Dan Kraker
Meet Dan Kraker Dan Kraker is an MPR News reporter based in Duluth where he covers the people, economy and environment of northeast Minnesota. Before joining MPR News, Dan worked at KNAU Arizona Public Radio for 11 years, first as a reporter covering northern Arizona’s Native nations and then as news director. He also contributes […]
Opinion | How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Emily Hutto is an Associate Video Producer & Editor for MedPage Today. She is based in Manhattan. Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of , an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a public health researcher. He is author of the Substack column Inside Medicine. Follow In part 2 of this Instagram […]
Opinion | How the Chemotherapy Shortage Is Affecting Frontline Clinicians
Emily Hutto is an Associate Video Producer & Editor for MedPage Today. She is based in Manhattan. In this exclusive Instagram Live clip, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, and Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, head of Breast and Gynecologic Medical Oncology for Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Paramus, New Jersey, discuss how the recent […]
Yeast studies show that diet in early life matters for lifelong health
Researchers at the Babraham Institute are proposing an alternative link between diet and ageing based on studies in yeast. Dr Jon Houseley and his team have published their experiments, showing that healthy ageing is achievable through dietary change without restriction by potentially optimising diet, and that ill-health is not an inevitable part of the ageing […]
Opinion | When Celebrities Talk Mental Health on Social Media
Emily Hutto is an Associate Video Producer & Editor for MedPage Today. She is based in Manhattan. In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Jessi Gold, MD, MS, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Amanda Calhoun, MD, […]
Opinion | Why Spend U.S. Dollars on Healthcare Abroad?
Emily Hutto is an Associate Video Producer & Editor for MedPage Today. She is based in Manhattan. In this exclusive video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, chats with surgeon, author, and public health leader Atul Gawande, MD, MPH about his role as assistant administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International […]
Low nutritional quality in many vegetarian meat substitutes
The availability of foods based on plant proteins to substitute for meat has increased dramatically as more people choose a plant-based diet. At the same time, there are many challenges regarding the nutritional value of these products. A study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden now shows that many of the meat substitutes sold […]
Only 1 in 5 people in the U.S. has optimal heart health: Circulation Journal Report: New Life’s Essential 8™ score reveals concerning data
About 80% of people in the U.S. have low to moderate cardiovascular health based on the American Heart Association’s new Life’s Essential 8™ checklist according to a new study published today in Circulation, the Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal. Life’s Essential 8™, also published today in Circulation, details the Association’s updated guidance to measure cardiovascular health, […]
How Is Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) Diagnosed? Symptoms, Treatment, Causes
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is mainly diagnosed based on characteristic signs and symptoms and medical history. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is mainly diagnosed based on characteristic signs and symptoms and medical history. There is no specific test to confirm TD. Typically, symptoms should go away after six months or more of stopping the culprit medications (dopamine receptor […]
Industrial discharge is the dominant mercury source in Korea’s west coast
Minamata, a British film released in 2021, is a drama based on the true story of an American photographer documenting how the citizens of Minamata, Japan, became ill due to the industrial discharge dumped into the river by a Japanese corporation. The Minamata disease, mentioned in the movie, is a neuromuscular disorder resulting from mercury […]