Excess body weight can raise the risk of certain cancers, leading researchers to wonder whether blockbuster drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound could play a role in c...
County commissioners agreed Wednesday, May 21, to take county-funded emergency medical training to the next level.
Commissioners voted to begin developing a paramedic tra...
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Friday endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can mo...
A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him.
Researchers describ...
Butler Health System, part of the Independence Health System, is close to breaking even, after multiple successive quarters of losses due to the combined impacts of the C...
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdose...
“Be fast” is not just advice to people witnessing someone suffer from a stroke, the letters form a mnemonic device created by the American Stroke Association to help peop...
In August 2024, Debbie Hillwig was facing her second heart surgery in seven years. The first surgery to replace her aortic valve required open-heart surgery. Now 71, anot...
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory,...
Grove City’s hospital received an A grade in a safety rating survey along with three other Allegheny Health Network hospitals.
In the Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2025 nationa...
