August 27, 2025

Drug for Dizziness May Increase Falls

Researchers find elevated risk across adult age groups, not just in older adults.

Conexiant

August 26, 2025

Recurrent Strokes, Headaches: What’s Your Diagnosis?

A 34-year-old woman presented with recurrent ischemic strokes and right-sided headaches. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple right frontoparietal infarcts, and angiography demonstrated bilateral narrowing of the intracranial carotid arteries. What’s your diagnosis?

Conexiant

August 25, 2025

Did Politics Delay CDC Measles Response?

Emails and interviews show CDC scientists were sidelined during the West Texas surge, leaving local officials without guidance as cases spread across the US and into Mexico.

KFF Health News

August 25, 2025

What Does Xlear’s Lawsuit Mean for Physicians?

Xlear's xylitol maker sues the FTC to loosen evidence rules on health claims, signaling a deregulatory push that could reshape supplement marketing.

KFF Health News

August 22, 2025

Digital Habits May Lower Dementia Risk

Older adults who regularly use digital technology show higher cognitive performance and fewer dementia diagnoses than low-use peers, researchers report.

KFF Health News

August 20, 2025

Genes and Environment Shape Infant Sleep Patterns: Study

Twin study reveals how hereditary factors increasingly dominate infant behavior patterns during critical early months of development.

Conexiant

August 19, 2025

‘Enough Is Enough’—But When?

How Bogalusa, Louisiana became a lens on the US gun violence epidemic—where race, poverty, policy, and profit converge and communities bear the cost.

KFF Health News

August 18, 2025

Societies Issue Joint Updates to Hypertension Guidelines

A central update is the recommendation for use of the PREVENT calculator to help determine risk.

Conexiant

August 18, 2025

Health Groups Respond to 'National Scandal'

With elder homelessness rising, PACE programs funded by Medicaid and Medicare secure housing and health care for low-income seniors, seen in Rhode Island.

KFF Health News