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New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed climbing autism rates among children.In 2022, a surveillance program called The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network began monitoring children aged 4 to 8 across 15 U.S. states, focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD.BILL GATES […]

Measles cases have continued to surge in Texas since the outbreak first began in late January.State health officials reported 561 confirmed cases across 23 counties on Tuesday, an increase of 20 from April 11. Cases in Gaines County, the center of the outbreak in west Texas, jumped from 355 to 364, according to Reuters, citing the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The county now accounts for nearly 65% of […]

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As counterfeit Ozempic circulates in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to Americans.In an April 14 announcement, the FDA stated that Novo Nordisk — manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy — notified the agency that "several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic (semaglutide) injection 1 mg" were in the U.S. drug supply chain. Ozempic is an injectable medication approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Wegovy, the same drug […]

Adults who have visited the hospital due to cannabis use could be at a higher risk of developing dementia.A new study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) found that individuals who had an emergency department visit for using cannabis were at a 23% greater risk of a dementia diagnosis within five years.People who were hospitalized were at a much larger 72% risk of dementia.DEMENTIA RISK COULD DIP WITH […]

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions — but they could pose a hidden risk.A new study from the University of California - San Francisco found that CT (computed tomography) scans could be responsible for 5% of all cancer diagnoses each year, according to a press release."While some uncertainty exists, it doesn’t significantly affect the core conclusion: […]

The teen pregnancy epidemic could be waning, data suggests.For the first time in U.S. history, more women over the age of 40 are having kids compared to teen moms, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).This reflects the trend of more Americans either opting not to have kids or postponing them until later.AMERICANS ARE HAVING FEWER BABIES AS BIRTH RATE HITS HISTORIC LOW, CDC […]

Indiana Governor Mike Braun, R-Ind., became the latest leader to enact health-related policies. On Tuesday, Braun signed a package of nine executive orders to "Make Indiana Healthy Again."Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz joined Braun at an event on Tuesday where all three spoke about the importance of healthy eating.  "This isn’t the usual […]

Engaging in a long-term meditation practice could significantly alleviate stress and slow down aging, suggests a new study published in the journal Biomolecules.Researchers from Maharishi International University (MIU), the University of Siegen, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences studied the effectiveness of transcendental meditation, which is a program where people silently repeat a mantra in their head to achieve deep relaxation."These results support other studies indicating that […]