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Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/d0xKvBh via IFTTT Obesity, Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Diabetes, Chronic Condition (Health) Many insurance companies refuse to cover new weight loss drugs that their doctors deem medically necessary.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER AND ELEANOR LUTZ from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jswZ5Cu via IFTTT Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Fatalities), Elderly, Vaccination and Immunization, Nursing Homes, your-feed-science Last year, people 65 and older died from Covid at lower rates than in previous waves. But with Omicron and waning immunity, death rates rose again.

Health By BY RACHEL NUWER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Tba8wnc via IFTTT Veterans, Ecstasy (Drug), Vietnam War, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Iraq War (2003-11), Traumatic Brain Injury, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, United States Defense and Military Forces, Mental Health and Disorders, your-feed-science, your-feed-health MDMA-assisted treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder “represents real hope for long-term healing,” health experts say.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/NLZrOpR via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Medicine and Health, your-feed-health Some people may test positive for the coronavirus for 10 days or longer, but interpreting those results remains difficult, experts said.

Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ndDeKha via IFTTT Supply Chain, Tests (Medical), Shortages, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Cancer, Tests and Examinations, Hospitals, Emergency Medical Treatment, Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scans) Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kxdLC7Y via IFTTT your-feed-science, Smallpox, Vaccination and Immunization, Monkeypox, Antibodies Older people who received smallpox vaccinations may yet have some immunity, researchers say. Healthy children and adults generally do not become severely ill.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT AND NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iJtPIqb via IFTTT Shutdowns (Institutional), Baby Foods, Bacteria, United States Politics and Government, Supply Chain, Shortages, Infant Formulas Agency inspectors found a leaking roof, standing water and cracked production equipment before a facility shutdown that led to major shortages.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OSUfPCc via IFTTT Long Covid, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Researchers identified lasting health problems in many different organ systems, including the heart, lungs and kidneys.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/O75d4iw via IFTTT your-feed-science

Health By BY GINA KOLATA AND KATIE GLUECK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nwKBQy0 via IFTTT Stroke, Defibrillators, Heart, Elections, Senate, United States Politics and Government, Blood Clots, Pacemakers The medical team for the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania’s Senate race has not spoken about John Fetterman’s prognosis. But cardiac experts saw clues in campaign statements.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wyLju8S via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Monkeypox, Smallpox, Disease Rates, Epidemics, Stockpiling, Homosexuality and Bisexuality The United States has stockpiled millions of doses of two smallpox vaccines, also effective against monkeypox. But the outbreaks so far are clustered in other countries.

Health By BY SAM ROBERTS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qEyBFXT via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, United States Politics and Government She worked with President Bill Clinton to to make the disease a public health priority. But her office never achieved the stature or effectiveness that some had hoped for.

Health By BY DENISE LU AND ELEANOR LUTZ from NYT Health https://ift.tt/MjHDpOS via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Fatalities), Death and Dying, Disease Rates, Viruses The U.S. had more deaths above normal levels during the pandemic than most other wealthy countries, according to the most reliable data yet from the World Health Organization.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cMznI34 via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, your-feed-animals, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Minks (Animals), Agriculture and Farming, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Animals, Deer, Livestock Diseases, Taxidermy, Livestock, Antibodies, Dogs The puzzling coronavirus cases highlight ongoing surveillance challenges and blind spots.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ITOQFMw via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Preventive Medicine, Aspirin, Heart, Stroke, Blood Pressure, Elderly Millions of Americans take aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. Now, doctors are advising against it — especially for people over 70.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/X6ZYwoO via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health The transition was announced in a letter to agency employees, but details were scant.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Re7ECkb via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Sickle Cell Anemia, Research When his baby boy was diagnosed with the illness, he made it his mission to combat it. He later took his expertise back to his native Ghana.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nKU1ho8 via IFTTT Infant Formulas, United States Politics and Government Dr. Robert Califf, the agency commissioner, is the first administration official to face congressional scrutiny over the infant formula supply crisis.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/50taB8W via IFTTT Infant Formulas, United States Politics and Government Dr. Robert Califf, the agency commissioner, is the first administration official to face congressional scrutiny over the infant formula supply crisis.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QxayltE via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Children and Childhood Although the F.D.A. authorized the shots this week, hesitancy is high. Fewer than one-third of children in this age group have received two doses.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/l6gebsG via IFTTT your-feed-science, Social Media, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Opioids and Opiates, Mobile Applications, Fentanyl, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-healthcare The soaring drug fatalities in the U.S. are being fueled partly by fentanyl-tainted pills bought by teenagers and young adults on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and other social media apps.

Candace Owens says pushing vaccines on children appears 'evil and sinister' 'Candace' host reacts to Democrats incentivizing vaccines for children and Kanye West's comments about abortion on 'Fox News Primetime.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/yPMhWHD

