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D.C. — A “Secret Panel” of food-industry insiders handpicked by the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture illegally influenced the recommendations in the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, argues a lawsuit the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia…

Recently, the Australian Football League (AFL) was rocked when it was revealed a Geelong player with a history of concussion had been asked to waive his legal rights to claim for any future brain trauma

Hello, everybody. Thank you all for being here. I know that many of you remember August 23rd, 2024. On that day, President Trump and I promised that we would make America healthy again. We promised to transform our food systems and confront one of the most powerful drivers of America’s chronic disease crisis. Almost exactly…

Greenville, N.C. – The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has awarded all nine ECU Health hospitals Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital

A new report suggests that high blood pressure may be managed more effectively by combining two dietary changes: consuming less sodium and getting more potassium

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued major updates to its leishmaniasis treatment guidelines for eastern Africa and South-East Asia, recommending new regimens that significantly improve patient care. The new WHO guidelines, released today, are applicable for visceral leishmaniasis (VL, also called kala-azar), a deadly disease, and for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL)

Earlier this year, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association released the 2026 Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia , replacing its last iteration, the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, a new study estimates 21.5 million additional Americans may now qualify for statins to help prevent heart disease. The new guidelines now include adults as young as 30

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For decades, cholesterol has been considered one of the primary risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, but despite high awareness and available treatments, heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Now, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association are publishing new clinical guidelines, which could change the way millions of people…