Hospitals Wrongly Penalized For Life-Saving Stroke Care, Researchers Argue

Hospitals are being inappropriately penalized for lifesaving stroke procedures, due to faulty federal methods for analyzing hospital safety, a new study says.

The measure is intended to assess “failure-to-rescue” — a hospital’s failure to prevent deaths from preventable causes after surgery, researchers said.

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No Link Between Acetaminophen and Autism, ADHD, Evidence Review Concludes

Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy does not increase a child’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, a new evidence review has concluded.

The review, which analyzed results from 43 previous studies, debunked claims that acetaminophen taken while pregnant can impact the brain development of children. The pain-reliev...

Whole Foods Diet Allows Folks To Eat More While Cutting Calories, Analysis Shows

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to ditch ultra-processed foods and eat only whole foods?

If so, you have better odds of losing weight in 2026 even as you chow down, a new study says.

People following a completely unprocessed, whole foods diet tend to eat a lot — a whopping 57% greater amount than those who only eat u...

AI Predicts Seniors' Fall Risk Based On Core Strength, As Early As Middle Age

AI can predict a person’s risk of a fall injury in old age while they're still in their 40s and 50s, a new study says.

The AI analyzes CT imaging scans of a person’s abdomen, focusing on their core strength.

People with the weakest core strength — as measured through muscle density — were more than twice as li...

FDA-Approved Nerve Stimulation Device For ADHD Is Ineffective, Clinical Trial Concludes

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved device for treating ADHD in kids simply doesn’t work, a new clinical trial says.

The device — an external trigeminal nerve stimulator — was not effective in reducing symptoms of ADHD compared to placebo, researchers reported Jan. 16 in the journal Nature Medicine...

U.S. Parents More Relaxed About Their Kids Using Swear Words, Poll Finds

Who says the president of the United States isn’t a role model?

Most U.S. parents these days are inclined to shrug off their child dropping the f-bomb, as President Donald Trump did last week at a Ford plant in Michigan in response to heckling from a worker.

Fewer than half of parents (47%) think it’s never OK for a child...