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'What is One Medicine' explained by Professor Noel Fitzpatrick

One Medicine is a concept whereby human and animal medicine advance hand in hand, with vets, doctors, nurses, and researchers all collaborating to ensure that humans and animals benefit from equal and sustainable medical progress, but not at the expense of an animal's life.

20 Aug 2024

Traveling to die: The latest form of medical tourism

In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she'd beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont.

20 Aug 2024

Amid Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ many states wind up expansions

Trisha Byers left behind one crucial item when she moved to North Carolina last year to be closer to her family after suffering a brain injury: health insurance.

16 Aug 2024

The FDA calls them ‘recalls,’ yet the targeted medical devices often remain in use

In 2016, medical device giant Abbott issued a recall for its MitraClip cardiac device — "a Class I recall, the most serious type," the FDA said.

15 Aug 2024

Untreated high blood pressure linked to higher Alzheimer's risk in older adults

People 60 and older with untreated high blood pressure may have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease compared to both people who have been or are being treated for high blood pressure as well as people without the chronic condition.

14 Aug 2024

Diet-derived molecules identified as main drivers of young-onset colorectal cancer risk

A new Cleveland Clinic study has identified diet-derived molecules called metabolites as main drivers of young-onset colorectal cancer risk, especially those associated with red and processed meat.

14 Aug 2024

Kids who survived Super Bowl shooting are scared, suffering panic attacks and sleep problems

Six months after Gabriella Magers-Darger's legs were burned by sparks from a ricocheted bullet at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade in February, the 14-year-old is ready to leave the past behind.

14 Aug 2024

World's first rapid TBI blood test debuts at Orlando Health

Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is the first hospital in the world to use a new, groundbreaking blood test to help assess patients with suspected mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), or concussions.

13 Aug 2024

Study reveals sharp increase in emergency department visits due to water beads

Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital have found more than an estimated 8,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments (EDs) associated with water beads from 2007 through 2022, and the number of these visits increased rapidly by more than 130% from 2021 to 2022.

13 Aug 2024

California bill would require state review of private equity deals in health care

A bill pending in California's legislature to ratchet up oversight of private equity investments in health care is receiving enthusiastic backing from consumer advocates, labor unions, and the California Medical Association, but drawing heavy fire from hospitals concerned about losing a potential funding source.

13 Aug 2024

Study uncovers OLAH as key driver of fatal respiratory disease

Respiratory infections can be severe, even deadly, in some individuals, but not in others.

12 Aug 2024

Researchers call for Medicare to cover driving safety evaluations of at-risk, older adults

In 2020, approximately 48 million licensed drivers were older than 65 years. Within this age group, car crashes led to 7,480 deaths and 149,881 non-fatal injuries.

12 Aug 2024

Violent dementia patients leave nursing home staffers and residents ‘scared to death’

Dan Shively had been a bank president who built floats for July Fourth parades in Cody, Wyoming, and adored fly-fishing with his sons.

9 Aug 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Walz record

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris' choice of running mate. Walz — also a former U.S. congressman, high school teacher, and member of the National Guard — has a folksy, Midwestern affect and a liberal record.

8 Aug 2024

Study suggests lower dementia risk for people with Parkinson's

There's some good news for people with Parkinson's disease: The risk of developing dementia may be lower than previously thought, or dementia may occur later in the course of the disease than previously reported, according to a study published in the August 7, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

7 Aug 2024