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Treatments and best practices on when to prescribe hormone therapy and what medications to use have evolved in recent years. MStudioImages/E+/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MStudioImages/E+/Getty Images When obstetrician JoAnn Pinkerton spoke on a Food and Drug Administration panel recently, she didn’t mince words. “Please stop harming women,” she said. Pinkerton argues that the FDA’s black box warning labels on hormone replacement therapies make women reluctant to take medications that can be beneficial for treating the symptoms of menopause. Pinkerton was one of 12 doctors — many of them experts in obstetrics and women’s health — who asked the…

Adding to the growing body of evidence supporting the health benefits of cramming all your weekly exercise into two days, a large new study has found that it can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular mortality in adults with diabetes.Researchers from medical institutions including Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that for those living with diabetes – predominantly type 2 – the current recommendation of 150 minutes of exercise a week didn’t have to be spread out over seven days to significantly lower the risk of dying…

If you’re anything like me, you probably have a box of baking soda tucked away in your pantry. Maybe you use it for baking, cleaning, or deodorizing the fridge. I recently did a deep dive and discovered that baking soda actually has some pretty impressive health benefits. It may even be one of the most overlooked wellness tools out there. I started experimenting with baking soda ( aka sodium bicarbonate) as part of my wellness routine. The results so far have been fascinating. Baking soda has a variety of benefits, from improving energy and endurance to supporting pH balance and…

As the race to bring humanoid robots into the workplace and the home heats up, manufacturers are often keen to show off newly learned skills and accomplishments. But none so far rock as hard as keytar wizard Adam from PNDbotics.Though not specified in the promo materials, the version of Adam that appeared on stage as key melody maker with Hu Yutong’s band at the recent VOYAGEX Music Festival in China was most likely the company’s SP configuration.This 1.67-m (5.5-ft), 62-kg (136-lb) model has up to 44 degrees of full-body freedom and 340 Nm (250 lb.ft) of joint torque, and sports…

Scientists are working to develop an artificial blood that can be available for medics to use in an emergency when regular blood is not available. Eli Meir Kaplan for NPR hide caption toggle caption Eli Meir Kaplan for NPR Tens of thousands of people bleed to death each year in the United States before they can get to a hospital. That’s because ambulances, medical helicopters and military medics can’t routinely carry blood, which would go bad too fast without adequate refrigeration. So scientists have been on a quest to develop artificial blood that could be stored in powdered form and…

Gut support cells communicate with surprising precision – like brain neurons – using tiny extensions to send instructions to the stem cells responsible for maintaining and healing the intestine. The discovery may change our understanding of tissue repair and gut diseases.Our intestinal lining, or epithelium, rapidly and continually renews itself, replacing its entire cell population every four to five days. Stem cells, which live in tube-like “crypts” deep in the gut lining, are vital to the renewal process, dividing and differentiating into different cell types that replace old cells.New research by Duke-NUS Medical School and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU…

Why do I keep a trampoline in my bedroom? No, it’s not for late night acrobatics. I use a rebounder to help support my lymphatic system. This lymphatic salve is another way I like to give the underappreciated lymph system some love.  If you’re feeling puffy, run-down, or sluggish your lymphatic system might be to blame. When this important drainage system isn’t clearing like it should, you may notice swelling, fatigue, or even stubborn skin issues. The good news? A little natural support can help it flow better. What Is the Lymphatic System? The lymphatic system is your body’s built-in…

While we’re used to seeing cigarette butts littering public roads, such butts may soon be making their way into those roads, strengthening them in the process. It’s all part of a new recycling effort, which should also reduce the need for road repairs.The initiative is being led by scientists from Spain’s University of Granada and Italy’s University of Bologna, with the government of China serving as a co-funder. It builds upon a previous study conducted at Australia’s RMIT University.Although cigarette butts of any type could be used, the scientists focused their attention on butts from electronic cigarettes. These are longer…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has instructed all GLP-1 drug-makers to update their warning labels to include the risk of serious kidney injury that can result from dehydration. This comes after people taking the medication for either obesity or diabetes have needed to undergo hemodialysis treatment. The new warnings stem from GLP-1 users reporting health issues to the FDA’s MedWatch, which monitors for potential risks that don’t always present during clinical trial stages. In this case, the reported serious kidney injury isn’t directly caused by taking a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drug, but the result of the…

In Montana, one man says Medicaid and the drug coverage he gets through it are what allow him to work. But a raise he has gotten could mean he loses Medicaid, so he says he decided to “fudge the numbers.” Oona Zenda/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Oona Zenda/KFF Health News MISSOULA, Mont. — As congressional Republicans finalized Medicaid work requirements in President Trump’s budget bill, one man who relies on that government-subsidized health coverage was trying to coax his old car to start after an eight-hour shift making sandwiches. James asked that only his middle name be used…