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Heidi Overton is currently working on health issues as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy at the White House. She has a doctorate in clinical investigation from Johns Hopkins University and is a medical doctor. Bloomberg reports she is among the final candidates being considered to run the FDA; however, no official decision has been made.
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Newsweek reports that experts have uncovered a way to help stop brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease by manipulating rather than eliminating a protein linked to cognitive decline. Other news is on aging, the gut microbiome, heat, and more.
Liraglutide — an injectable drug from Novo Nordisk that is sold under the brand names Victoza and Saxenda — appeared to increase testosterone, as well as luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels, in men aged 18-65 over 24 weeks, The Hill reported. Researchers also found that semaglutide — such as Wegovy or Ozempic — improved sperm morphology.
Meanwhile, telephone calls fell slightly during the same time, a study published in JAMA found. An accompanying editorial to the study asserted that the increase in patient portal messages has prompted a "substantial increase in ... clinician workload."
Her complaint alleges that Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Round Rock and St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, The Texas Tribune reported. Also making news: Oregon, Florida, Michigan, California, and Utah.
All work at the U.S.-backed, 50-bed unit at a military air base in the East African nation has been stopped amid an outbreak that has already outpaced previous epidemics. More than 1,000 people have been infected and 267 have died, the World Health Organization has confirmed.
The Agriculture Department does not have the authority to redefine "food," as determined by Congress, nor to alter policy established by lawmakers, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled.
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Researchers found that while the omega-3 nutrient DHA does reach the brain, study participants showed no improvement in cognitive function or memory.
AP reported that the turnabout came just a day after Luigi Mangione’s lawyers told the judge that they planned to pursue a defense involving claims that the 28-year-old was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance on the day of CEO Brian Thompson's death. But as AP noted, that approach would mean that Mangione would effectively be admitting he killed Thompson.
AP reports on a lawsuit brought by NetChoice, which claimed an unconstitutional impediment to free speech. The Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit’s panel disagreed. The Social Media Parental Notification Act requires companies to get parental permission for social media and gaming apps for children under 16.
All 18 American passengers who were aboard the MV Hondius were released from quarantine Sunday. Meanwhile in Congo, frontline healthcare workers are falling prey to Ebola as the virus surges. At least 18 doctors and other healthcare workers have died during the epidemic, according to Congo’s National Public Health Institute.
The outbreak started two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made flu vaccines optional for troops in the armed services, including those entering basic training. Up to this point, recruits going through basic training were required to receive vaccinations for a variety of viruses in their first week of boot camp, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang reversed a batch of 2018 restrictions on medication abortions. This was possible after Missourians passed the Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment in 2024. Planned Parenthood said it will offer medication abortions starting this week.
The Trump administration had pulled back on the amount of funds sent to the country. Because South Africa did not change policies that the U.S. considers discriminatory toward the white Afrikaner minority, no funds will now flow, an unidentified State Department official says. Plus, despite marching orders from Congress to continue foreign aid, the Trump administration has largely refused to comply, ProPublica reports.
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