UNT Dallas hopes to strengthen health workforce with new STEM facility, programs
A new educational space could help strengthen the health care and science workforce in North Texas. UNT Dallas’ 120,220-square-foot STEM building on its campus in southern Dallas will expand capacity to train students going into medical and health care fields. The...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
National Institutes of Health competitive grant funding In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health awarded top scientists $9 billion in competitive grants each year, to find cures for diseases and improve public health. This year, something unusual...
Beauty and health concepts
STOCK PHOTO | Image by Pikisuperstar from Freepik The obsession with beauty and health has become extreme. “Health is what sells,” Professor Elizabeth Haiken wrote in her book, Venus Envy: A History of Cosmetic Surgery. The commercial thrust is evident in how...
Best of Columbia 2025: Beauty, Health and Wellness
Best Acupuncturist — Martin Herbkersman Runner-Up: Palmetto Acupuncture and Holistic Health Clinic When modern medicine isn’t delivering desired results, the solution may be to return to ancient and traditional practices, such as acupuncture. Martin Herbkersman...
Individual and Family | Delta Dental
At Delta Dental, we offer a wide variety of affordable individual dental insurance plan options. Explore our PPO, Dental HMO, managed, and discount dental plans, and learn about the different types of dental insurance coverage we offer using the chart...
Dentaly.org – Your Dental Healthcare Portal
Humana is a trusted dental coverage option in the US, renowned for its extensive network of over 335,000 participating dentists. With headquarters in Louisville, KY, Humana, Inc. is a for-profit healthcare organization that generated revenues surpassing $92 billion in...
Morton Grove optometrist points to patch-wearing ‘Elio’ in the Disney/Pixar movie to focus on kids’ eye health
The new Disney/Pixar film “Elio”— where the youthful title character dons a bright blue eyepatch — has presented a ripe opportunity for a Morton Groove optometry professor and blindness prevention advocate to call attention to children’s eye health. In the animated...
See clearly, live fully: Experience generations of trusted eye care at Landa Eye Center
For nearly 50 years, Landa Eye Center has been a trusted name in New Braunfels. Rather than resting on its reputation, the practice continues to evolve, expanding services, welcoming new providers, and investing in advanced technology to meet the growing needs of the...
What Is Dancing Eye Syndrome? Can It Be Fatal?
Dancing eye syndrome is a serious condition, but it is treatable. While it is not usually fatal, early diagnosis and prompt treatment are crucial to manage symptoms and minimise long-term effects. Read on to know more. What Is Dancing Eye Syndrome? Can It Be Fatal?...
WHO’s work on oral health honoured with prestigious Aubrey Sheiham Award
WHO’s Global Strategy and Action Plan on Oral Health 2023–2030 has been awarded the Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Research in Dental Public Health Sciences by the International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR)—a...
Bangkok Declaration – No Health Without Oral Health
Overview In 2024, WHO convened the first-ever Global oral health meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, as part of the preparatory process for the 4th United Nations High-level Meeting (HLM4) on NCDs in 2025. This landmark event aimed to accelerate and scale up the...
Wellness Wednesday: Staying on top of eye health to prevent cataracts
In this week’s edition of Wellness Wednesday, Action News Now reporter Margot Rowe looks into cataracts and eye health as part of Cataract Awareness Month CHICO, Calif. – June marks Cataract Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of eye health as we...
A study ties popular GLP-1 injectables to a higher risk of vision-threatening eye disease
A study has raised concerns about a possible link between some of the most widely prescribed diabetes and weight-loss drugs and a serious eye condition that can cause permanent vision loss. Researchers analyzed health records from more than 130,000 older adults in...
Sharon Enemuoh: How to Support Eye Health Through Nutrition in Perimenopause
Perimenopause, or menopausal transition, marks the gradual shift in a woman’s reproductive life when hormone levels, primarily estrogen and progesterone, begin to fluctuate. It can begin early for some women in their mid-30s or 40s and lasts until menopause officially...
Medicaid cuts expected to slash health care jobs, services
Oklahoma has received a score of 49th in the nation for its health care in 2025, and with projected funding cuts to Medicaid, local providers project loss of services. The top scores given by The Commonwealth Fund ranked Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Rhode...
What the GOP’s cuts to public broadcasting have to do with health care policy
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans early on Friday morning passed legislation to take back money they had already appropriated for this year, enacting steep cuts to foreign aid and to public broadcasting. And while none of the funding was for domestic health care...
UB advances in NSF Engines grant program with proposal to boost health care via AI
A UB-led coalition’s plan to transform health care by tapping the transformative power of artificial intelligence has advanced to the semifinals of a major federal grant program. The National Science Foundation recently announced that the plan — Western New York AI...
