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1 in 4 former NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE, study estimates

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/25 4:27A Nadia Kounang, CNN
At least 1 in 4 former National Football League players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study released on Tuesday in the journal BMJ. The study is one of the most informative estimates to date...

Pennsylvania reports first measles deaths in 35 years

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/25 3:40A Justin Boggs
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported that two people recently died from measles, marking the states first deaths from the virus in 35 years. The deaths involved unvaccinated Lancaster County residents, the department said. Officials did...

HHS launches first national alert initiative for missing autistic individuals

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/22 4:34A Justin Boggs
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the launch of the first National Autism Missing and Endangered Person Alert initiative. The effort, led in partnership with the Department of Justice and the Federal Emergency Management...

Researchers test GLP-1 medications as possible treatment for opioid addiction

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/21 5:03A Justin Boggs
GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs have long been used to treat diabetes and, more recently, obesity. Now, researchers are studying whether the medications could also help prevent opioid addiction relapse. Researchers at Vanderbilt University are...

Trump expected to choose White House adviser Heidi Overton for FDA

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/19 2:54A Scripps News Group
The White House appears ready to announce its pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Heidi Overton is expected to be President Donald Trumps nominee to lead the agency, according to a source close to the situation. The decision comes...

Study finds insurance denials for brand-name drugs jumped 67 percent

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/14 8:38A Scripps News Group
A new study published in JAMA has found insurance denials for brand-name drugs without generic alternatives jumped 67 percent between 2018 and 2024. Researchers analyzed more than two million prescription fill attempts and found GLP-1 weight-loss...

Why some people classified as obese may have lower heart risks than expected

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/12 6:32A Scripps News Group
A new study suggests belly fat may be a better predictor of heart disease than body mass index, or BMI. Researchers at Johns Hopkins analyzed data from more than 260,000 people over about 20 years. They found people with larger waistlines faced a...

New study finds full-fat dairy may be healthier than previously suggested

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/12 6:09A Kelly Broderick
A new study has found that full-fat dairy may be healthier for you than previously suggested. Following a 12-week study by the University of Toronto , adults who ate three servings a day showed no meaningful weight gain, body composition,...

Former NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck is part of the latest CTE frontier

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/12 5:39A AP via Scripps News Group
Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively unscathed,...

Millions of adults in the US should be taking blood pressure-lowering medication

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/12 4:28A Sneha Dhandapani, Sandee LaMotte
Nearly 1 in 3 adults in the United States with untreated high blood pressure would benefit from treatment and are not getting it, according to a new study. Thats because nearly 10 million Americans now meet newly updated guidelines by the...
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