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Anna Ornstein, Psychoanalyst Who Survived the Holocaust, Dies at 98

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Health By Trip Gabriel from NYT Health https://ift.tt/GgMKQ21 via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), World War II (1939-45), Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Empathy, Concentration Camps, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Jews and Judaism, Anti-Semitism Despite the unspeakable horror of her youth, she embraced a school of psychotherapy that stresses empathy and the belief that everyone can change for the better.

Drugmakers Notch a $5 Billion Win in Republicans’ Policy Bill

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Health By Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/l9Y3jhn via IFTTT One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025), Medicare, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Rare and Orphan Diseases, United States Politics and Government, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry More medicines will be spared from Medicare price negotiations, a change that is projected to wipe out billions in savings for the federal government.

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

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Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Q6JoX3D via IFTTT Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Science and Technology, Academic and Scientific Journals, Research, Ethics and Official Misconduct, vis-design Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.

Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots

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Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/29tOwnE via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Research, Disease Rates, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.

Lucian Leape, Whose Work Spurred Patient Safety in Medicine, Dies at 94

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Health By Katie Hafner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3xRfI9T via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Medicine and Health, Malpractice Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to reduce errors, paving the way for a global standard. Thousands of lives have been saved.

Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.

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Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oWv3h8H via IFTTT Anemia, Hemoglobin, Elderly, Blood, Tests (Medical), Heart, Iron (Nutrient), Age, Chronological, Diet and Nutrition Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed.

John Robbins, Author of ‘Diet for a New America,’ Dies at 77

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Health By Jeré Longman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/I3HL1ko via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Diet and Nutrition, Vegetarianism, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Factory Farming He walked away from his family’s hugely successful ice cream business to crusade for a plant-based diet and against cruelty to animals.

Kennedy’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines

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Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JWKb5pQ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Children and Childhood, Autism, Medicine and Health, Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Babies and Infants Panelists pulled back some endorsements for certain vaccines containing a preservative that critics have falsely linked to autism.

Kennedy’s Handpicked Vaccine Advisers Are Set to Meet for the First Time

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Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Wfi3B5M via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Autism, Children and Childhood, Disease Rates The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism.