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Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oq8S9OI via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Drought, Floods, Water, Diarrhea, Heat and Heat Waves, Cholera, Evacuations and Evacuees, Rationing and Allocation of Resources A record number of outbreaks has drained the cholera vaccine supply, leading the W.H.O. to ration emergency vaccinations.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pMlDumU via IFTTT your-feed-science, Abortion, Colleges and Universities, Accreditation, Pregnancy and Childbirth, States (US), Law and Legislation Many residency programs for obstetricians and gynecologists are in a risky position, caught between state abortion bans and accreditation requirements.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/j3Jy84u via IFTTT Drug Resistance (Microbial), Candida Auris (Fungus), Antibiotics, Mucormycosis, Deaths (Fatalities), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome The pathogens cause infections that kill millions of people each year and often go undiagnosed. Even when identified, a growing number of infections is resistant to the current crop of drugs.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QGr9BUl via IFTTT Monkeypox, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Immune System, Homeless Persons, Black People “Monkeypox and H.I.V. have collided,” a C.D.C. researcher said.

Health By BY ERIKA CHECK HAYDEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hI5OBzK via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Genetics and Heredity, Hydrocephalus, Brain, your-feed-science, Clinical Trials, Epilepsy, Research, Genetic Engineering The side effect, a buildup of fluid in the brain, led to the death of one of the children and presents a grave setback for a class of personalized medicine.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/d3gHnN7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Surgery and Surgeons, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Breast Cancer, Tumors, Clinical Trials, Estrogen, Hormones In a small trial, chemotherapy alone was sufficient to treat women with certain kinds of tumors.

Health By BY CHRISTINE CHUNG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pdyJKxu via IFTTT Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Cancer, Shampoos and Hair Products, Blood More than a dozen aerosol dry shampoo products from brands like Dove and Suave may have elevated levels of benzene, a carcinogen, the company said.

Health By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1usqUHd via IFTTT Inventions and Patents, Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Mental Health and Disorders, Research, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Depression (Mental), Intellectual Property Cash rich start-ups are filing scores of patent claims on hallucinogens like magic mushrooms. Researchers and patient advocates worry high prices will make the therapies unaffordable.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ApIDGNz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Influenza, Children and Childhood, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Disease Rates Flu cases are higher than usual for this time of year and are expected to soar in the coming weeks. A third virus, R.S.V., is straining pediatric hospitals in some states.

Health By BY CHRISTINE CHUNG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PcWlt6b via IFTTT Anxiety and Stress, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantine (Life and Culture), Therapy and Rehabilitation, Teenagers and Adolescence, Research For more than two years, Covid disrupted social rituals and rites of passage. Now a recent study suggests we have become less extroverted, creative, agreeable and conscientious. The declines in some traits were sharper among young people.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/71UaC43 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Elderly, Vaccination and Immunization, Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Medicine and Health, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Americans over 65 remain the demographic most likely to have received the original series of vaccinations. But fewer are getting the follow-up shots, surveys indicate.

Health By BY ED SHANAHAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/TdHJi2c via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Doctors, Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Down Syndrome, Prenatal Testing, Gynecology and Gynecologists A radiologist with an uncanny visual sense, she revolutionized the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities like Down syndrome.

Health By BY EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EZqaCYi via IFTTT your-feed-science, Buprenorphine (Drug), Women and Girls, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Drug Abuse and Traffic, United States Politics and Government, Opioids and Opiates, Courts and the Judiciary, your-feed-healthcare Pregnant women are more likely to die of a drug overdose than the average woman of childbearing age, but less likely to be accepted for medication-based treatment.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KqyckYT via IFTTT Babies and Infants, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Premature Babies, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry The agency has weighed years of study that showed the treatment given accelerated approval 11 years ago was not effective.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/bcX1xYW via IFTTT Doctors, Disabilities, Discrimination, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Wheelchairs, Deafness, Americans With Disabilities Act, Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-health When granted anonymity in focus groups, physicians let their guards down and shared opinions consistent with experiences of many people with disabilities.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/AMUGBWz via IFTTT Budgets and Budgeting, Foreign Aid, Humanitarian Aid, Trachoma, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Third World and Developing Countries The nation is often the second-largest donor to groups working in poor countries to prevent and treat infectious diseases, and to provide reproductive health services to women.

Health By BY RACHEL E. GROSS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3aTjOzl via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Surgery and Surgeons, Sex, Anatomy and Physiology, Pelvis, Hysterectomies To protect your sexual function, it’s vital to discuss your sex life, even if that feels awkward.

Health By BY GINA SIDDIQUI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QTfxYla via IFTTT Cystic Fibrosis, Doctors, Medical Schools, Hospitals, your-feed-health Sal was the kind of patient that doctors strive to avoid. But for one medical student, he provided an education in compassion.

Health By BY ELLEN BARRY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6puTm9s via IFTTT Research, Psychology and Psychologists, Mental Health and Disorders, Depression (Mental) A landmark 1979 study found that depressed people had a more realistic view of their influence over events. New research calls that into question.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yW9sapd via IFTTT Women and Girls, Black People, Uterus, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Research, Cancer, Hair, Race and Ethnicity A national study suggests a link to this particular cancer among women who reported frequent use of the chemical products.

