A recent debate over menopause hormone therapy has renewed a familiar question: does treatment affect dementia risk? Here’s what current evidence can and cannot tell us.
Retirement can bring more freedom, but it may also reduce the daily mental, social and physical activity that helps support brain health. Here’s what the evidence suggests.
House Democrats are signaling an early push on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies, a move that could affect coverage and out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans.
Medicare has delayed a major remote patient monitoring overhaul until 2029, setting up a longer fight over how home-based tracking services are delivered, staffed, and paid for.
Biomarker testing is moving Alzheimer’s disease earlier in the timeline, sometimes before symptoms appear. That may help with planning and research, but it can also create uncertainty and emotional strain.
A late-stage trial of pelacarsen lowered lipoprotein(a) by a large amount, but it did not reduce major cardiovascular events. Here’s what that means for heart-risk research.
New research presented at an American Heart Association meeting suggests lower blood-pressure goals may help some people after stroke, while benefits were not seen in a diabetes trial.
A Washington state resident has died after exposure to infected cattle, renewing attention on how bird flu can affect people who work around sick animals and contaminated farm environments.
A measles death in New York, the state’s first in three decades, is drawing attention to falling vaccination coverage and the continued danger of a preventable disease.
New guidance highlights that cardiovascular risk in women is not static. Blood pressure, pregnancy complications, menopause, and other transitions can all change the picture.
New studies are renewing interest in whether menopausal hormone therapy affects brain health, but the evidence still does not support using it to prevent Alzheimer’s or dementia.
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