Recently, the German term “lüften” has been circulating on social media and trending on Google. The term refers to the practice of opening windows and doors to replace stale indoor…
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Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
Medicare has launched a six-year pilot program that could eventually transform access to health care for some of the millions of people across the U.S. who rely on it for…
Confused by the new dietary guidelines? Focus on these simple, evidence-based shifts to lower your chronic disease risk
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans aim to translate the most up-to-date nutrition science into practical advice for the public as well as to guide federal policy for programs such as…
Stroke survivors can counterintuitively improve recovery by strengthening their stronger arm – new research
Stroke survivors often face substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more…
US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose
The U.S. departure from the World Health Organization became official in late January 2026, according to the Trump administration – a year after President Donald Trump signed an executive order…
A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their families rolling their eyes, yelling and striking
Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even spit at you. Unimaginable, right? But that’s…
Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert explains what’s at stake
Medical marijuana could soon be reclassified into a medical category that includes prescription drugs like Tylenol with codeine, ketamine and anabolic steroids. That’s because in December 2025, President Donald Trump…
Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
Researchers and doctors are beginning to modernize asthma treatment using innovative therapies. Asthma is a common, chronic and treatable lung disease that touches nearly every family in America. It affects…
All foods can fit in a balanced diet – a dietitian explains how flexibility can be healthier than dieting
Eat this, not that. This one food will cure everything. That food is poison. Cut this food out. Try this diet. Don’t eat at these times. Eat this food and…
Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite
Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s…
