Our nation’s top health officials are sounding the alarm on federal nutrition policy. They’re right to be concerned. Rates of diet-related diseases — including obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, and iron-deficiency anemia — continue to rise. Anemia alone affects 10 million Americans, causing chest pain, headaches, and fatigue. Left untreated, it can lead to serious heart problems, premature births, and stunted growth in infants and children.
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There are two ways that HIV patients’ bodies can keep the virus under control after they stop antiretroviral therapy, a new study led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID, and Tae-Wook Chun, chief of its HIV Immunovirology Section, shows.
Family medicine physician Tasia A. Bradley, M.D., has joined Holy Cross Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician-employed group of more than 130 physicians providing services throughout Broward County.
The e-cigarette trend is raising alarms, especially among adolescents. Products disguised as everyday items make it easier to hide drug use and harder to prevent it.
Funds will be used to create a support network for providers of HIV/AIDS care
Every morning, Slaughter, of St. Louis, Missouri, walks 3,000 steps back and forth between her living room and kitchen before starting her day, according to KSDK.
“Better Together has gained significant momentum as the initiative’s governance committee has convened every month to focus on existing needs related to primary care, maternal health and food insecurity,” said Shane Strum, President & CEO of Broward Health and Interim CEO of Memorial Healthcare System. “The committee, comprised of leaders from Broward Health, Memorial Healthcare System and other community organizations, is identifying barriers people are facing to access these resources and innovative ways we can meet their needs.”
Starr Shamp, a resilient African American mother from Omaha, Nebraska, has accomplished a remarkable milestone while battling stage 4 breast cancer—she earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bellevue University. Diagnosed just before her 28th birthday in 2018, Shamp has spent the last seven years balancing cancer treatments, marriage, motherhood, and academics. Her story is not just one of survival, but of determination, purpose, and the desire to support others facing chronic illness.
For decades, vaccines have been seen as tools to prevent disease, protecting us from measles, flu, and even certain types of cancer like HPV. But what if a vaccine could treat cancer that already exists? IO Biotech is making significant strides under the leadership of Dr. Qasim Ahmad, Chief Medical Officer. At the 2025 ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) Annual Meeting, he highlighted the company’s groundbreaking work on a new class of therapeutic cancer vaccines. These innovative vaccines are designed to train the immune system to directly combat tumors.