Scientists Have New Theory About Record Heat

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — You aren't imagining it: The cloud cover isn't what it used to be, and scientists say it is helping fuel Earth's hottest temperatures on record.

Global temperatures clocked in at roughly 1.5 degrees Celsius above predindustrial averages in both 2023 and 2024. 

While climate exper...

Trump Administration Reverses Plan to End Free COVID Test Program

The Trump administration changed course on Tuesday, deciding to keep the government's free COVID test program running, just minutes before the website, COVIDtests.gov, was set to shut down.

Earlier that day, The Washington Post reported that officials were preparing to end the program and possibly destroy tens of millions of unuse...

Denied by Insurance? Why Fighting Back Sometimes Works

After three years, $40,000 in medical bills and five insurance denials, April and Justin Beck finally won their battle to get life-changing treatment for their 9-year-old daughter, Emily.

Emily, once an energetic kindergartner in Georgia, began experiencing severe behavior issues after battling COVID in 2021.

Known for her love of re...

Women Of Color Receive Slower Response To A Bad Mammogram

Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found.

Minority women are less likely than white women to receive a same-day advanced imaging or biopsy after an abnormal mammogram, even though they have similar access to those services, researchers reported.

Black w...

Docs Don't Track Pregnancy Complications That Threaten Long-Term Health

Women who develop a complication like diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at higher risk of stroke or heart disease in the years after delivery.

Unfortunately, their doctors aren’t taking this health risk seriously enough, a new study suggests.

Fewer than 1 in 5 women (17%) diagnosed with gestational diabetes o...

Blood Test Could Guide Better Diet For Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A blood test can help people with irritable bowel syndrome cut out specific trigger foods most likely to worsen their condition, a new study suggests.

About 60% of IBS patients who followed a diet guided by the results of the blood test wound up suffering less stomach pain, researchers reported recently in the journal Gastroenterology<...