Nevada starts health care agency amid Medicaid cuts
Liam Hibbert | The Center Square contributor July 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM ©CDC | Unsplash (The Center Square) – One of Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s primary goals of 2025, the consolidated Nevada Health Authority, was launched earlier this month. But questions surround...
How a “robot dog” could help solve labor shortages in health care
As part of our ongoing series “The Age of Work” about how demographic shifts are shaking up the global economy, “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal and ADP chief economist Nela Richardson visit London, England. The U.K. has a higher percentage of people over 65 than the...
After years of poor care, preventable deaths, Illinois is changing its prison health care provider
The medical care of the nearly 30,000 people locked up in Illinois state prisons is in limbo, after the Illinois Department of Corrections announced negotiations with its chosen health care provider hit an impasse. In 2023, IDOC awarded a new $4 billion contract to...
CT health care system only one in nation to receive certain award. Our ‘version of the Stanley Cup’
It only takes four words to sum up the culture of a Connecticut health care system that is the only one in the nation that has been awarded the American Hospital Association 2025 Quest for Quality Prize for Dedication and Commitment to Quality. Those words are: “you...
Why the health care lobby failed to stop cuts to Medicaid funding
Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid funding to help pay for President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending...
Colorado Medicaid to pay for collaborative work to bring mental health into primary care
Colorado’s Medicaid program will start paying for the behind-the-scenes work of treating people with mental health conditions and addictions in their primary care offices, which providers hope will lead to more patients getting the help they need. The collaborative...
Advocates warn that Medicaid cuts in the big budget law put home-based health care at risk
The recently passed GOP tax and spending law cuts about a trillion dollars from Medicaid over the next decade. Those cuts, according to the Congressional Budget Office and other independent analyses, will add upwards of 11 million people to the ranks of the uninsured....
UPMC expands women’s health care services to Washington County
UPMC in Washington cut the ribbon Tuesday on its expansion of women’s health services. UPMC says this expansion marks a major step forward in women’s healthcare in the region, bringing nationally recognized health expertise and specialty care closer to home for...
5 New Sports at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
WHILE THE MAJORITY of sports held at the Summer Olympics might look and feel familiar to the average athletic spectator—say, track, basketball, and swimming—the Winter Games, on the other hand, tend to have a bit of a “wildcard” feel. That’s because their sports are...
Former Navy SEAL Reveals the 10 Training Mistakes Men Over 50 Need to Avoid
Former Navy SEAL DJ Shipley has racked up more than his share of injuries over 17 years of service. Through it all, elite coach Vernon Griffith CSCS has been by his side, programming Shipley’s training to maintain peak athleticism despite the setbacks. Speaking to...
This Busy Dad Never Prioritized Losing Weight. Then His Son Shared Something Brutal in His Class.
Daine Patton, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is the owner of a nuisance wildlife exclusion company, and also works as a mindset and accountability coach for business owners and professionals. His hectic schedule made it easy to overeat and skip exercise, landing him with a...
The 4-Week Plan That Builds Muscle and Burns Fat
If building strength, adding muscle, and losing body fat are your goals, consider this your blueprint. This programme strips away the noise. It’s simple, structured, and built to deliver — designed to add lean mass, improve strength, and elevate conditioning....
These Mindset and Training Shifts Helped Christopher Schwarzenegger Lose Over 100 Pounds
Over the past six years, Christopher Schwarzenegger has shown the same dedication his father, Arnold, once brought to the gym. But his focus wasn’t on building Mr Olympia-level muscle. Instead, his commitment was about improving his health and losing weight. Now 27,...
This Nonstop Dumbbell Complex Builds Muscle When Time Is Tight
When time is tight, most people assume meaningful muscle-building work is off the table. It doesn’t have to be. With the right exercise selection and a smart structure, you can hit multiple movement patterns, rack up quality hypertrophy volume and leave with a...
From Wearing 3XL to a Medium: This Businessman Lost 160 Pounds in Less Than a Year
Rick Monaco, of Rutherford, New Jersey, knew his bad habits would catch up to him one day. Before the age of 40, he experienced several medical issues and felt time was running out to get healthy. So using the determination and data-driven mindset he used to excel in...
The Unstoppable Jelly Roll
JELLY ROLL FISTS a handful of loose skin beneath his black compression shirt and moves it from his hip over toward his belly, pulling it out of the way. He takes my left hand and wedges it in there, planting it on his iliac crest, the top of the hip bone. I can feel...
Jelly Roll Had a Testosterone Level of a ‘Preteen Boy’ Before His Weight-Loss Transformation
IN A NEW Men’s Health cover story, country-rap star Jelly Roll opens up about how he lost 275 pounds and completely transformed his body. He revealed that before embarking on his epic fitness quest, he had a testosterone level of a preteen boy, which had a...
