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News for Healthier Living
One Year After LA Fires: Lingering Effects on Health
It's been one year since the catastrophic Palisades and Eaton fires devastated the Los Angeles area, destroying more than 16,000 structures and unleashing an unknown number of toxic materials into the air, water and soil in the surrounding areas.
January 5, 2026
January 17 2026January 16 2026January 15 2026 - Markey Cancer Center Treats 1st Patient in US with New Lung Cancer Therapy
- Q&A: The Future of Space Medicine Research
- Flu Season 2026: What One LA Emergency Department Is Seeing
- With Telehealth Coverage on the Brink, Study Shows It Hasn't Driven Up Total Visits
- Why a Life-Threatening Sedative Is Being Prescribed More Often for Seniors
- Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for January 2026
- Study Reveals Molecular 'Switch' That Turns on Inflammation in Obesity
- Same Moves, Different Terrain: How Bacteria Navigate Complex Environments Without Changing Their Playbook
- Hackensack Meridian Health Backs Staff Ideas to Humanize Patient Care
- Mayo Clinic Researchers Use AI to Predict Patient Falls Based on Core Density in Middle Age
- Vanderbilt Transplant Center Nation's Largest After Performing Record Number of Solid Organ Transplants in 2025
- Measles Outbreaks Grow in South Carolina and Southwest, Officials Warn
- Small Daily Habit Changes Could Add Years to Your Life, Study Finds
- Obamacare Enrollment Drops After Premium Subsidies Expire
- FDA Moves to Remove Suicide Warnings From GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
- How Beige Fat Keeps Blood Pressure in Check
- Burn Pits Loaded Veterans' Lungs With Carbon, Study Says
- Can Teens Use Social Media Too Little For Their Own Good? Maybe, Study Says
- Genetics, Virus Play Key Roles In MS, Studies Suggest
- Depression Might Signal Brain Disease Risk Among Seniors
- Elevated Blood Pressure Increases Pregnancy Risks, Study Finds
- This Device Might Help Seniors Avoid Dementia, Study Finds
- Mapping Cancer's Weak Spots Reveals New Precision Targets for Breast Cancer
- Early Alcohol Exposure Is Common Among Chinese Teenagers
- Oral Bacteria Play a Role in Chronic Liver Disease
January 14 2026January 13 2026 - Rapid Response Teams Expedite Stroke Imaging, Treatment
- Preventing Cervical Cancer: Why Early Detection and Vaccination Matter
- Novel Immunotherapy Demonstrates Early Potential to Overcome Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Therapy
- More Than Just Fear: A New Profile of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Implant Provides Lasting Relief for Treatment-Resistant Depression
- Increased Levels of a Protein Linked to Alzheimer's Found in Some With Long COVID
- UTHealth Houston Researchers Map Gene Disruptions in Sporadic Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease Across Key Brain Regions
- One Way Brain 'Conductors' Find Precise Connection to Target Cells
- Therapies That Target Specific Type of Cell Death May Be an Effective Avenue for Cancer Treatment, UTHealth Houston Researchers Find
- New Year's Resolutions That Promote Healthy Aging
- Higher Maternal Blood Pressure Increases the Risk of Pregnancy Complications, Study Concludes
- How Exercise Slows Tumor Growth
- FDA Raises Cheese Recall To Highest Risk After Listeria Found
- Study Finds FDA Used Evidence, Not Politics, in Abortion Pill Decisions
- New Barbie With Autism Aims To Help Kids Feel Seen and Included
- NYC Nurses Launch Largest Strike in City History
- Seniors With Dementia Being Prescribed Dangerous Mind-Altering Drugs, Study Says
- Exercise, Diet Can Help Counter Gestational Diabetes
- Blood Test Can Predict Crohn's Disease, Researchers Say
- IV Iron Replacement Might Be Easier, More Effective Treatment For Iron Deficiency Anemia
- They Spent Hours In A Room Full Of Flu Patients And Walked Out Healthy — Here's How
- Confused About CPR? Don't Count On TV Shows For Accurate Depictions, Study Warns
- Minimum Wage Increases Are Linked to Safer Pregnancies
- Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Launches "Special Care, Healthy Smiles" Workshops at Texas Tech Health El Paso
- An Abnormally Slow Heart Rate Is Associated With Xylazine-Fentanyl Overdose; Primarily Seen in Northeastern United States
- New Drug Candidate Reverses Metabolic Liver Disease and Fibrosis, Pre-Clinical Data Shows
- More Surgical Patients Are on Opioid Use Disorder Medications -- Hospitals Must Modernize Pain Care
- Medical Debt Associated With Subsequent Difficulty Paying Rent or Mortgage
- Cervical Cancer Awareness: Prevention, Screening, and When to See Your Doctor
- Cervical Cancer Awareness: Prevention, Screening, and When to See Your Doctor
- SafeHeal(r) Announces Successful Launch of SAFE-3CV IDE Study for Colovac(r) Anastomosis Protection Technology
- ACS Annual Statistics Report: Milestone 70 Percent 5-Year Survival Rate for all Cancers Combined; Largest Gains for Advanced and Fatal Cancers
January 12 2026January 11 2026January 10 2026January 9 2026 - Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?
