Category: Health News

Eating Earlier May Help Genes Keep Weight in Check

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/eating-earlier-may-help-genes-keep-weight-check-2025a1000kbn

New Research

Researchers looked at 1,195 overweight or obese adults (average age around 41 years, 81% women) enrolled in a standardized weight-loss program. They tracked when participants naturally ate—using the midpoint between their first and last meals—to … [Read More]

Intermittent Fasting and Type 2 Diabetes: What You Should Know

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/intermittent-fasting-and-type-2-diabetes-when-recommend-and-2025a1000he8

Understanding Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting (IF) is a way of eating that focuses on when you eat rather than what you eat. It involves cycles of eating and fasting—such as only eating during a 6 to 10-hour … [Read More]

MHRA Urges Contraception With GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mhra-urges-contraception-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-2025a1000f8o?form=fpf

Regulator Warns: GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs and Pregnancy Don’t Mix

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a strong warning for women using GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, saying they must use effective birth control at … [Read More]

More Americans Are Choosing Talk Therapy Over Medication

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/more-us-patients-choose-talk-therapy-over-psychotropics-2025a1000ber

More People Picking Therapy Over Pills

Between 2018 and 2021, more adults in the U.S. started choosing psychotherapy (talk therapy) without medications to treat their mental health issues. At the same time, fewer people relied only … [Read More]

Chewing Gum Could Make You Swallow Tiny Plastic Pieces

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/chewing-gum-contributes-microplastic-ingestion-2025a10007mu

Why Chewing Gum Might Be a Problem

Chewing gum is popular around the world for freshening breath, helping oral health, and even delivering medicine. But many chewing gums — even “natural” ones — use plant-based or … [Read More]

The Impact of Temperature on Mood Disorders: How Heat Affects Depression and Mania

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/heat-may-worsen-mania-ease-depression-study-finds-2025a10006iw

Temperature and Mood Symptoms

New research reveals that changes in ambient temperature can significantly impact the symptoms of mood disorders. Specifically, each 1°C rise in daily mean temperature was linked to a 0.2% decrease in depressive … [Read More]

Race and Ethnicity Impact on CA-125 Levels in Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ca-125-shows-less-accuracy-black-and-american-indian-2025a10006rk

Introduction to CA-125 and Ovarian Cancer

Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125) is a protein found in ovarian cancer cells and is used to help diagnose and monitor ovarian cancer. This biomarker is measured in blood tests and … [Read More]