Medical Schools No Longer Required To Teach Health Inequities

Future doctors may no longer be required to learn about how social and economic factors affect health.

A major U.S. accreditation group — the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) — has removed language from its standards that had urged medical schools to teach about health inequities.

The change affects standards...

FDA Weighs Expanding What Can Go Into Supplements

What’s in your supplements could soon change.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering whether to allow new ingredients in dietary supplements. The move could eventually expand the range of products marketed for things like muscle growth and gut health.

The agency met Friday to review its current rules, which ...

Fluoride Quietly Removed From Birmingham Water Years Ago, Officals Face Backlash

Folks residing in Birmingham, Alabama, recently learned that their drinking water would no longer contain fluoride. 

But there was a bigger surprise. It turns out fluoride had already been removed years ago, without the public's knowledge.

Officials with Central Alabama Water (CAW) said some treatment plants stopped adding fluor...

9 Now Sickened in Outbreak Tied To Raw Milk and Cheese

An outbreak of E. coli linked to raw milk and cheese has now sickened nine people, including several young kids, health officials say.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said cases have been reported in California, Texas and Florida. Seven of the illnesses are in California, including two newly reported case...

Want To Lose Weight? Eat A Boring, Repetitive Diet, Researchers Suggest

Want to lose weight? A boring, repetitious meal plan might help, researchers say.

Sticking to the same sort of meals day in and day out appears to help people drop more pounds, researchers reported in the journal Health Psychology.

Folks who followed routine eating patterns – repeating many of the same foods, keeping t...

Night Shifts Are Tough On People With Type 2 Diabetes, Study Says

Folks working a night shift have a harder time managing their type 2 diabetes, a new study says.

Health care workers with diabetes – mainly nurses and midwives – have blood sugar levels that fluctuate more widely during a night shift, researchers reported recently in the journal Diabetic Medicine.

This is likely ...

Electronic Paperwork Increasing Burnout Risk Among Young Doctors

An overload of electronic paperwork is increasing the risk of burnout among young doctors, a new study says.

Nearly one third of medical residents regularly spend hours upon hours after their shift filling out electronic health records, a practice they call “pajama time,” researchers recently reported in the journal Academi...