Health By BY RACHEL E. GROSS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JNWHmwc via IFTTT Anatomy and Physiology, Sex, Women and Girls, Surgery and Surgeons, Plastic Surgery, Gynecology and Gynecologists, Senses and Sensation, Doctors, Medical Schools, Pelvis, Vagina, your-feed-health, your-feed-science The organ is “completely ignored by pretty much everyone,” medical experts say, and that omission can be devastating to women’s sexual health.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BIaEm90 via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Telemedicine, Drugstores, Generic Brands and Products, Shortages The agency cited Teva’s continuing supply problems as well as those of other drug makers struggling to fill the gap.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/NXC0g4T via IFTTT Doctors, Names, Personal, Discrimination, Women and Girls, Medicine and Health, E-Mail, Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-health While many physicians may avoid discussing the subject, a study showed that who gets addressed with the honorific “Dr.” may depend on gender, degree and specialty.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Fy8VKDJ via IFTTT Long Covid, Chronic Condition (Health), Research, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates, your-feed-healthcare The findings strengthened calls from scientists for more expansive care options for long Covid patients.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tLJU54T via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-animals, Birds, Avian Influenza, Zoos, Animals, Wildlife Die-Offs, Animal Migration, Viruses, Influenza, Flamingos Zoos, bird rescue groups and other animal facilities are grappling with a “radically different” outbreak of avian influenza.

Health By BY EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BZ4vRkq via IFTTT Hospitals, Children and Childhood, Rural Areas, Shutdowns (Institutional), Emergency Medical Treatment, Shortages, Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Doctors, your-feed-healthcare Adult beds are more lucrative than children’s beds. So as institutions look to boost profit margins, pediatrics are often among the first services to be cut.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Bu8Ljqp via IFTTT Ears and Hearing, Hearing Aids, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Medicare, Elderly, your-feed-science, your-feed-health Over-the-counter hearing aids are coming at long last. But lower prices and greater accessibility may take time to materialize.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/t3ph1lg via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pancreas, Colon, Preventive Medicine, Research, Immune System, Genetics and Heredity, Clinical Trials Encouraging data from preliminary studies are making some doctors feel optimistic about developing immunizations against pancreatic, colon and breast cancers.

Health By BY JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG AND KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PkbuhAL via IFTTT internal-open-access Do you work in a New York hospital? Are you an ambulance worker? Please help us report our next story.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OqxNjsZ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Law and Legislation, Abortion, Women and Girls, United States Politics and Government, Age, Chronological, Prenatal Testing, Tests and Examinations, Down Syndrome, Birth Rates Older women are more likely to carry fetuses with genetic disorders that often can’t be detected until 15 weeks of pregnancy, beyond the limit set in a Senate proposal.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/L2douE1 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Firearms, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Black People, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Gun Control, Men and Boys, Youth, Hispanic-Americans, Age, Chronological, Race and Ethnicity, Disease Rates The increases in homicides were particularly stark among Black and Hispanic men, while suicides involving firearms rose among all adults.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/m6VjL2X via IFTTT E-Cigarettes, Smoking and Tobacco, Teenagers and Adolescence, Polls and Public Opinion, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Nicotine, Research, Youth While use among youths has fallen since the peaks of 2018-19, resumption of in-school classes this year shows students still have access to flavored, disposable vapes.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dxvnVRJ via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Ebola Virus, Shortages, Epidemics, Factories and Manufacturing, Infections, Antibodies There are no cases in the United States, but the C.D.C. wants doctors to be on the alert for patients with telltale symptoms.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/aLvK2e5 via IFTTT your-feed-science It is one of many colleges and universities deliberating over how to respond to the fall of Roe v. Wade.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xkQ4PIj via IFTTT your-feed-science, Diabetes, Food, Diet and Nutrition, Beverages, Soft Drinks, Minorities, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Weight, Sugar, Vegetables Now experts are calling for walkable communities, improved housing, and access to health care and better food, particularly in minority communities.

Health By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND REUTERS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Dm6EYbS via IFTTT Nobel Prizes, Evolution (Biology), Genetics and Heredity, Archaeology and Anthropology, Neanderthal Man The Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo’s work unveiled the Neanderthal genome in 2010, opening the door to investigatory questions about how early humans relate to and differ from modern ones.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI AND KANG-CHUN CHENG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3zAcZeq via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Malaria, Disease Rates, Children and Childhood, Mosquitoes, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Third World and Developing Countries, Philanthropy, Parasites, Clinical Trials Two new vaccines may finally turn back an ancient plague. But in unexpected ways, their arrival also complicates the path to ending the disease.

Health By BY SHAFAQ ZIA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KzLBHWv via IFTTT Breastfeeding, Autism, Infant Formulas, Parenting, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, your-feed-healthcare Mothers with autism, who are less likely than others to breastfeed, have been hit particularly hard by the baby formula shortage.

Health By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND REUTERS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KLxVDfI via IFTTT Nobel Prizes, Evolution (Biology), Genetics and Heredity, Archaeology and Anthropology The Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo’s work unveiled the Neanderthal genome in 2010, opening the door to investigatory questions about how early humans relate to and differ from modern ones.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/i3RaHJ7 via IFTTT Medicine and Health, Nobel Prizes It is the first Nobel Prize awarded this year, with more announcements being made over the coming week.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN AND DESIREE RIOS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lQZBaMv via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Tests (Drug Use), Opioids and Opiates, Fentanyl, States (US), Medicine and Health, Heroin, Deaths (Fatalities) Proponents say the ability to check drugs for the presence of lethal fentanyl may save lives. But critics say the strips enable drug use.