Category Archives: Newsmax Health
HHS Postpones Key CDC Vaccine Panel Meeting
The Department of Health and Human Services has postponed the first meeting of a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as H...
Jim Thomas Feb 20, 2025
'Abortion' Search on CDC Site Gets 'Adoption' Prompt
Searching for "abortion" on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website now renders a prompt for "adoption," The Hill reported Thursday. The change ostensibly is one of many that were mad...
Mark Swanson Feb 06, 2025
Dr. Crandall: New Guidelines for Preventing Stroke
For the very first time in a decade, both the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have updated their stroke prevention guidelines. In particular, the American Stroke Associa...
Carly Mayberry Jan 31, 2025
CDC: Flu Cases on the Rise, Along With ER Visits
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says flu cases are on the rise, along with a spike in emergency room visits. The health agency released the data Friday despite the Trump administration'...
Solange Reyner Jan 25, 2025
Florida City Ends Water Fluoridation
In the early morning hours of Wednesday at Melbourne, Florida's city hall, the city council voted 6-to-1 to end water fluoridation, The Washington Post reported. The city council reached the decision ...
Nick Koutsobinas Jan 19, 2025
Dr. Crandall: Heart and Brain Health Are Linked
According to a new American Heart Association study, the connection between heart and brain health is linked more closely than ever. The very same risk factors that make heart disease the leading caus...
Carly Mayberry Jan 17, 2025
FDA Testing Cheese for Bird Flu Amid Multistate Outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration has begun testing aged raw cow's milk cheese for highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1), or bird flu. The FDA is testing in response to a bird flu outbreak in multip...
Jeremy Frankel Dec 31, 2024
This Vitamin Slashes Your Risk of Dementia and Diabetes
Research has shown the importance of vitamin D for our overall health. But recent studies have found increasing evidence that it plays a key role in maintaining cognitive function and potentially prev...
Lynn C. Allison Dec 27, 2024
Science-Backed Strategies to Boost Health and Happiness
With the New Year approaching, many of us are thinking about ways we can improve our lives in 2025. According to a poll conducted by Pew Research Center, across all age groups, a sizable majority of t...
Lynn C. Allison Dec 27, 2024
Telltale Signs Your Body Lacks Magnesium
If you are feeling tired and sluggish, you might be suffering from magnesium deficiency. Our great grandparents obtained 500 milligrams of magnesium daily from their diet. Today, our soil has been so ...
Lynn C. Allison Dec 24, 2024