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Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/thDG76U via IFTTT Obesity, Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Bariatric Surgery, Diet and Nutrition, Research, Clinical Trials The data have not yet been peer reviewed or published. But experts said the drug may give people with obesity an alternative to bariatric surgery.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CoPpY79 via IFTTT Smoking and Tobacco, Menthol, Recalls and Bans of Products, Black People, Medicine and Health, Lobbying and Lobbyists, your-feed-healthcare Public health experts say the proposal could save hundreds of thousands of lives, especially among Black smokers — 85 percent of whom use menthol products.

Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uB35ah1 via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, Elderly, Medicare, Privatization, Inspectors General Investigators urged increased oversight of the program, saying that insurers deny tens of thousands of authorization requests annually.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7Lf5vDK via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Long Covid, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Antibodies But prior infection does not guarantee protection from the virus, officials said, and Americans should still get vaccinated and boosted.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/q2Brwvn via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates Blood tests showed a sharp increase in the proportion of people — especially children and adolescents — in the United States who had antibodies indicating past infection with the virus, the agency said.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IMpYceR via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates Blood tests showed a sharp increase in the proportion of people — especially children and adolescents — in the United States who had antibodies indicating past exposure to the virus, the agency said.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Q2795so via IFTTT your-feed-science, Chronic Condition (Health), Long Covid, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Research, your-feed-healthcare Maybe, according to a growing number of studies, but there’s not yet a definitive answer.

Health By BY TONYA RUSSELL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dUVWCP9 via IFTTT Medicine and Health, Black People, Race and Ethnicity, Discrimination, Maternal Mortality Dr. Rachel Hardeman hopes to inspire others to think bigger about the link, and in turn, solutions that protect both mothers and babies. It isn’t an easy mission.

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Health By BY MATT RICHTEL AND ANNIE FLANAGAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kulNrhA via IFTTT Anxiety and Stress, Teenagers and Adolescence, Mental Health and Disorders, Depression (Mental), Psychology and Psychologists, Children and Childhood, Loneliness, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Parenting, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Computers and the Internet, Computer and Video Games, your-feed-health, your-feed-science

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DBQTAUa via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Medicine and Health, Third World and Developing Countries Rates are stalling in most low-income countries well short of the W.H.O.’s goal to immunize 70 percent of people in every nation. Some public health experts believe the momentum is gone forever.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN AND EMILY ERDOS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VUvcAzd via IFTTT Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Airlines and Airplanes, Polls and Public Opinion, Decisions and Verdicts, Transportation, your-feed-healthcare Many readers of The Times said a judge’s decision to strike down the mask mandate on public transportation was “political” and “outrageous.” Others called it a relief.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1rh0Pg9 via IFTTT Age, Chronological, Elderly, Discrimination, Psychology and Psychologists, Mental Health and Disorders, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Through more than three decades of research, the Yale psychologist Becca Levy has demonstrated that age discrimination can take years off one’s life.

Health By BY REBECCA ROBBINS AND STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/NIfYyv2 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Medicine and Health, Third World and Developing Countries Rates are stalling in most low-income countries well short of the W.H.O.’s goal to immunize 70 percent of people in every nation. Some public health experts believe the momentum is gone forever.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lOX0vhB via IFTTT Testosterone, Men and Boys, Television A promo for an upcoming Fox show describes a testosterone “calamity” among American men, along with an unlikely treatment.

Health By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE AND SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/goCTzw6 via IFTTT Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) The administration’s actions suggest either a botched case or a shrewd play for time as it gives up on the mask order but hopes to erase an adverse ruling, legal experts said.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VXcNk0M via IFTTT Hepatitis, Medicine and Health, Tests (Medical), your-feed-science Alabama has reported that nine children under 10 had the rare condition, and a few suffered liver failure. Similar cases among children were reported in Britain.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER AND JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lptnx6L via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization Nationwide, the number of kindergartners with the required shots fell below the target for broad immunity, raising fears of outbreaks of measles and other illnesses.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BMlGEfs via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Volunteers and Community Service, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Tuberculosis Only one member of an aid convoy to Chernihiv, Ukraine, survived a shelling attack in March. But the convoy’s organizers have persisted through the dangers of the war.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zg7NB1E via IFTTT Weight, Obesity, Research, Calories, Diet and Nutrition In a yearlong study, participants who confined meals to certain hours lost no more weight than those who ate at any time.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/f0T9hzZ via IFTTT In Vitro Fertilization, Embryos (Human), Genetics and Heredity, Research, Infertility, Chromosomes, your-feed-healthcare The test leads people undergoing in vitro fertilization to discard thousands of embryos each year. The new research found implanting some “abnormal” embryos resulted in healthy live births.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zxlOpqY via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Protective Clothing and Gear, Transit Systems, Airlines and Airplanes, Medicine and Health, Buses, Coronavirus Omicron Variant Health experts expressed dismay at a judge’s ruling that struck down the C.D.C. mask mandate for planes, trains and buses.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XaH4xLV via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Disease Rates, Race and Ethnicity, Vaccination and Immunization, Black People, Research, Children and Childhood Black children who had not been immunized made up about a third of those hospitalized during the winter surge.

