Living longer doesn’t always mean living healthier. That’s according to a study published in JAMA Network Open, which found a “widening gap between lifespan and healthspan” among 183 countries. In 2019, there was a “healthspan-lifespan gap” of 9.6 years globally, a 13% increase from 8.5 years in 2019, Mayo Clinic researchers found. ‘I’M A DOCTOR … Read more
BBC Sophie Henson says she wishes the guidance had been introduced in her case earlier this year WARNING: This article contains description of crimes which some readers may find upsetting “It shouldn’t be disregarded as a small crime, I thought I’d die when it happened to me.” The words of Sophie Henson, 24, who said … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A judge last week dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that led the Alabama Supreme Court to rule that frozen embryos are “extrauterine children,” a decision that drew national attention and temporarily halted in vitro fertilization services in the state. A couple, who filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the accidental destruction of … Read more
While many American students and teachers across the country were celebrating the holidays with classroom parties and performances, another mass school shooting occurred. Monday’s tragedy at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, marks the 83rd U.S. school shooting recorded in 2024. After the March 27, 2023, school shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, … Read more
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding two others, police said. The attack occurred in Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as officers were returning to their stations, local police officer … Read more
A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. There may be a … Read more
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, remains popular with the public, garnering the approval of 54% of U.S. adults, according to a recently released Gallup poll. But experts say that may not insulate the federal health insurance program from change as President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans look to renew $4 trillion … Read more
NEW YORK — Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey released Tuesday. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. That’s the largest … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. People worried they’ll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney? Alex Berrios of Louisville, Kentucky, needs a second transplant but finding … Read more
Getty Images A leading medical royal college says physician associates (PAs) should only be supervised by senior doctors, and not doctors in training, in guidance issued to members. The Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) announcement follows an acrimonious debate in the medical profession over the use of PAs, who are intended to assist doctors and … Read more