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Health By Christina Jewett and Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sldGEMN via IFTTT your-feed-healthcare, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Research, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Fatalities), Alcohol Abuse, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), internal-storyline-no Spikes of fatalities linked to drinking that began with the Covid pandemic were not an anomaly. An estimated 178,000 people died in 2021 from similar causes.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/AYnbfS0 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Elderly, Statistics, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials Federal health officials presented data hinting at a link to Guillain-Barré syndrome, but said the connection was still uncertain.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rD193cH via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nursing Homes, Shortages, Elder Care, Labor and Jobs, Inspectors General, Protective Clothing and Gear, Vaccination and Immunization, Medicare, Medicaid, your-feed-healthcare Infection control lapses, severe staffing shortages and lowering vaccination rates have continued to plague many facilities beyond the pandemic.

Health By Benjamin Ryan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IARX2Ph via IFTTT Marijuana, Stroke, Heart, Research, your-feed-healthcare A new study analyzed several years of surveys on increases in marijuana and cannabis consumption.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kGt2wVa via IFTTT Long Covid, Memory, Intelligence and Intelligence Tests (IQ), Chronic Condition (Health), Research, Brain, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare People with long Covid symptoms scored slightly lower on a cognitive test than people who had recovered. But patients who had recovered scored as well as those who had only short-term Covid symptoms.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7SGQPMX via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Elderly, Disease Rates, Immune System, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Scientific advisers to the C.D.C. recommended boosters for Americans ages 65 and older.

Health By Benjamin Ryan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jciPRx6 via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Rates, Birth Control and Family Planning, Condoms, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sex, internal-storyline-no Some H.I.V. experts worry that the public health focus on prevention medication has accelerated a decline in condom use.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner and Ariana Drehsler from NYT Health https://ift.tt/A4IDBoe via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kawasaki Disease, Heart, Doctors, Children and Childhood, Babies and Infants, Aneurysms, Deaths (Fatalities), your-feed-healthcare For 40 years, Dr. Jane Burns has been working to find the cause of Kawasaki disease, an illness that can lead to aneurysms and heart attacks. Her work has brought together a most unlikely team.

Health By Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8Co0B1h via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Drugstores, Computer Security, E-Commerce, Hospitals, Cyberattacks and Hackers, your-feed-healthcare For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SdiXIYQ via IFTTT Medical Devices, Waste Materials and Disposal, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Recycling of Waste Materials, Insulin, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Plastics, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, your-feed-healthcare For eco-conscious consumers of personal medical devices, recycling options are limited. Some companies are trying to change that.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/anDPQfv via IFTTT Medical Devices, Waste Materials and Disposal, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Recycling of Waste Materials, Insulin, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Plastics, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, your-feed-healthcare For eco-conscious consumers of personal medical devices, recycling options are limited. Some companies are trying to change that.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BxmOuWo via IFTTT Recycling of Waste Materials, Medical Devices, Waste Materials and Disposal, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Asthma, Containers and Packaging, Sustainable Living, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, your-feed-healthcare Inhalers, EpiPens, home tests for flu or Covid, mouth guards. They accumulate in our homes, and recycling methods and advice can be tricky to pin down.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VtGu4MT via IFTTT your-feed-science, Allergies, Food, Peanuts, Children and Childhood, Research, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Immune System, Eggs, Milk, Clinical Trials Xolair cuts the risk of dangerous reactions after exposure to minute amounts of allergens, researchers reported. But children taking it still must avoid risky foods.

Health By Noah Weiland and Desiree Rios from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LpjGIdw via IFTTT your-feed-science, Medicaid, Poverty, Children and Childhood The end of a pandemic-era policy that barred states from pushing people off Medicaid is threatening the financial stability of the U.S. safety net.

Health By Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/UlJRneg via IFTTT Embryos (Human), Decisions and Verdicts, Supreme Courts (State), In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility The decision means I.V.F. patients who want to transfer frozen embryos to another state may not be able to do so.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/aT2yfI7 via IFTTT Disease Rates, Deaths (Fatalities), Defense and Military Forces, Civilian Casualties, Epidemics Even under the most optimistic scenario, an immediate cease-fire, an additional 6,500 Gazans could perish, scientists estimated.

