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Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5n3CLXa via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suits and Litigation (Civil), OxyContin (Drug), Decisions and Verdicts, States (US), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Opioids and Opiates, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Bankruptcies, Appeals Courts (US) In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6g1jNU4 via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Vaccination and Immunization, Elderly, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Winter (Season), Viruses Though agency advisers had some safety concerns, the Pfizer shot is expected to be available before the winter R.S.V. season.

Health By BY JEREMY WHITE, PAM BELLUCK, NOAH BASSETTI-BLUM, ELEANOR LUTZ AND HANG DO THI DUC from NYT Health https://ift.tt/laOAnHw via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Lungs This 3-D reconstruction of lung scans reveals damage that has lingered for years in patients who became severely ill early in the pandemic.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RzSXj6F via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Research, Poverty, Deaths (Fatalities), Income, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls Mortality rates fell by 20 percent among women in countries that began cash transfer programs to the poor. Children also benefited.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gupw78F via IFTTT your-feed-science, Decisions and Verdicts, Opioids and Opiates, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Appeals Courts (US), Bankruptcies The decision gives the Purdue Pharma owners long-sought protection, but it will release billions of dollars from their fortune to states and communities to help cope with the costs of addiction.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uTKEZ7l via IFTTT Heart, Cholesterol, Tests (Medical), Genetics and Heredity, Youth, Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs), Preventive Medicine, Research Polygenic risk scores could help patients understand whether they really need early treatment for heart disease.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Hvixkl8 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Content Type: Service, Diabetes, Heart, Depression (Mental), Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, Emergency Medical Treatment, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Research New mothers are at risk for up to a year, research has shown. But the first six weeks are the most perilous.

Health By BY REMY TUMIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ksw8ANf via IFTTT Surgeon General (US), Social Media, Deaths (Fatalities), Loneliness, Sex, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Accidents and Safety, Medicine and Health Public advisories from the nation’s top doctor are infrequent, but sometimes become turning points in American life.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL, CATHERINE PEARSON AND MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2eOc04x via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare The report by Dr. Vivek Murthy included practical recommendations to help families guide children’s social media use.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ayz5cTG via IFTTT Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Vaccination and Immunization, Cervical Cancer, Rumors and Misinformation, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Developing Countries, Gardasil (Vaccine), your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.

Health By BY PRIYANKA RUNWAL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/MtLi6Bm via IFTTT Pain, Chronic Condition (Health), Research, Implants, Brain, your-feed-science A new study linked chronic pain to activity in the orbitofrontal cortex, an area involved in emotion regulation, self-evaluation and decision making.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Xvriokw via IFTTT Elderly, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Moving and Moving Industry, Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Senior move managers may spend weeks or months helping seniors and their families sort through belongings, pack and move into a new home.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ujHLCZV via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Babies and Infants, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Pregnancy and Childbirth A committee of experts voted in favor of a new shot administered to pregnant women, one in a series of new ways to arm the very young against a life-threatening virus.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tOIH3wF via IFTTT Encephalitis, United States Politics and Government, Immune System, Brain, Elderly, Shingles (Disease), your-feed-healthcare Senator Dianne Feinstein developed this rare and potentially debilitating complication after a shingles infection.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9ydQNwu via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Vaccination and Immunization, Monkeypox, Research But the vaccine isn’t a perfect shield, the research shows, and many questions remain unanswered, including how long protection lasts.

Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fmJa8u7 via IFTTT Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Wages and Salaries, Labor and Jobs, Hospitals, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry A coalition of unions has filed an antitrust complaint with the Justice Department, accusing the Pennsylvania hospital system of suppressing wages and worsening working conditions.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vBsjiec via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Shortages, Generic Brands and Products, United States Politics and Government, Cancer, Supply Chain, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Factories and Manufacturing A worrisome scarcity of cancer drugs has heightened concerns about the troubled generic drug industry. Congress and the White House are seeking ways to address widespread supply problems.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0Hm6z5Z via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Black People, Discrimination, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Premature Babies, Income Inequality, Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, Maternal Mortality, Evolution (Biology) Tokophobia, as it’s called, is not often studied in the United States. But a new survey finds that it may be very common, particularly among Black women and in disadvantaged communities.

