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Health By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3WnmfLC via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Children and Childhood, Cancer, Philanthropy She was a prominent figure in the field of childhood cancer when, in 1974, she helped create the first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RSbdqvE via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis The list price of the therapy, Relyvrio, is much higher than an economic research group recommends, but the company says most patients will pay very little themselves.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OD8vU7M via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Polls and Public Opinion, your-feed-healthcare The latest shots, which target Omicron and its subvariants, could offer protection against a winter surge in cases. But many people are unsure if they’re eligible.

Health By BY ELLEN BARRY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RzuGBPM via IFTTT Smartphones, internal-sub-only, Research, Sensors, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Mental Health and Disorders, Artificial Intelligence, Psychology and Psychologists, Wearable Computing, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using data from smartphones and wearable biosensors to identify periods of high danger — and intervene.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2POrKbL via IFTTT your-feed-science, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, your-feed-healthcare The drug is safe, and one trial found it may extend survival and slow paralysis in functions like muscle control and speaking. A larger trial will be completed in 2024.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/62bcOJ4 via IFTTT Cancer, Immune System, Research, Immunotherapy, your-feed-science, your-feed-health A researcher discovered that giant cells under a microscope were actually cancer cells hiding inside other cancer cells.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ar2yCcY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Monkeypox, Disease Rates, Medicine and Health, States (US), Tests (Medical), Vaccination and Immunization, United States Politics and Government, Security and Warning Systems, Hospitals The coronavirus revealed flaws in the nation’s pandemic plans. The spread of monkeypox shows that the problems remain deeply entrenched.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sbqdURl via IFTTT Lasker Awards, Research, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Proteins, Genetics and Heredity, Prenatal Testing, Tests (Medical), DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Epidemics, Down Syndrome, Pregnancy and Childbirth The prestigious medical prizes also recognized the creator of a global Covid dashboard and discoveries of proteins and cell bindings to fight disease.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RL63W2v via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Generic Brands and Products, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Clinical Trials, Women and Girls, Inventions and Patents, Third World and Developing Countries, your-feed-healthcare An injection every two months rather than a daily pill could shield many more women from the virus, but it is unavailable in places that need it most.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RyJK5gt via IFTTT your-feed-science, Monkeypox, Vaccination and Immunization, Black People, Clinical Trials, Hispanic-Americans, Viruses, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Scientists do not yet know how well the vaccine and the drug used to treat the infection are working. Two new trials will provide answers.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0yiJ6LG via IFTTT Teenagers and Adolescence, Transgender and Transsexuals, Surgery and Surgeons, Gender, Social Media, Plastic Surgery, your-feed-healthcare Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’ well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors.

Health By BY KATIE THOMAS AND JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4FgSzRU via IFTTT Finances, Emergency Medical Treatment, Hospitals, Income Inequality, Federal Taxes (US), Nonprofit Organizations, your-feed-healthcare Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QX3mztJ via IFTTT Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation, Nursing Homes, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Elderly, Retirement Communities and Assisted Living, Elder Care In the blizzard of paperwork needed to get into a nursing home or assisted living, some residents unwittingly surrender the right to a day in court.

Health By BY TENDAI MARIMA AND STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/AVbEpSt via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Deaths (Fatalities), Vaccination and Immunization, Evangelical Movement, Third World and Developing Countries, Measles, your-feed-healthcare It is driven by a decline in child immunization during the pandemic and the influence of an anti-vaccination evangelical church.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WoFMfqc via IFTTT Egg Donation and Freezing, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Babies and Infants, In Vitro Fertilization, Research Data from a fertility center showed many women did not get pregnant because of the age at which they froze their eggs and because they did not preserve enough of them.

Health By BY EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qPvjJ21 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Anxiety and Stress, Mental Health and Disorders, Depression (Mental), Tests (Medical), your-feed-healthcare The guidance comes as Americans are coping with illness, isolation and loss from the pandemic, as well as other stressors like inflation and rising crime.

Health By BY OLIVER WHANG AND MADDIE MCGARVEY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wIqieLW via IFTTT Medicine and Health, Rural Areas, Doctors, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Mental Health and Disorders, Anxiety and Stress, Vaccination and Immunization, Depression (Mental), Heart, Food Insecurity, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/YDAkfy4 via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), United States Politics and Government, Law and Legislation, Clinical Trials, Generic Brands and Products, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Infant Formulas, Medical Devices, Lobbying and Lobbyists, Medicine and Health The pharmaceutical industry finances about 75 percent of the agency’s drug division, through a controversial program that Congress must reauthorize by the end of this month.

Health By BY SAM ROBERTS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XYkrP5z via IFTTT Diabetes, Research, Stem Cells Vexed by lags in producing cures for diabetes and cancer, she helped raise $400 million to start a foundation that has made breakthroughs in treating major diseases.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iF9XOsg via IFTTT Monkeypox, Vaccination and Immunization, Clinical Trials, Viruses, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Tests (Medical), Epidemics, Medicine and Health, Third World and Developing Countries, your-feed-healthcare High-income countries snapped up vaccines when the disease hit them, leaving none for countries that have battled the virus for years, in an echo of the Covid response.

Health By BY TED ALCORN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5C7bNmi via IFTTT Sales and Excise Taxes, States (US), Law and Legislation, Wines, Deaths (Fatalities), Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholic Beverages, Beer Alcohol taxes have been stagnant for years. But after the pandemic sent alcohol-related deaths soaring, activists in Oregon said higher taxes could save lives.

Health By BY CLAY RISEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ycvp1CR via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Obituaries), Ventilators (Medical), Medical Devices While no definitive statistics exist, doctors say he was likely the longest-surviving intubated Covid patient.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/n0chR5S via IFTTT your-feed-science, Women and Girls, Implants, Plastic Surgery, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Breast Cancer, Silicon, Mastectomy, Cancer, Surgery and Surgeons On rare occasions, new cancers have been found in women with both textured and smooth implants, filled with saline or silicone, federal health officials said.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/TCiK8em via IFTTT Botox (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Skin, Face The treatment lasts for six months in half of its users, company studies showed, representing the first major advance in facial injections in decades.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9LmWnCX via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-animals, your-feed-health, Dolphins and Porpoises, Birds, Avian Influenza, Viruses The findings represent the first time a highly pathogenic form of the virus, which has devastated bird populations this year, has been detected in cetaceans.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xGytoeJ via IFTTT Advertising and Marketing, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Attorneys General, E-Cigarettes The tentative deal would close a yearslong investigation by nearly three dozen states into the company’s marketing and sales practices.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Mu40Ais via IFTTT your-feed-science, Abortion, Abortion Drugs, Telemedicine, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Reproduction (Biological), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision) These new efforts, which test the legal boundaries, have sprung up since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states restricted abortion.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gD0lEJW via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Viruses, your-feed-healthcare The debut of Omicron-specific vaccines raises a thorny question: How long should you wait between shots?