​​An effort to boost the staffing in nursing homes is among the lesser-known casualties of the recently approved budget and spending law, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The new law has several provisions that are likely to affect the staffing, affordability and demand for nursing homes:

1. Reducing the number of required ...Read more

Whether you remember eating them as a kid, give them to your own children, or just buy them as an already prepped dipper for hummus, chances are you have some experience with those stubby-ended, cylinder-shaped baby carrots.

The phrase “baby carrots” is a bit of a misnomer. True baby carrots are just small carrots. If you’ve ever had a ...Read more

Screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can detect early-stage prostate cancer while it’s still asymptomatic. But some men are diagnosed with prostate cancer only after symptoms appear. For insights into how doctors distinguish prostate cancer from other noncancerous problems affecting the prostate, we spoke with Dr. Marc B. ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We just celebrated my daughter’s first birthday. Toddlers and screen time have been in the news a lot these days. It can be hard to find a balance, but I want to make sure I’m doing my best as she continues to grow and develop. What are the negative effects of screen use for kids? And how much is too much?

ANSWER: These ...Read more

The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children. This comes despite a failed attempt to do so at the most recent meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Both President Donald Trump and ...Read more

As soon as she fell, Deborah Buttgereit knew she couldn’t avoid going to the hospital.

“I could hear the bones moving around in my elbow,” said Buttgereit, who was 60 when she slipped on a patch of ice in December outside her apartment in Bozeman, Montana.

Emergency room scans showed she had fractured her left arm near the joint. Doctors...Read more

More than 4 million people worldwide have end-stage kidney disease that requires hemodialysis, a treatment in which a machine filters waste from the blood. Hemodialysis is a precursor to kidney transplant. To prepare for it, patients typically undergo surgery to connect an artery and a vein in the arm, creating an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) ...Read more

QUESTION: I'm a guy in my late 40s and trying to pay more attention to my health. But I'm confused about whether I should be screened for prostate cancer. Can you help?

ANSWER: The importance of all health screenings is that they can detect issues early. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and the second-leading ...Read more

CHICAGO — Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

The results of the study come amid controversy over COVID-19 vaccines, especially for children, with the...Read more

California Republican James Gallagher, the GOP’s former Assembly leader, has often accused the state’s progressive lawmakers of heavy-handed government intrusion, but this year he added his name to a legislative push for healthier school meals.

His party followed suit, with all but one Republican voting to send a bill to Democratic Gov. ...Read more

With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can’t pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation’s medical debt problem to state Capitols.

Despite progress in some mostly blue states this year, however, recent setbacks in more conservative ...Read more

A Kansas law that gives employees and job applicants broad freedom to opt out of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on religious grounds has survived a legal challenge.

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday sided with Katlin Keeran, whose job offer to work at a Johnson County rehabilitation center was rescinded after she refused to comply with a company ...Read more

A South Carolina jury awarded $5.1 million in damages to a woman in a medical malpractice case against her surgeon, who she accused of wrongly removing her entire thyroid gland.

Jurors unanimously sided with Natalie Boyd on Aug. 29, finding that Dr. Richard C. Osman and Coastal Otolaryngology Associates in Myrtle Beach breached the standard of ...Read more

In July, the Trump administration unveiled two policies: the “Making Health Technology Great Again” initiative and the executive order “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” At first glance, one seems aimed at health care modernization and the other at public safety. But beneath their branding lies a shared infrastructure (...Read more

Chagas disease, also known as “kissing bug disease,” is now considered endemic in the United States, with the insects that transmit it established in 32 states, according to a new report from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The potentially fatal condition caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is typically ...Read more

WASHINGTON — People who receive insurance through the top marketplace plan in most states can expect sticker shock this fall, according to data compiled by the office of Sen. Maria Cantwell.

Cantwell, D-Wash., who’s urging congressional leadership and President Donald Trump to find a way to extend expiring health care subsidies, on Thursday...Read more

BALTIMORE — A change in the safety labels on Tylenol and other acetaminophen products could be a game changer for people claiming they weren’t properly warned about possible links between the pain reliever and autism, according to the law firm of the late Peter Angelos.

The Baltimore firm of the longtime Orioles owner, who was known for ...Read more