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Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN AND FINBARR O’REILLY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SesHxjZ via IFTTT Deaths (Fatalities), Third World and Developing Countries, Research, Autopsies Many developing countries don’t keep official death records. A novel effort uses “electronic autopsies” to count deaths, and record their cause.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gesfldp via IFTTT your-feed-science, Alzheimer's Disease, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Elderly, Academic and Scientific Journals, Short Selling, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Studies linked to Cassava Sciences, once a stock market favorite, have been retracted or challenged by medical journals.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1KpM0Fs via IFTTT Minks (Animals), Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Agriculture and Farming, Research The cluster is the first known instance of likely animal-to-human transmission in the United States.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN AND KARAN DEEP SINGH from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tJqbiNY via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Fatalities), Statistics, Research, Medicine and Health The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LnPEtz1 via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-healthcare The F.D.A. authorized a breath-based test made by a small Texas company, which said it hoped that mobile sites could use the device.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oFgWJSp via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-healthcare The F.D.A. authorized a breath-based test made by a small Texas company, which said it hoped that mobile sites could use the device.

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Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/u6zEnMD via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Disease Rates, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Tests (Medical) An increasing reliance on at-home testing and the closings of mass testing sites are making official case counts less reliable, scientists say.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0bQLjaz via IFTTT The new viruses, both related to BA.2, may help explain rising infections in the region. They have been found in more than 30 states.

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Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/AxeZy9C via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials A late-stage trial was halted after strong early results, according to the company, but outside scientists have not yet seen the data.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fZ4RPV2 via IFTTT Psilocybin Mushrooms, Mental Health and Disorders, Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Depression (Mental), Brain, Ecstasy (Drug), LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Research, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder The chemical derived from psychedelic mushrooms helped alleviate symptoms of depression and generated detectable neural responses that lasted weeks.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN AND FINBARR O’REILLY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LXoGdHh via IFTTT Mental Health and Disorders, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hospitals, Third World and Developing Countries, Doctors, Nursing and Nurses Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries, is working to build a modern mental health system from scratch.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/G5Mo8Tg via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said on Sunday that the virus was still a threat, but that people needed to decide for themselves what risks they would take.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Y7ljKUq via IFTTT Stroke, Emergency Medical Treatment, Elderly Two neurologists argue that calling T.I.A.s what they are — minor strokes — could prompt patients to seek the help they need more quickly.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ILG1dw2 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Influenza, Viruses, Immune System, Seasons and Months, Colds Scientists are exploring a theory suggesting that exposure to one respiratory virus helps the body fend off competing pathogens.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/P3RaqZM via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Aduhelm (Drug), Medicare, Alzheimer's Disease, Health Insurance and Managed Care Officials cited data showing the new Alzheimer’s drug has serious safety risks and may not help patients.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4iGE6sm via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/w4rPJyW via IFTTT your-feed-science, Alzheimer's Disease, Aduhelm (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Elderly, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Antibodies, your-feed-healthcare The Alzheimer’s Association has pushed relentlessly to get broad access to Aduhelm, despite safety risks and uncertain evidence that it helps patients.

Health By BY ADEEL HASSAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cHEVJZ2 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Manufacturers said lab testing revealed that the authorized dosage of the drug was not sufficiently potent against BA.2.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VwAocG9 via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/HbFTkdq via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) The re-evaluation is the first step to modernizing the C.D.C. for the future.

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Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/HRNIYhZ via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Delta Variant, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Nursing Homes, Vaccination and Immunization