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Experts speak out on RFK Jr.'s new iteration of US food pyramid and dietary guidelines: 'This messaging is confusing"
34+ min ago (449+ words) The U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., just inverted the long-standing USDA food pyramid. According to Britannica, the food pyramid concept began in the 1970s in Sweden, before the USDA adopted a version of…...
Statistics reveal cancer survival in US has hit a new milestone
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (44+ words) Statistics reveal cancer survival in US has hit a new milestone'Yahoo In today's Health Alert, new statistics from the American Cancer Society show real progress in how Americans are surviving cancer. The five-year survival rate has reached 70% for all cancers…...
Drugmakers welcome FDA’s GLP-1RA suicide warning removal request
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (357+ words) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that pharma companies marketing glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) no longer include warnings about a potential risk of suicide thoughts, after the agency completed a review. The FDA said it is…...
New dietary guidelines prioritize protein, dairy, and healthy fats
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (80+ words) New dietary guidelines prioritize protein, dairy, and healthy fats'Yahoo SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) " On January 7, new dietary guidelines were released by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Breaking down the new U.S. dietary guidelines with an expert…...
CareView partners with MedPro to expand US virtual care services
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (241+ words) US-based virtual care solution provider CareView has announced a new virtual care partnership in healthcare with national sales organisation MedPro. The agreement aims to broaden CareView's reach and accelerate growth by combining CareView's technology portfolio with MedPro's established sales infrastructure…...
Stress and competition found to dull creativity in children
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (257+ words) Schoolchildren subjected to the strain of competition are at risk of blunting their inventiveness and imagination compared to peers who are allowed to develop without the pressure of overbearing parents pushing for top-of-the-class results. Psychologists at Hong Kong's Lingnan University…...
What to know as New York City nurses strike for a 3rd day
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (907+ words) None of the three major hospital systems affected by the strike have met with union negotiators, though one said it plans to sit down with nurses Thursday. Picketing nurses instead held a rally at a Bronx hospital in which their…...
ImmunityBio’s Anktiva shows success as combo treatment in NSCLC
10+ hour, 46+ min ago (282+ words) ImmunityBio's immunotherapy drug Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept) has shown success in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor in two non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) trials. In the Phase III QUILT-2.023 (NCT03520686) trial, which was conducted in first-line NSCLC, Anktiva plus a checkpoint…...
Why dispatchers in half of Kansas counties can’t give CPR instructions
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (414+ words) TOPEKA, Kan. " If you call 911 in Kansas and need help administering CPR there's roughly a 50-50 chance you'll get any instructions. That's because dispatchers in roughly half of Kansas counties are not trained. In Johnson County and most of the Kansas…...
Psychologists Say These Are 11 Subtle Signs You’re Being ‘Emotionally Controlled"
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (177+ words) Emotional pain can manifest physically."While there can be many other causes, both medical and psychological, of [frequent headaches and gastrointestinal issues], when taken together with other signs, these somatic signs may be sending a critical signal about emotional control,…...