Dentists sometimes prescribe fluoride supplements to kids in areas that lack water fluoridation. FDA is taking action to remove such treatments from the market. Karl Tapales/Moment RF/Getty Images Karl Tapales/Moment RF/Getty Images Under the leadership of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is seeking toContinue Reading
Former President Joesph Biden has what a spokesman described as a “small nodule” in his prostate. How worried a patient should be by such a finding depends on the circumstances, urologists said. In some cases, nodules are caused by inflammation, which can make the prostate feel firmer, or can leadContinue Reading
President Trump has long railed against drug traffickers. He has said they should be given the death penalty “for their heinous acts.” On the first day of his second term, he signed an executive order listing cartels as “terrorist organizations.” But many public health and addiction experts fear that hisContinue Reading
For a pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is young. At 69, he’s seven years junior to his predecessor Francis when he became pope, and nine years to Benedict XVI before him. Still, the new pope is already older than many people are when they retire. And he is not simply adoptingContinue Reading
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved three new “natural” food colorings to be used in foods and drinks like candies, smoothies, potato chips and breakfast cereals. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary, has implied that these dyes are safer alternatives to syntheticContinue Reading
Q: I’ve seen various claims online that eating a lot of protein is important for women in perimenopause and beyond. Is that true? In an Instagram post to her 1.3 million followers, Dr. Vonda Wright, an orthopedic sports surgeon in Orlando, Fla., describes how she consumes at least 130 gramsContinue Reading
A new study says millions of children in the U.S. live in a household with a parent who has either a moderate or severe substance use disorder. Olekcii Mach/Getty Images/iStockphoto Olekcii Mach/Getty Images/iStockphoto Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance useContinue Reading
Prescription drugs sit ready to be distributed to patients at 986 Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy in Alhambra, Calif. Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wallContinue Reading
Dr. Ashraf Elsayegh’s house was one of the first to burn. He stepped out into his backyard atop the Pacific Palisades in early January to find a raging fire leaping from three houses away to two. He gathered his family, helped older neighbors to their cars and fled without aContinue Reading
President Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., talks about an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump is taking aim at U.S. drug prices withContinue Reading
