Imbalanced Gut Microbiome Linked to Multiple Sclerosis

About 2.9 million people worldwide live with multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition where your immune system attacks the protective coating around your nerves.1 This leaves you feeling tired, makes walking tough and even blurs your vision. Here’s the surprising part: the tiny bacteria in your gut — those little helpers digesting your last snack —…

HHS reverses course and restores funding for Women’s Health Initiative : Shots

The Department of Health and Humans Services changed course and will continue funding for the Women’s Health Initiative. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images The Trump administration is restoring financial support for a landmark study of women’s health, an official said Thursday, reversing a defunding decision that shocked medical researchers. “These…

Understanding the Causes and Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Waking up feeling exhausted, struggling to stay awake during the day or being told you snore loudly might seem like minor annoyances. But what if these seemingly harmless issues were actually signs of a serious health condition? If this sounds familiar, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be silently disrupting your sleep. OSA affects nearly a…

Crisis Response Community volunteers know what it takes to stay connected

April is Global Volunteer Month. All month long, we’re recognizing some of the ways Cisco employees give their time, skills, and expertise in their communities. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina formed over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and went on to become a Category 5 storm that would devastate the city of New Orleans….

Eli Lilly sues companies selling alternative versions of its weight loss drug : Shots

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg Eli Lilly, the drugmaker behind the blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound, is suing four telehealth companies for allegedly selling illegal copies of the drug made by compounding pharmacies. Compounded drugs aren’t generics. Rather, they are…

Tech and Heart: How Technology and Volunteerism Support Elderly Well-Being

  This blog was written by Donna Jackson, Senior Strategic Contract Negotiator at Cisco, global co-lead of Cisco’s Adult Caregivers Inclusive Community, and Founder and Executive Director of the Noble Strength Foundation and its Age To Age® program. Through a network of global volunteers, Age To Age® helps the elderly combat loneliness and isolation by…

Air pollution is still a problem for nearly half of Americans, report finds : NPR

A layer of smog lingers above downtown Los Angeles in 2024. Millions of Americans are still breathing in unhealthy air, despite long-term progress toward cleaning up many sources of pollution, according to the 2025 State of the Air report. ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images Air in…

Uncompromised Ethernet – AI/ML fabric benchmark

Today, we’re exploring how Ethernet stacks up against InfiniBand in AI/ML environments, focusing on how Cisco Silicon One™ manages network congestion and enhances performance for AI/ML workloads. This post emphasizes the importance of benchmarking and KPI metrics in evaluating network solutions, showcasing the Cisco Zeus Cluster equipped with 128 NVIDIA® H100 GPUs and cutting-edge congestion…

NIH autism study will pull from private medical records : NPR

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya (right), accompanied by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (center), speaks during a news conference Tuesday at the Health and Human Services Department on in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting…