Dr Oscar is back with the latest health headlines. Can a 10-second finger workout help keep your brain healthy? Plus, the surprising ways stress can affect your body, and why humans can regenerate some tissues better than you might think. To watch this with subtitles go to BBC iPlayer andContinue Reading
West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start since 2004, Read MoreContinue Reading
With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing survivors were untreated wounds and infectious diseases, Read MoreContinue Reading
The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans, Read MoreContinue Reading
Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) should have annual checks so doctors can spot the wide-ranging health issues that can come with this complex condition, says new advice for the NHS. PMOS, which affects around one in eight women, used to be known as polycystic ovary syndrome but wasContinue Reading
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national media last week to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
Florida is suing three major medical associations accusing them of pushing misinformation about gender-affirming care to drive demand for their members’ services., Read MoreContinue Reading
The government said it will move quickly to appoint a new maternity commissioner for England after a damning report found the system was not set up to deliver high quality or compassionate care. A rapid review led by Baroness Valerie Amos called for urgent change in the way patients wereContinue Reading
New Mexico’s governor says the state could seek billions in civil damages after DEA agents allowed fentanyl shipments into communities, Read MoreContinue Reading
The payment by Elevance Health to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services comes as the agency threatened to bar new enrollments in the company’s plans…Read MoreContinue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy to treat patients with rare but severe aplastic anemia., Read MoreContinue Reading
A multidisciplinary medical team in Peru successfully managed an ectopic pregnancy in which a placenta adhered to the mother’s liver was delivered as a full-term baby after 40 weeks of gestation., Read MoreContinue Reading