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Yvette Cooper has abandoned plans to abolish Healthwatch England after significant political backlash. The watchdog will continue to monitor NHS patient experiences and service quality.

Most FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration’s move to ease access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

The Department of Health and Human Services will allow small pharmacies to compound six popular peptides, moving them from the gray market to regulated facilities.

A new AARP study finds family caregivers spend an average of $11,508 annually, a 60% jump in five years that strains household budgets and reduces income.

A new study estimates 75% of deceased ex-NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a rate far higher than the general population.

Finnish researchers found that a 30-minute sauna session with a brief cold shower causes a temporary surge in white blood cells, enhancing immune surveillance.

Researchers found that aging muscles shift to slow-twitch fibers as a protective response to mitochondrial stress, driven by cardiolipin decline and ERR protein activity.

The US organ transplant system is relaxing a long-standing rule that barred donation teams from speaking with families until after death was declared, a change taking effect in November.

Kentucky farmers are raising ostriches to provide a safe, low-fat red meat alternative for people with alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy to mammal meat.

McGill University researchers found that T cells detect tissue stiffness to form immune memory. This discovery could improve cancer immunotherapy and autoimmune treatments.