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Meal Timing May Shift With Aging, Is Linked to Health Changes
FRIDAY, Sept. 5, 2025 – Meal timing changes with age and may reflect health changes in older adults, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in Communications Medicine. Hassan S. Dashti,...
Intake of Low-, No-Calorie Sweeteners Tied to Faster Cognitive Decline
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3, 2025 – Consumption of low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCSs) is associated with faster cognitive decline, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Neurology. Natalia...
Daily Pill Might Help People With Stubborn High Blood Pressure
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 — An experimental pill might help people with stubborn high blood pressure that won’t relent to other treatments, clinical trial results show. Patients with tre...
Community Hospitals Failing To Transfer Injury Patients To Better Facilities
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 — Community hospitals don't often transfer severely injured patients to higher-level trauma centers that could provide the care they need, a new study says. Fewer than half of ...
Life Expectancy Is Plateauing, Won't Reach 100, Researchers Say
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 — Bad news for folks hoping to become a centenarian: Average life expectancy isn’t expected to exceed 100 years anytime soon, a new study says. Life expectancy gains made by we...
Florida Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 — Florida may soon become the first state in the U.S. to eliminate all vaccine mandates, a major shift in health policy that may increase risk of disease outbreaks. The plan w...
Food Insecurity Identified Among Some U.S. Medical Students
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – One in five U.S. medical students is food-insecure, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Bassel M. Shanab, from Yale University in New Haven, ...
People With Obesity Value Respect and Being Listened to in Primary Care
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – Adults with obesity prefer a primary care visit characterized by respectful treatment and listening, according to a study published online in the September issue of Patient ...
Discharge to Postacute Care Can Be Benchmark Metric for Older Surgical Patients
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – Discharge to postacute care for older adult surgical patients can be used as a benchmarking metric for hospitals, according to a study published online Aug. 14 in...
Sense of Life Purpose Lowers Risk for Cognitive Impairment
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – A sense of purpose in life (PiL) is associated with a lower risk for and later onset of cognitive impairment, according to a study published online in the October issue of...
Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases Rising as Fewer Men Are Screened, New Report Says
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 — Prostate cancer rates are climbing in the U.S. with more men being diagnosed at later stages when the disease is harder to treat, researchers report. The analysis — pub...
Paternal Prepubertal Passive Smoke Exposure Impacts Offspring Lung Function
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – Paternal passive smoke exposure before completing puberty may intergenerationally impair lung function in future generations, according to a study published online Sept. 2...
Risk for Second Cancer Low for Women Treated for Early, Invasive Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – The risk for second primary cancers is higher for breast cancer survivors than for women in the general population; however, the risk remains low and is mostly driven by...
Adults With Learning Disabilities, New Diabetes Have Shorter Time to Insulin Initiation
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – Adults with learning disabilities and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) have better short-term glycemic control, but also faster progression to severe diabetes and a...
One Dose of Benzathine Penicillin G Noninferior to Three Doses for Syphilis
THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 – For patients with early syphilis, treatment with one dose of 2.4 million units of benzathine penicillin G is noninferior to treatment with three doses, according to a study...