Health By Christina Jewett and Benjamin Mueller from NYT Health https://ift.tt/A2WHBOQ via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Attorneys General, Asthma, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Allergies, your-feed-healthcare The A.G., Letitia James, called on the F.D.A. to redouble efforts to alert doctors about potential side effects of Singulair and to consider discouraging use of the drug for children.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi and Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XoDGdIq via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Decisions and Verdicts, Abortion, Embryos (Human), In Vitro Fertilization, Law and Legislation, Supreme Courts (State), Infertility, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Reproduction (Biological), Pregnancy and Childbirth The clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yqovsmw via IFTTT Medicine and Health, United States Politics and Government, Polls and Public Opinion, Menthol, Research As public health groups pressure the Biden administration to impose a ban on menthol cigarettes, research suggests similar moves in other countries have led to lower smoking rates.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6rp3dxv via IFTTT Abortion, Law and Legislation, States (US), Mifeprex (RU-486), Abortion Drugs, Women and Girls, Telemedicine, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Conservatism (US Politics), State Legislatures, Attorneys General Doctors in six states where abortion is legal are using new laws to send abortion pills to tens of thousands of women in states where it is illegal.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XMao7BF via IFTTT your-feed-science, Decisions and Verdicts, Supreme Courts (State), Abortion, Law and Legislation, Embryos (Human), States (US), In Vitro Fertilization, State Legislatures, Infertility, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Suits and Litigation (Civil), your-feed-healthcare A ruling by the state’s Supreme Court could change common practices at fertility clinics in the state and possibly nationwide.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WQ52g3I via IFTTT Disease Rates, Deaths (Fatalities), Defense and Military Forces, Civilian Casualties, Epidemics Even under the most optimistic scenario, an immediate cease-fire, an additional 6,500 Gazans could perish, scientists estimated.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/muwrboa via IFTTT Research, Chronic Condition (Health), Immune System, Long Covid, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Infections N.I.H. researchers found notable differences between the immune systems and other physiological functions of patients with ME/CFS and those of healthy patients.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin and Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sTCSyxa via IFTTT Decisions and Verdicts, Abortion, Embryos (Human), Law and Legislation, Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization, Supreme Courts (State), Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision), Pregnancy and Childbirth Frozen embryos in test tubes must be considered children, judges ruled. The White House called it a predictable consequence of the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DnbNWRj via IFTTT Elderly, Age, Chronological, Research, Nursing Homes, Discrimination, Dementia, Depression (Mental), Mental Health and Disorders, Elder Care A society in which members of different generations do not interact “is a dangerous experiment,” said one researcher.

Health By Lola Fadulu from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OysJHFn via IFTTT Exercise, Weight, Podcasts, Water, Eating Disorders, Psychology and Psychologists, Diet and Nutrition Thousands of people each year partake in the 75-day program meant to build “mental toughness,” according to its creator, but health experts caution the program may be too rigid and intense.

Health By Matt Richtel from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hkIPzHg via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Youth, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Mental Health and Disorders, Medicaid, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Brain, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Sedatives, Teenagers and Adolescence Polypharmacy, a prescribing practice that some experts warn can be unsafe, is becoming more commonplace.

Health By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8EPKcdt via IFTTT Consultants, Breastfeeding, Parenting, Teeth and Dentistry Mothers have complained that Melanie Henstrom, a lactation consultant in Boise, Idaho, pressured them to get their babies’ tongues lasered by a dentist.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/U4QsD5m via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Abortion, Abortion Drugs, Mifeprex (RU-486), Research, Telemedicine Researchers analyzed the experiences of more than 6,000 women and found the method to be 98 percent effective and safe for 99 percent of patients.

Health By Sarah Kliff and Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tmo9edy via IFTTT In Vitro Fertilization, Fertility Drugs, Infertility, Content Type: Service, your-feed-healthcare Tell us about your IVF experience.

Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BlE8zfF via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, your-feed-animals, Rodents, Pets, Bacteria, Cats, Plague, Infections, Fleas, Rats, Fever, Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic System, Bubonic Plague Human cases are rare in the United States, but in some Western areas cats that hunt rodents can become infected — and even pass on the disease to their owners.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ACGjw4q via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Children and Childhood, Babies and Infants, Clinical Trials, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Premature Babies, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Drugstores Doctors and pharmacists seem to be confused by the guidelines. And the brand names aren’t helping.

