CDC To Study Vaccines and Autism, Despite Much Research Showing No Link

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is preparing to study whether vaccines are linked to autism -- despite overwhelming scientific evidence showing no connection.

The study request came from Trump administration officials, according to sources familiar with the plan.

Both President Donald Trump and Health and Hu...

New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans

Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations.

The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as researchers raise concerns that excessive CT scan radiation may contribute to cancer risk.

Used to diagnose conditions ranging from cancer to heart ...

Common Vaginal Infection Should Be Treated as an STI, Study Says

A common vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide should be reclassified as a sexually transmitted infection (STI), a new study suggests.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is now treated as a women’s health issue, but researchers reported March 5 in The New England Journal of Medicine that treating male partners a...

Diet During Pregnancy Might Increase ADHD, Autism Risk

A mother’s diet during pregnancy can influence her child’s risk of ADHD and autism, a new study says.

In particular, the unhealthy hallmarks of a typical Western diet appeared to increase a child’s risk of developmental disorders, researchers reported in the journal Nature Metabolism.

“The greater a w...

Hormone Therapy For Menopause Linked To Alzheimer's Hallmark

Hormone replacement therapy during menopause appears to be linked to a toxic brain protein that’s a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.

Women over 70 had a faster accumulation of tau in their brains if they’d taken hormone therapy for menopause symptoms more than a decade before, according to a new report in Science Adva...