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President Donald Trump has championed sprawling health policy changes under the Make America Healthy Again movement, but a 51视频-Associated Press survey of rural voters found people aren鈥檛 seeing the initiatives reach their communities.
鈥淏rain cancer鈥 or 鈥淗4 G34-mutant鈥? As knowledge about genetics advances, some doctors say cancers should be defined by their mutations, not the tissues where they manifest.
51视频 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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As state governments grapple with how to determine who鈥檚 sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some families are already struggling with what illnesses guarantee health coverage because of a disability.
Stephanie Halver鈥檚 doctor recommended she get a breast MRI, partly because of her family鈥檚 cancer history. Her insurer approved the scan, but unlike mammograms, breast MRIs aren鈥檛 universally covered as zero-cost preventive care.
Patients and researchers point to evidence that many cancer drug dosages are excessive, and that reducing the amount and frequency could save billions of dollars and prevent some of the worst side effects.
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched an effort to streamline clinical research, and legislation is pending in Congress. But patients and providers face participation challenges.
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and older adults are at higher risk. But only about a quarter of patients eligible for screening are up to date.
Amid advancements in treatment and screening, more Americans are surviving the disease. But many are left with psychological scars, such as lingering anxiety and depression.
In the U.S., more than a dozen kinds of cancer are on the rise among people under 50. The HealthQ team shares the latest guidance on being proactive with your family and doctor.
The FDA has approved the sunscreen chemical bemotrizinol, a UV light filter that has been available in Europe, Asia, and Australia for more than 20 years. Health advocates and skin care industry groups alike are hopeful it can restore faith in sunscreen.
51视频 Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed Ebola, GLP-1 drugs, ultraprocessed food, and more in TV appearances this week.
51视频 Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed peptides, colorectal cancer screening, and Ebola in TV appearances this week.
A third of patients in a clinical trial had tumors shrink while taking a genetically engineered treatment known as RP1.
51视频 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.
The costs of posttreatment care are forcing cancer survivors to make tough choices. GOP proposals to bring down health insurance costs won鈥檛 help people who need constant care and monitoring, health policy researchers and patient advocates say.
Even as the Trump administration publicly embraces the Make America Healthy Again movement and its ideals about reducing corporate harm to the environment, it has taken steps to stall environmental protections that MAHA followers hold dear.
Post-mastectomy pain syndrome, or PMPS, is estimated to afflict tens of thousands of U.S. women each year. And yet it is not well understood and is inconsistently treated.
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