- How (and Why) to Counsel Patients About the Risk of Firearm Injury
- MD Anderson Shares Latest Research Breakthroughs
- New AI Tool Sifts and Assesses Years of Data in Patient Electronic Health Records
- Study: ADRIATIC Clinical Trial Results Suggest Durvalumab May Offer a New Path in Small Cell Lung Cancer Care
- Reviving Antibiotics with Two-Faced Nanoparticles
- Research Tip Sheet: Prostate Cancer Risks and 'Buzzy' Research
- Predicting Prostate Cancer Recurrence Through Power of AI
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center Study Tracks Declines in Annual Checkups as Teens Become Young Adults
- Yale-Led Study Identifies a New Target for Treating Acute Leukemia
- New Yale Study Reveals Mechanism Behind Persistent Autoimmune Joint Destruction
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles Research Faculty Spotlight: Catherine Argyriou, MSc, PhD
- Semaglutide Improves Knee Replacements for Patients with Diabetes
- Yale Researchers Target Hidden Trigger of Kidney Scarring
- What Is the Impact of GLP-1s in Older Adults with Obesity?
- Ukrainian Primary Care Clinics Deliver Safer, More Comprehensive Care for Opioid Use Disorder
- Reducing Maternal Morbidity in Connecticut: A Q&A With Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD
- Controlling Hypertension Can Reduce Dementia Risk--Even When Genetics Aren't on Your Side
- Gut IgA from IgG1 B Cells: New Insights for Vaccines
- Retail Therapy Fail? Online Shopping Linked to Stress, Says Study
- Weight Often Returns After Stopping Ozempic, Wegovy, Study Finds
- RFK Jr. Says Fewer Flu Vaccines for Kids May Be a 'Better Thing'
- Study Ties Rising Evictions to Higher Gun Violence in Chicago
- Tamales Sold in California, Nevada Recalled Over Listeria Risk
- What Is CPR and Who Needs It?
- 'The Pitt' Informs, Educates Viewers, Study Says
- Your Teen Sleeping In During The Weekend? It Could Protect Them From Depression, Experts Say
- Babies' Brain Development Lags In Cash-Crunched Families, Study Shows
- Gifted Dogs Can Learn Words By Eavesdropping On Family Conversations, Experiments Show
- Yoga Aids Opioid Withdrawal, Clinical Trial Shows
- New Study Finds Higher Hantavirus Risk in Drier, Underdeveloped Areas
- Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis? How to Tell the Difference
- What Does Cannabis 'Rescheduling' Mean for Science and Society?
- From "One Disease, One Model" to "One Body, Many Diseases": TCM leads a new paradigm
- Inflammatory Immune Cells Predict Survival, Relapse in Multiple Myeloma
January 8 2026January 7 2026January 6 2026 - DeepCodon: A Rare-Codon-Aware AI Tool Boosts Protein Expression in E. Coli
- Engineered Probiotics Emerge as Programmable Living Medicines for Complex Diseases
- Renowned UNC Pediatric Biochemical Geneticist Leads First Study on a Novel Treatment for Hunter Syndrome
- High Levels of Chagas Disease Parasite Found in Bugs Near U.S.-Mexico Border
- AI-Powered ECG Analysis Offers Promising Path for Early Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Says Mount Sinai Researchers
- Espervita's EVT0185 Demonstrates Reversal of Metabolic Dysfunction and Liver Fibrosis in Cell Metabolism Publication
- Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio May Aid Risk Stratification in Depressive Disorder
- Engineered RNA Sensor Detects and Fights Coronavirus Inside Living Cells
- Advances in Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Diagnostics Highlighted in Special January Issue of ADLM's Clinical Chemistry Journal
- Can Taking CBD Help People Smoke Less Weed?
- Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Could Prevent Permanent Hearing Loss in Newborns
- U.S. Cuts Recommended Childhood Vaccines
- Nearly 3,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled for Possible E. coli
- U.S. Backs At-Home HPV Testing to Boost Cervical Cancer Screening
- Novo Nordisk Launches Daily Weight-Loss Pill to Expand GLP-1 Access
- Young Adults With IBD Face Insurance, Cost Barriers To Care, Survey Finds
- Fingerprick Blood Test Accurately Assesses Signs of Alzheimer's, Researchers Say
- Food Insecurity, Financial Struggles Increase Children's Risk of Long COVID
- Hormone Drug Helps Fight Hormone-Fueled Breast Cancer, Trial Shows
- Autism Therapy Centers Targeted By Private Equity In U.S., Study Reveals
- Teens' Smartphone Use At School Exceeds An Hour Daily, Tracking App Reveals
- First Patients Enrolled in Groundbreaking Brain Cancer Study at Nationally Recognized Academic Medical Center
- 10 Years Later, First Children's Hospital Los Angeles Patient to Receive CAR T-Cell Therapy Remains Cancer-Free
- A Repurposed Drug Duo Shows Powerful Synergy Against Liver Fibrosis
- CU Scientists Use Ultrasound to Make Tumor Treatment Easier--and Less Risky
January 5 2026January 4 2026
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