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pnMKW6N via IFTTT your-feed-science, Medicine and Health, Disease Rates, Viruses, Smallpox The case, the first in the U.S. this year, follows unusual clusters discovered in Europe and Canada.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yOMLIcT via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization Scientists and federal health officials are debating plans to pair coronavirus and flu vaccinations in the fall.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pOLlIsf via IFTTT your-feed-science, Long Covid, Chronic Condition (Health), Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Research, your-feed-healthcare Researchers analyzed the largest database of private insurance claims in the United States in the first four months after a diagnostic code for long Covid was created.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jfwaipy via IFTTT Kidneys, Genetics and Heredity, Black People, Discrimination, Research, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Sleeping Sickness, Tests (Medical), Sickle Cell Anemia New treatments aim for a gene variant causing the illness in people of sub-Saharan African descent. Some experts worry that focus will neglect other factors.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qwviTN9 via IFTTT Kidneys, Transplants, Genetics and Heredity, Research, Black People, Discrimination Kidneys from Black donors are automatically downgraded in transplant assessments, but studying a gene variant could help change that.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FUkVaev via IFTTT Infant Formulas, Supply Chain, International Trade and World Market, Recalls and Bans of Products, Shortages, Children and Childhood, Parenting, Food Contamination and Poisoning, your-feed-healthcare The company said if the agency approved reopening the plant, production could resume and store shelves would be restocked within several weeks.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/B27W1vw via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Long Covid, Disease Rates, Infections The spread of the Omicron variant has given scientists an unsettling answer: repeatedly, sometimes within months.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ltXAzFZ via IFTTT Sex, Head and Neck Cancer, Lingerie and Underwear, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Women and Girls, Mouth, Vagina, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare It’s the first time underwear has been authorized for this purpose, and it provides a new choice for protection where the few options have been unpopular.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SsMGc1d via IFTTT your-feed-science, Children and Childhood, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Clinical Trials, Disease Rates, Teenagers and Adolescence, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Antibody levels rose in the children who received it, suggesting the vaccine protects against infection. But the data were gathered before the arrival of Omicron.

Candace Owens says pushing vaccines on children appears 'evil and sinister' 'Candace' host reacts to Democrats incentivizing vaccines for children and Kanye West's comments about abortion on 'Fox News Primetime.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/4OxuKDb

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/R1swJLF via IFTTT Back (Human Body Part), Pain, Chronic Condition (Health), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Mice, Steroids, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Ibuprofen (Drug), Dexamethasone (Drug), Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-health A clinical trial will be needed to verify the research, which offered a warning about taking steroids or nonprescription drugs for weeks on end.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uJjgokL via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Firearms, Black People, Suicides and Suicide Attempts Soaring rates were driven largely by gun-related homicides, which rose 35 percent from 2019 to 2020.

Health By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Qv6W7dI via IFTTT internal-open-access The potential for limits on abortion, including a procedure that is used to treat uterine conditions other than pregnancy, will affect providers as well as patients.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL AND ANNIE FLANAGAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/21Em4pa via IFTTT Anxiety and Stress, Mental Health and Disorders, Children and Childhood, Teenagers and Adolescence, Depression (Mental), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Antidepressants, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-health, your-feed-science Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctor’s office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every 15 minutes.

Candace Owens says pushing vaccines on children appears 'evil and sinister' 'Candace' host reacts to Democrats incentivizing vaccines for children and Kanye West's comments about abortion on 'Fox News Primetime.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/Nla4WDF

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rkMem4Q via IFTTT your-feed-science, Finances, Elderly, Dementia, Wills and Estates, your-feed-health A new training tool helps to assess whether some seniors can make informed choices about their own care and well-being.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL AND ANNIE FLANAGAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rdS9VjB via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-science, Children and Childhood, Hospitals, Anxiety and Stress, Depression (Mental), Teenagers and Adolescence, Mental Health and Disorders, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Parenting With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.

Candace Owens says pushing vaccines on children appears 'evil and sinister' 'Candace' host reacts to Democrats incentivizing vaccines for children and Kanye West's comments about abortion on 'Fox News Primetime.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/mhjKCvb

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/F6b4TDM via IFTTT Hepatitis, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Liver, Deaths (Fatalities), Youth, your-feed-healthcare The agency stressed that the disease was still very rare in children and that a cause had not been determined.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dsEcfHP via IFTTT your-feed-science, Long Covid, Chronic Condition (Health), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Sex, Anxiety and Stress, Penis, Heart, Impotence, Depression (Mental) Some studies find higher rates of erectile dysfunction among men recovering from the illness. But other factors related to the pandemic, like heightened anxiety, may also be to blame.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DH4l5Ur via IFTTT your-feed-science, Transplants, Surgery and Surgeons, Pigs, Genetic Engineering, Cytomegalovirus The patient showed no sign of rejecting the genetically modified organ, but suffered numerous complications.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER AND STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/bcW78Ql via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Fatalities) Nearly 15 million more people died during the first two years of the pandemic than would have been expected during normal times, the organization found. The previous count of virus deaths, from countries’ reporting, was six million.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK AND SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xmCNiH6 via IFTTT Abortion, Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision), Telemedicine, States (US), Abortion Drugs, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Women and Girls, your-feed-healthcare Medication abortion allows patients to terminate early pregnancies at home. Some states are moving to limit it, while others are working to expand access.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9WMHp4m via IFTTT Teenagers and Adolescence, Research, Transgender and Transsexuals, Children and Childhood, Mental Health and Disorders, your-feed-science But the study, which began in 2013, may not fully reflect what’s happening today, when many more children are identifying as trans.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/bc3GTdD via IFTTT

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0UtdyE4 via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Coronavirus Delta Variant, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Genetics and Heredity Studying the coronavirus variants that have faded away could help us prepare for what comes next, scientists say.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vpMgPfa via IFTTT Hepatitis, Liver, Children and Childhood, Viruses, Jaundice, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Officials are exploring the possibility that a common adenovirus might be responsible for the unexplained cases, which remain rare.

Health By BY ELLEN BARRY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IykKdCV via IFTTT Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Content Type: Personal Profile, Discrimination, Mental Health and Disorders, Masks (Costume) In 1972, Dr. John Fryer risked his career to tell his colleagues that gay people were not mentally ill. His act sent ripples through the legal, medical and justice systems.