausea, constipation and significant loss of muscle mass.

Moderate stress increases risk of stroke by 78% in women but not in men, researchers reported in the journal Neurology.

Preventive screenings for cancer declined during the pandemic, with lockdowns, social distancing and COVID-19 surges keeping many from needing mammograms and colonoscopies.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded its indication of ALK’s Odactra, a house dust mite allergen tablet, for the treatment of house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis, with or without conjunctivitis, to include children ages 5 through 11 years.