Health By Jesus Jiménez from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7m8NRYc via IFTTT Deaths (Fatalities), Tests (Medical), Viruses Alaska state health officials said that a man died last month of the virus, which occurs mostly in small mammals and causes lesions. There have been seven reported human cases since 2015.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Rk1wQBp via IFTTT your-feed-science, Quarantines, Disease Rates, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Masks, Deaths (Fatalities), Epidemics, Influenza Americans may be advised that it’s safe to return to regular routines after one day without a fever.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ZIg5Qu via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Diabetes, Women and Girls, Heart, Children and Childhood, Weight, Cholesterol, Tests (Medical), Preeclampsia, Hypertension, Blood Pressure Pregnant women with diabetes or high blood pressure have children who are more likely to develop signs of heart trouble years later, new research finds.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Xrap4vD via IFTTT Dengue Fever, Disease Rates, Medicine and Health, Mosquitoes, Vaccination and Immunization Record numbers of cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported in the Southern Hemisphere summer, and the surge is likely to move north.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rW9lptA via IFTTT Memory, Classified Information and State Secrets, United States Politics and Government, Dementia A federal investigator said that President Biden had “poor memory” and “diminished faculties.” But such a diagnosis would require close medical assessment, experts said.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2LkW8Ix via IFTTT Abortion, Decisions and Verdicts, Abortion Drugs, Mifeprex (RU-486), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Conflicts of Interest, Research, Federal Courts (US), Courts and the Judiciary, Medicine and Health, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) The journal found that the studies, which had suggested that medication abortion is unsafe, included incorrect factual assumptions and misleading presentation of the data.

Health By Sam Roberts from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Elna3di via IFTTT Disabilities, Deaths (Obituaries), Paralysis One of the first quadriplegic Harvard graduates, she became an author, professor and powerful voice for disabled people.

Health By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas from NYT Health https://ift.tt/S04E9IU via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Catheters, Medicare, Elderly, Forgery, Frauds and Swindling Seven medical supply companies made suspicious claims involving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, an advocacy group found.

Health By Benjamin Ryan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fpH6lgA via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Rates, Privacy, States (US), Tests (Medical), Viruses, Medicine and Health Since 2018, the agency has mandated tracking the genetic signatures of viruses collected from people with H.I.V., a practice known as molecular surveillance.

Health By Matt Richtel from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BfOk4oi via IFTTT Eating Disorders, Weight, Mental Health and Disorders, Teenagers and Adolescence, Diet and Nutrition, Anorexia Nervosa, Men and Boys, Exercise, your-feed-health, your-feed-science For the longest time, researchers focused on diagnosing and treating girls, but that is changing.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/myqY2W4 via IFTTT Discrimination, Transgender, Law and Legislation, Teenagers and Adolescence, Cyberharassment, your-feed-healthcare The survey reflects the life experiences of more than 92,000 transgender and nonbinary Americans.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JZnxgiW via IFTTT your-feed-science, Illegal Immigration, Solitary Confinement, Asylum, Right of, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Immigration Detention, Torture, Mental Health and Disorders, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Freedom of Information Act, United States Politics and Government A new report based on records from the Trump and Biden years found the average length of solitary detainment was longer than the duration the U.N. says can constitute torture.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9FLsAHY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Research, Immune System, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Arms (Body Part), Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic System, Antibodies Receiving multidose vaccinations in both arms, instead of just one, may increase the immune response, new research suggests.

Health By Jennifer Miller from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FKiLeYX via IFTTT internal-storyline-no, your-feed-health, your-feed-science, Mental Health and Disorders, Organizations, Societies and Clubs, Anxiety and Stress, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Education (K-12), Depression (Mental), Education (Secondary), Teenagers and Adolescence With the number of adolescents struggling with mental health rising, student-led clubs have come to provide support amid a dearth of resources.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BOYKt68 via IFTTT Cancer, Prostate Gland, Tests (Medical), your-feed-science, your-feed-health While Buckingham Palace released little information on Charles’s diagnosis, some cancer experts not involved in his care have seen the illness detected during other routine medical procedures.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oHQmJby via IFTTT your-feed-science, Black People, Research, Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings, Sleep, Medicine and Health, Whites, your-feed-healthcare Black people in the U.S. were far more likely to report harmfully low sleep in the months after a killing compared with white people surveyed during that time.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wsPxrEF via IFTTT Blood Pressure, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Research, Obesity, Weight The patients used tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro or Zepbound, but researchers could not distinguish the effect of the drug from the effects of weight loss.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/t4Z90uk via IFTTT Rap and Hip-Hop, Pop and Rock Music, Mental Health and Disorders, Anxiety and Stress, Depression (Mental), Music, Grief (Emotion) Pop stars are increasingly incorporating references to therapy and mental illness in their lyrics.