USPSTF Draft Calls for Lifestyle Shift -- Not Meds -- for Kids With Obesity Behavioral interventions should be main approach; insufficient data to back pharmacologic therapy Dec 12, 2023
Salmonella Deaths Grow; Hospital's Bariatric Surgery Factory; New Back Pain Recs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 08, 2023
Opioid Doc Sentenced; World's First Sickle Cell Gene Tx; FTC Warns Diet Influencers Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 17, 2023
Here's Why People Think They Developed Food Allergies Survey finds that 13% thought genetics were responsible, 27% blamed eating behaviors Nov 16, 2023
AMA Supports Tighter Restrictions to Curb Pollution From Industrialized Farms Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations "may be a public health hazard," group says Nov 14, 2023
Antihypertensives Do Not Detract From the BP Reduction of a Low-Sodium Diet Dietary change produces clinically relevant BP changes within a week Nov 12, 2023
MIND Diet in Midlife Tied to Higher Subcortical Brain Region Volumes Relationships appear to hold regardless of Alzheimer's genes Nov 09, 2023
Tirzepatide Wins FDA Approval for Weight Loss Drug also gets a new brand name, Zepbound, for its new indication Nov 08, 2023
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Risk Linked to Medications in Pregnancy, Infancy Increased risk observed with antibiotic and acid suppressant use Oct 30, 2023
Wegovy and Thyroid Cancer; Maine Shooter's Mental Health; 469 Heat Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 30, 2023
House Speaker's Health Views; Is Social Media Addictive? Metals Found in Chocolate Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 26, 2023
Carbohydrates and Long-Term Weight Change; Value of Cardiac Transfers Also in TTHealthWatch: reducing infections in joint replacement Oct 21, 2023 podcast
CVS Pulls Phenylephrine Cold Meds; Doc's Murder/Suicide; Red Meat and Diabetes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 20, 2023
Death After IV Vitamins; 4-Day Work Week Healthier; Blast at Gaza Hospital Kills 500 Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 18, 2023
Virtual Obesity Treatment Program Led to Substantial Weight Loss in Real-World Study At 12 months, there was an average weight loss of 16.2%, with results sustained up to 24 months Oct 17, 2023
Certain Factors Predict Weight Regain After Big Losses But even "regainers" still kept off most of the weight Oct 17, 2023
Mental Health Warning Signs in Latinx Kids Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks Signs of depression, anxiety in middle school linked with troubles by high school Oct 16, 2023
Diet and Liver Health; Gut Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Disease Also in TTHealthWatch: COVID hospitalization data Oct 14, 2023 podcast
Shiitake Mushrooms Caused This Dramatic Rash Patient's back looked as though it had been flogged: "Once you see it, you don't forget it" Oct 11, 2023
ED Clinicians Tackle Patients' Food Insecurity, Homelessness Connecting patients to resources that work best for them is critical, researchers say Oct 11, 2023
Catching COVID 5 Times; Stroke Deaths Expected to Surge; Calif. Bans Red Dye No. 3 Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 10, 2023
Ob/Gyn Accused of Sex Abuse Found Dead; Massive Medicare Scam; Veggies in the Genes? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 06, 2023
FDA Displeased With Companies Purposely Adding Sesame to More Foods Agency issues updated guidance for limiting cross-contamination in wake of FASTER act Sep 27, 2023
Keto for Kids With Diabetes Carries Risk, AAP Warns American Academy of Pediatrics outlines policy for low-, very low-carbohydrate diets Sep 18, 2023
Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Celiac Disease in Adults But biopsy should still remain standard, expert advised Sep 14, 2023
New iPhone Radiation Concerns; Man Dies After Raw Oysters; PBM Market Tightens Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 13, 2023
Less Afib in Heavy Drinkers Who Quit Alcohol Cold Turkey But reduced intake didn't appear as successful for primary prevention, observational data suggest Sep 08, 2023
Teen Death After Spicy 'One Chip Challenge' Raises Alarm A psychiatrist weighs in on how hazardous social media challenges can be Sep 08, 2023
Common Food Additives Singled Out for Cardiovascular Risk Food labels often list emulsifiers linked to long-term health outcomes Sep 06, 2023
McConnell Speculation; Army Doc Charged; Ice Cream Recall Over Listeria Concerns Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 01, 2023
From Salad Roulette to Salmonella in Poultry and Peanuts The folly of believing U.S. food is as safe as safe can be Aug 17, 2023
Clinically Significant Weight Loss Uncommon for Most Overweight Adults Only one in 10 with overweight or obesity achieve 5% or greater weight loss each year Aug 07, 2023
Sugar-Heavy Diet Linked to Development of Kidney Stones Those who consumed 25% or more of their daily calories from added sugars had the highest odds Aug 04, 2023
Should People Without Diabetes Use Glucose Monitors? Trend boosted by health buffs on social media, but benefit for healthy adults is unclear Aug 01, 2023
Kombucha Shows Potential Diabetes Benefit in Small Trial Diabetes patients saw glucose levels drop after drinking fermented tea Aug 01, 2023
What's Wrong With 'Girl Dinner'? Experts say the trend highlights the best and worst of social media's messaging on healthy eating Jul 28, 2023
Unexplained Heart Enlargement May Be Causing Sudden Deaths in Obesity Increased ventricular mass without the usual etiologies of heart disease was noted Jul 28, 2023
Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Also Help Lung Health Increased plasma DHA associated with slower decline in lung function Jul 25, 2023
Psilocybin for Anorexia Shows Promise in Early Trial 10-woman study found the psychoactive compound to be safe, positively perceived Jul 24, 2023