March 9, 2024, 6:00am Health
For nurse Judy Schmidt, the beeping monitors hooked up to critical patients at the Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey, were just a normal part of the whirlwind of activity in the intensive care unit. Read story
March 9, 2024, 6:00am Health
When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency had one priority: “looking out for people, not big banks, not lenders, not investment houses.” Read story
March 8, 2024, 3:28pm Business
Several U.S. discount retailers recalled packages of ground cinnamon after federal health officials warned that they were contaminated with high levels of lead. Read story
March 8, 2024, 12:29pm Health
The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, which has helped millions of Americans shed pounds, can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity, federal regulators said Friday. Read story
March 8, 2024, 7:30am Health
As you open your eyes Sunday morning, have a big stretch and yawn the sleep away, the clocks will have sprung forward in the night, pulling the daylight into the evening for one hour longer. Read story
March 7, 2024, 8:46am Health
A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using billing software “rigged” to make patients appear sicker than they were. Read story
March 6, 2024, 2:04pm Business
Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. discount retailers is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded, federal health officials said Wednesday. Read story
March 6, 2024, 7:45am Health
Washington State University researchers may have found a way to trick bacteria into sending messages that make it easier to kill them, according to a WSU press release. Read story
March 5, 2024, 8:31am Health
Thirty-seven-year-old Corinn O’Brien is about two months pregnant through in vitro fertilization, but an ultrasound recently showed the fetus might be in trouble, and she wants the option to try again if she needs to. Read story
March 5, 2024, 6:02am Health
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that looks at sexually transmitted infections, known as STIs, has some concerning news, especially when it comes to syphilis. While cases of other STIs, like chlamydia and gonorrhea, have decreased or seen modest increases, syphilis has jumped 80 percent… Read story
