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A large majority of older Americans feel that health insurance—including Medicare—should cover anti-obesity medications, according to a new University of Michigan study.

The federal government is clawing back $11.4 billion in COVID funding, a move that could affect local and state public health efforts across the country.

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered a way to delay or even block recurrence of the deadliest brain cancer after radiation, bringing new hope for survival.

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by a host of recognizable cognitive symptoms, but many non-cognitive symptoms like sleep changes, anxiety, and depression can be early signs of the disease. These symptoms of underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology can appear decades prior to the onset of cognitive decline, but the mechanisms underlying degeneration at these stages are unclear.

A new study by researchers from Marshall University and the University of Missouri highlights how exosomes—tiny vesicles released by cells—may play a key role in blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly those with neurocognitive deficits.

Opioid use disorder is associated with more than 350,000 deaths annually worldwide. Guided by the need for an increased understanding of critical neurobiological features of addiction, researchers have now found a unique molecular signature and genes in the orbitofrontal cortex associated with heroin-seeking behavior.

Perhaps no profession has stricter ethical standards than medicine, and ethics is considered essential in the education of any respected medical school. A new essay by researchers at Hiroshima University (Japan) provides a framework for how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can be incorporated into ethics education for medical programs.

As the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in 25 years spreads, health experts warn that more people choosing to be unvaccinated for infectious diseases will make it harder to replicate past successful responses to outbreaks.

Monday was World Tuberculosis Day and, as usual, Americans had reason to celebrate, with incidence rates that are among the best anywhere, according to the World Health Organization. But that does not mean there is not room for further improvement, especially in San Diego County.

Tom’s parents were packing to evacuate from bushfires in regional Victoria five years ago when they realized they couldn’t find Tom, who was only two and a half.