Aging
- Shorter Radiation Therapy After Prostate Surgery Safe, Study Finds May 15, 2025UCLA researchers found that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, is as safe as conventional treatment, with similar side effects and a similar impact on quality of life.University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
- Aging and Lifestyle Modifications for Preventing Aging-Related Diseases May 15, 2025 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
- Is Zebrafish a Good Model for the Alpha-Gal Syndrome? May 15, 2025 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
- 2025 Maternal Mental Health State Report Cards Released - 19 States Have Ds and Fs May 15, 2025 George Washington University
- Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies May 15, 2025Decades of federal funding for science have yielded enormous returns for human healthHarvard Medical School
- The Medical Minute: Leaky Bladder? Why It Happens (and What You Can Do About It) May 15, 2025If your bladder leaks when you exercise, laugh or sneeze, you don't have to live with it. A Penn State Health female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeon discusses the latest treatments to help you stay dry and confident.Penn State Health
- Yale Cancer Center Experts Set to Present Advances in Cancer Research at the World's Largest Clinical Oncology Conference May 14, 2025Over 40 Yale Cancer Center (YCC) physicians and scientists will present new research at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago from May 30 to June 3. This is the largest and most attended conference for oncology professionals, who are interested in learning about the latest, practice-changing cancer research.Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital
- Interplay Between Key Proteins Could Serve as a Target for Cancer Treatment May 14, 2025In a study published in Nature, University of Michigan researchers have identified that the balance between two proteins--STAT3 and STAT5--is important for making tumors vulnerable to immune checkpoint therapy, and targeting STAT3 degradation is a potential novel cancer immunotherapy strategy.Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
- Duration of Overweight/Obesity During Treatment Linked to Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Leukemia Patients May 14, 2025New research on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia shows that the longer a patient's BMI falls within the overweight/obese category during treatment, the greater the risk of relapse and the lower the chance of survival.Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Loss of Medicare Part D Subsidy Linked to Higher Mortality Among Low-Income Older Adults May 14, 2025While it may seem intuitive that people would die without life-saving medications, Penn and Harvard researchers have connected losing a federally funded prescription drug assistance program and an increase in mortality. The program, called the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), helps 14.2 million low-income Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom are older Americans, afford their […]Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Health
- American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration May 30, 2025Canada has seen a surge of American doctors seeking to move north in the months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.Brett Kelman and Oona Zenda
- A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78,000. May 29, 2025Federal law says Medicaid must cover out-of-state emergency care. But a Florida man got a five-figure bill after a South Dakota hospital declined to charge his state’s Medicaid program.Arielle Zionts
- Language Service Cutbacks Raise Fear of Medical Errors, Misdiagnoses, Deaths May 29, 2025Federal cuts are hurting community organizations in California that provide language assistance services to people who speak limited English. Despite President Trump’s executive order declaring English the national language, millions in the U.S. need help navigating the health system.Vanessa G. Sánchez and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
- Feds Chop Enforcement Staff and Halt Rules Meant To Curb Black Lung in Coal Miners May 29, 2025The Trump administration has paused implementation of a rule limiting miners’ exposure to airborne silica dust days after a federal court agreed to put it on hold to hear an industry challenge. The protections are meant to head off a surge in cases of black lung disease. Meanwhile, any enforcement of new standards might be […]Taylor Sisk
- In Arizona County That Backed Trump, Conflicted Feelings About Cutting Medicaid May 28, 2025Medicaid plays a vital role in many rural communities that favored President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. But residents still seem open to Republican proposals to cut perceived waste in the program.Noam N. Levey
- Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Team’s Changes Undermine Food Safety May 28, 2025Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.Stephanie Armour
- Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’ May 27, 2025“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
- Federal Cuts Ripple Through a Bioscience Hub in Rural Montana May 27, 2025The National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, is one of only a few dozen research facilities of its type. The threat of staffing and grant cuts has town leaders worried and has added to long-standing tension around the lab’s presence in this politically conservative region.Katheryn Houghton
- A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences May 27, 2025What are known as transient ischemic attacks can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those following a full-on stroke, new research finds.Paula Span
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Bill With Billions in Health Program Cuts Passes House May 23, 2025The House narrowly passed a budget reconciliation bill, including billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy along with billions of dollars in cuts to health program spending. But the Senate is expected to make major changes to the measure before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature. This week’s panelists […]