Health

File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Madonna has been discharged after several days from a hospital intensive care unit and is now recovering from a “serious bacterial infection,” according to her manager Guy Oseary. The iconic singer has also postponed her world tour, named “Celebration,” amid the health scare, which […]

Taylor Glascock/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House revealed on Wednesday that President Joe Biden has begun using a CPAP machine to deal with longstanding sleep apnea. “Since 2008, the President has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports. He used a CPAP machine last night, which is common for people […]

Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Researchers in Australia have found that for low back pain sufferers in their mid-40s, opioids don’t mitigate pain any better than a placebo. Among the study’s participants, the placebo gave slightly more positive results in helping manage pain. Close to 350 participants – 51% male and 49% female, and with […]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 78 defendants in separate schemes that totaled more than $2.5 billion in alleged fraudulent billings, marking what Attorney General Merrick Garland called “one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever prosecuted […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Montana judge permanently struck down a law making it more difficult for transgender people to change their sex on their birth certificate and held the state health department in contempt for disregarding court orders. The 2021 bill — which was signed into law at the time by Gov. […]

skaman306/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new analysis from Consumer Reports found that some heavy metals in baby food have been on the decline but the report argues more can be done to make baby food safer overall. Through random testing of baby food products, Consumer Reports found levels of some heavy metals such as […]

Rybelsus (NEW YORK) — Drugs used for diabetes and weight loss like Ozempic and Wegovy were found to be effective for weight loss when taken as a pill, according to research published over the weekend. Rybelsus is the pill version of semaglutide — the active ingredient that helps patients lose weight — and is already […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — For Emma Goidel and Ilana Caplan, building a family using assisted reproductive technology was never going to be easy, but the couple says they never imagined the financial costs they’d face simply because of who they are. “We looked really closely at our insurance and we saw, oh my God, […]

Wachirawit Jenlohakit/Getty Images (SARASOTA, Fla.) — Five people caught malaria locally in the U.S. for the first time since 2003, according to health officials. Four people in Sarasota County, Florida, and one person in Cameron County, Texas, reported cases of the mosquito-borne illness, state officials said. Cameron County is the southernmost county in Texas, about […]

Wachirawit Jenlohakit/Getty Images (SARASOTA, Fla.) — Five people caught malaria locally in the U.S. for the first time since 2003, according to health officials. Four people in Sarasota County, Florida, and one person in Cameron County, Texas, reported cases of the mosquito-borne illness, state officials said. Cameron County is the southernmost county in Texas, about 1,300 […]