• A High-Fat Diet Can Scramble Memories
  
  Japanese researchers have discovered that feeding fruit flies a high-fat diet disrupts both intermediate and long-term memory. Their study, published in PLOS Genetics, set out to explore why previous research has linked high-fat diets to cognitive decline. What they found...
• RFK Jr. Announces Move to Decertify Organ Procurement Org
  
  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans on Thursday to reform the nation's organ transplant system, including a move to decertify one organ procurement organization.
• OpenAI Launches Teen-Safe ChatGPT With Controls
  
  Teenagers chatting with ChatGPT will soon see a very different version of the tool - one built with stricter ways to keep them safe online, OpenAI announced. The new safeguards come as regulators increase scrutiny of chatbots and their impact on young people's mental...
• Reduce the Chronic Inflammation That Hastens Aging
  
  Scientists have coined a new term to describe how inflammation drives the aging process. A recent study found that "inflammaging" is worsened by lifestyle habits. While inflammation is an essential defense against infection and injury, chronic low-grade inflammation is a...
• Shunts Safe, Effective for Rare Brain Condition
  
  A simple shunt can restore walking ability and independence in elderly people with a rare brain condition, a major new clinical trial has found. Implanting a shunt to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid significantly improved walking and mobility among seniors with idiopathic...
• GLP-1s Provide Health Benefits to Psoriasis Patients
  
  People with psoriasis might receive unexpected benefits from cutting-edge weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says. Psoriasis patients taking GLP-1 drugs had a 78% lower risk of premature death and a 44% lower risk of heart attack, stroke or other...
• Study: App Effective for Bladder Control Problems
  
  Having trouble with bladder control? There might be an app for that, researchers say. Female veterans suffering from urinary incontinence received effective relief using a smartphone app called MyHealtheBladder, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open. The app...
• Sen. Schiff Urges Insurers to Commit to Covering Vaccines
  
  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., sent letters to insurers Thursday ahead of a key CDC vaccine panel meeting asking the companies to publicly commit to covering routine vaccines for illnesses such as measles and COVID-19 no matter the group's recommendations.
• Daily Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Return Risk By Half
  
  Aspirin can cut by more than half the risk that colon cancer will come back following initial treatment, a new clinical trial has found. Daily aspirin reduced by 55% the risk of cancer recurrence in patients whose colorectal cancer is driven by a genetic mutation,...
• Stanford Study: Daylight Saving Time May Harm Health
  
  A new Stanford Medicine study suggests that Americans could avoid millions of cases of obesity and hundreds of thousands of strokes each year by ending the practice of changing clocks for daylight saving time, The Hill reported.
• Tyson Foods to Drop Corn Syrup, Additives by 2025
  
  Tyson Foods will remove high-fructose corn syrup from its products by the end of the year as part of an effort to cut controversial additives, The Hill reported.
• Fired CDC Chief: RFK Jr. Pushed Vaccine Changes
  
  The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told members of a Senate committee on Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised her "never" to express concerns about Health and Human Services policy to Congress.
• Cannabis Use May Quadruple Risk for Diabetes
  
  Weed might nearly quadruple a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a new study says. People who use cannabis have a 3.7 times greater risk of Type 2 diabetes compared to the general population, researchers reported Monday at a meeting of the European Association for...
• Sen. Paul Hammers Fmr CDC Director on Vaccines
  
  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pressed former CDC Director Susan Monarez on vaccines during a Wednesday Senate hearing, slamming her for not dismissing scientists who resisted changes to the childhood vaccine schedule during her brief tenure.
• Laser Surgery Safe for Nearsighted Teens
  
  Laser surgery for nearsightedness is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, researchers reported on Tuesday in Copenhagen at the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. They reviewed data on photorefractive keratectomy...
• Hair Samples Spot Mental Health Risks in Sick Kids
  
  Children with chronic illnesses face extra challenges, and measuring stress through hair samples may help doctors predict which kids are at highest risk for mental health problems. Researchers studied 244 Canadian children with chronic physical illnesses such as diabetes,...
• Never Leave Your Shoes in This Room
  
  It's tempting to come home at the end of the day and head right to the bedroom to change into comfortable clothes. But kicking off your shoes in your room is not a good idea. Experts say that shoes carry not only dirt and grime but also mold spores, pet dander and pollen...
• US Circumcision Rates Have Declined
  
  Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the United States, driven in part by parents' distrust of medical advice, a new study says.Circumcision of newborn boys declined from 54% to 49% between 2012 and 2022, according to records from more than 1.5 million U.S....
• Hormone Therapy Timing Key to Alzheimer's Prevention
  
  Hormone replacement therapy might protect a woman's brain against Alzheimer's disease, but only if the timing's right, researchers say. Women who start hormone therapy within five years of menopause can lower their Alzheimer's risk by as much as 32%, researchers reported...
• Mammograms Can Also Assess Women's Heart Health
  
  Regular mammograms might offer a "two-for-one" opportunity to protect women's health, a new study says. Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the...
• Artificial Sweeteners May Blunt Immunotherapy
  
  Cancer patients who use sucralose - the artificial sweetener found in products like Splenda - may be less likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment and could face shorter survival rates. But scientists say there may be a way to reverse the damage. Researchers...
• Hall of Fame QB Marino Opens Up About Liver Disease
  
  Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino disclosed that he has been managing a liver disease for nearly two decades, saying lifestyle changes have improved his health outlook. In an interview with People magazine, Marino said...
• Statins May Undermine GLP-1 Drugs
  
  Statins are among the most prescribed - and profitable - drugs in medical history. But new research reveals that while they lower cholesterol, they may also quietly undermine metabolism by promoting insulin resistance, raising diabetes risk, and slashing GLP-1 levels by...
• Lilly Weight-Loss Pill May be Approved by Year-End
  
  Eli Lilly's experimental weight-loss pill could be fast-tracked under a one- to two-month review process recently launched by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, several Wall Street analysts said. Analysts speculate that the drug, orforglipron, is a viable candidate...
• Half of Healthcare Workers Plan to Switch Jobs
  
  More than half of U.S. healthcare workers are actively looking to leave their current jobs, according to a new survey, underscoring mounting pressure on an already strained system. The Harris Poll, commissioned by education services company Strategic Education, surveyed...

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