Health By BY EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DHfCvV9 via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Decisions and Verdicts, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Preventive Medicine, Appeals Courts (US) The action, which stayed a lower court ruling, will require health plans to fully cover preventive services while the appeals process plays out.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ur0bqYG via IFTTT Alzheimer's Disease, Genetics and Heredity, Brain, Research, your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science A man in his early 40s showed physical signs of the illness, but didn’t develop symptoms until he was nearly 70 because of a protective gene.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SVyNJTD via IFTTT your-feed-science, Menopause, Women and Girls, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Estrogen It is the first nonhormonal treatment for the menopause symptom.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9jLzXWI via IFTTT Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Blood, Discrimination, Blood Donation, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Transfusions, Sex, Shortages, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) A new screening questionnaire would apply to all potential donors.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cDuZIqf via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Sewers and Sewage, Disease Rates, States (US), your-feed-health, Medicine and Health With other virus tracking efforts winding down, wastewater data is likely to become increasing important in the months ahead, scientists say.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/K0QMPl3 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Buprenorphine (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Opioids and Opiates, Research, Race and Ethnicity, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Addiction (Psychology), Black People, Methadone, Hispanic-Americans, Minorities, Medicare, your-feed-healthcare Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ut8dnTC via IFTTT Birth Control and Family Planning, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) The agency is expected to decide this summer whether to allow the first nonprescription sales of an oral contraceptive in the United States.

Health By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZcbG4V6 via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Pancreatic Cancer, Tumors, Research, RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), Immune System, your-feed-science Using mRNA tailored to each patient’s tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Rvouea2 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Birth Control and Family Planning, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Women and Girls, Gynecology and Gynecologists, Medicine and Health, Teenagers and Adolescence, your-feed-healthcare The panel heard strong support from the company and many doctors but concern from F.D.A. scientists.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vgRr7eV via IFTTT your-feed-science, Women and Girls, Cancer, Mammography, Breast Cancer, Tests (Medical), Black People, Discrimination, Preventive Medicine, Disease Rates If you’re at average risk for breast cancer, start getting mammograms at 40 and go every two years, an influential scientific panel says. Many women were doing it anyway.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Et4ilrf via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Prostate Specific Antigen, Men and Boys, Tumors, Cancer, Surgery and Surgeons, Elderly, Age, Chronological, Prostate Gland, Preventive Medicine Most have low-risk cancers and rarely benefit from treatment, a new study finds. Actively monitoring the condition is often the best choice.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/eM5a0pF via IFTTT your-feed-science, Dogs, Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows, Breeding of Animals, Athletics and Sports, Animal Behavior, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Pets, Awards, Decorations and Honors For these canine experts, an invitation to pick the winners of the Westminster Dog Show is an honor — and a serious responsibility.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nROvhZX via IFTTT your-feed-science In an announcement on Friday, the head of the beleaguered agency said she would step down in June.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ronJt0V via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), States (US), Deaths (Fatalities), Tests (Medical), Disease Rates With the official end of the public health emergency next week, the agency will no longer report community levels of infection and will stop trying to tally every case.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sbwpOxk via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, Viruses, your-feed-healthcare The decision has little practical effect but is a significant moment in the struggle against a virus that has killed millions and upended lives throughout the world.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Vqw5ie3 via IFTTT Asphyxiation, Choking, and Suffocation, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Neck Many police departments prohibit their officers from employing the kind of neck restraints a man used in fatally subduing Jordan Neely in the New York City subway.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5GqeyXz via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Sexual Harassment, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Peter K. Ben Embarek led a contentious international investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nyjp6rb via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Deaths (Fatalities), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Native Americans, Asian-Americans, Black People Most of the deaths occurred during the early months of the year and mostly among older adults, according to new federal data.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/k7YNx0E via IFTTT Longevity, Chromosomes, Cancer, Tumors, Heart, Genetics and Heredity, Research The longer a person’s telomeres, researchers found, the greater the risk of cancer and other disorders, challenging a popular hypothesis about the chromosomal roots of vitality.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sn6G0SV via IFTTT Alzheimer's Disease, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Research, Brain Donanemab is not a cure and comes with significant side effects, but patients had longer periods of independent living while on the drug.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CqFLIkX via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Elderly, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Respiratory Diseases The shots would be the first vaccines available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands and leads to many more hospitalizations each year.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kI62GaH via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Women and Girls, Cervical Cancer, Viruses, Preventive Medicine Protection may last even longer, scientists reported. The finding may be a boon to low-income countries, where cervical cancer takes an enormous toll.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pQNPO6w via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare From 2011 to 2020, the proportion of mental health-related visits to emergency rooms by young people roughly doubled, health experts report.