NFL Launches Contest To Redesign Football Helmet Facemasks To Cut Concussion Risk

The National Football League is asking inventors, engineers and researchers to help make football helmets safer, starting with the facemask.

At a Super Bowl innovation event last week, the league announced a new HealthTECH Challenge focused on redesigning helmet facemasks to better protect players from head injuries. 

The compet...

Hims Pulls Cheaper Wegovy Pill After Federal Scrutiny

Hims & Hers says it will stop selling a low-cost copy of a new weight-loss pill made by Novo Nordisk, after federal officials raised concerns that the product may violate drug laws.

The online health company announced the move Saturday, just two days after introducing the pill.

The decision followed warnings from federal regulato...

New TrumpRx Site Aims To Cut Drug Costs for Popular Prescription Drugs

The Trump administration has rolled out a new website called TrumpRx, aimed at offering consumers lower prices on certain prescription drugs. 

The site, launched last week, lists discounted medications from more than a dozen drug companies.

But it’s unclear how much it will lower costs for most Americans.

President D...

California Warns Against Foraging as Toxic Mushrooms Kill Four

California health officials are urging people to stay away from wild mushrooms entirely after a sharp rise in poisonings tied to the deadly death cap mushroom.

Since Nov. 18, more than three dozen people have been poisoned after eating death caps, according to the California Department of Public Health.

Four people have died, and thr...

AI-Powered Stethoscope Doubles Detection Of Heart Problems

An artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled stethoscope more than doubles a doctor’s ability to detect heart murmurs, a symptom of severe heart disease, a new study says.

Doctors armed with the AI-powered stethoscope accurately identified heart valve disease 92% of the time, versus 46% when using a traditional stethoscope, researchers re...

Young People At Risk From Psychiatric Drug Combos, Study Says

About 1 in 4 young people could be at risk from prescription medicines they’re taking for psychiatric conditions, new research shows.

About 26% of children and young adults taking these meds have been prescribed a combination that could cause serious drug interactions, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Academy o...