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Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/s1ktvCQ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Breast Cancer, Women and Girls, Disease Rates, Mammography, Cancer, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Age, Chronological, Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms, Preventive Medicine Some researchers said the advice did not go far enough. The panel also declined to recommend extra scans for women with dense breast tissue.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nTChQbR via IFTTT Compensation for Damages (Law), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Recalls and Bans of Products, Apnea (Sleep Disorder) Thousands of people with sleep apnea and other illnesses had sued the company, claiming flawed devices were harming them.

Health By Matt Richtel from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QGOyAhL via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Exercise, Mental Health and Disorders, Teenagers and Adolescence, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Running, Depression (Mental), Anxiety and Stress A new study bolsters existing research suggesting that exercise can protect against anxiety, depression and attention challenges.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Z3seofB via IFTTT Hepatitis, Disease Rates, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health, Infections, Prisons and Prisoners, Tests (Drug Use), your-feed-healthcare Despite an arsenal of drugs, many Americans are still unaware of their infections until it’s too late. A Biden initiative languishes without Congressional approval.

Health By Noah Weiland and Benjamin Mueller from NYT Health https://ift.tt/e3S0cRm via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Avian Influenza, Milk, Disease Rates, Infant Formulas, Cattle, Viruses, Dairy Products, Livestock The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain of.

Health By Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0xr51lw via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Recalls and Bans of Products, Smoking and Tobacco The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s weak support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5MC03zY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Rates, Spas, Face, Infections, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Medicine and Health, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes The women underwent the cosmetic procedure at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico.

Health By Emily Anthes and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cnZhwfr via IFTTT Avian Influenza, Milk, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Supply Chain, Food, Shopping and Retail, Viruses There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread.

Health By Penelope Green from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DXYaoFh via IFTTT Pregnancy and Childbirth, Deaths (Obituaries), Parenting, Babies and Infants As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/NsUIK8e via IFTTT Urinary Tract, Antibiotics, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Drug Resistance (Microbial), Infections, Bacteria, Women and Girls, your-feed-healthcare Pivmecillinam, which has been used in Europe for decades, will become available next year to women 18 and older.

Health By Noah Weiland, Benjamin Mueller and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8UbWFe9 via IFTTT Avian Influenza, Federal-State Relations (US), Tests (Medical), Agriculture and Farming, United States Politics and Government, Dairy Products, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Viruses, Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare Since a new form of bird flu arrived in 2022, federal officials have sought to reassure Americans that the threat to the public remained low.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wpPFDqZ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kidneys, Genetic Engineering, Medical Devices, Implants, Surgery and Surgeons, Doctors, Transplants NYU Langone Health surgeons performed the transplant after implanting a mechanical heart pump in the severely ill patient.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KEdPh2x via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Disease Rates, Cattle, Agriculture and Farming, Dairy Products, Viruses, Milk, Livestock Diseases A single spillover, from a bird to a cow, led to the infections, a review of genetic data has found.

Health By Emily Anthes, Apoorva Mandavilli and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EZ986M2 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Milk, Agriculture and Farming, Cattle, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Dairy Products The milk poses virtually no risk to consumers, experts said. But the finding suggests that the outbreak in dairy cows is wider than has been known.

Health By Pam Belluck and Emma G. Fitzsimmons from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Lbj6xAN via IFTTT Abortion, Law and Legislation, United States Politics and Government Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers.

Health By Adam Nossiter from NYT Health https://ift.tt/t8GSPM5 via IFTTT Epidemics, Disease Rates, Ebola Virus, Smallpox, Malaria, Deaths (Obituaries) Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like smallpox, malaria and Guinea worm.

Health By Richard Sandomir from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jFqr3zZ via IFTTT Conjoined Twins, Twins, Longevity, Transgender, Spina Bifida, Disabilities, Deaths (Obituaries) They were distinct people who pursued different lives. “Get past this already, everybody,” Lori said, “get past it and learn to know the individual person.”

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/piJy0zE via IFTTT Avian Influenza, Foxes, Deaths (Fatalities), Beaches, Fish and Other Marine Life, Disease Rates, Mammals, Agriculture and Farming, Birds, Animals, Poultry, Viruses, Wildlife Die-Offs, Pigs, Influenza, Cattle, Swine Influenza, your-feed-science, your-feed-health H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XLvuWBZ via IFTTT Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Mortgages, Elderly, Home Equity Loans, Banking and Financial Institutions, Income Inequality, Interest Rates, Black People, Minorities, Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Personal Finances, Retirement Homeownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qUWYV1K via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Tests (Medical), Agriculture and Farming, Federal-State Relations (US), Disease Rates, Dairy Products, Veterinary Medicine, Research, Animals, Poultry, Birds, Viruses, Livestock Diseases, Pigs, Cattle, Influenza, Milk Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was never confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may require a reassessment.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FJvVxis via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare Among those with substance use disorders who have been referred to child welfare, less than half received medication or counseling.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FShuEdz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Breast Cancer, Tests (Medical), Mammography, Women and Girls, Medicare, Disease Rates, Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms, Cancer, Tumors, Preventive Medicine Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hr8YEGm via IFTTT Youth, Teenagers and Adolescence, Gender, Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Hormones, Transgender, your-feed-healthcare The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/brajTMo via IFTTT Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Vaccination and Immunization, Developing Countries, Cervical Cancer, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Women and Girls, Medicine and Health, Teenagers and Adolescence, Children and Childhood, Gardasil (Vaccine) The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year.

Health By Carl Zimmer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PGnfQ4K via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), International Relations, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Protective Clothing and Gear, your-feed-healthcare After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IRxwiB4 via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Buttocks, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Disease Rates, Transgender, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/i5dw7Bl via IFTTT Sleep, Obesity, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Weight The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.

Health By Clay Risen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sKyrijP via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Doctors, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Witnesses, Vioxx (Drug), Suits and Litigation (Civil) His testimony as an expert witness in some 600 trials helped plaintiffs win billions of dollars in cases involving malfeasance by pharmaceutical makers.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WjOt3IX via IFTTT United States International Relations, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Factories and Manufacturing, United States Politics and Government, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cystic Fibrosis, Cancer, Supply Chain, Intellectual Property, Shortages, Government Contracts and Procurement, Labor and Jobs, Start-ups, Leukemia, Research, Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions Lawmakers raising national security concerns and seeking to disconnect a major Chinese firm from U.S. pharmaceutical interests have rattled the biotech industry. The firm is deeply involved in development and manufacturing of crucial therapies for cancer, cystic fibrosis, H.I.V. and other illnesses.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CMgEXIH via IFTTT Opioids and Opiates, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Conflicts of Interest, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Science and Technology, Endowments, OxyContin (Drug) Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller.

Health By Katie Thomas from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2cwQMkE via IFTTT Pets, Content Type: Service, Animals, Veterinary Medicine, Health Insurance and Managed Care, your-feed-healthcare, internal-reader-callout We want to hear from pet owners about their experiences taking their animals to the vet, and how they paid for their animals’ care.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Vnp4AUM via IFTTT Dengue Fever, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Clinical Trials, Deaths (Fatalities), Medicine and Health, Global Warming, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Infections, your-feed-healthcare A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zviNJs6 via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Disasters and Emergencies, Cholera, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gWPUH6N via IFTTT your-feed-science, Illegal Immigration, Border Barriers, Immigration and Emigration, Immigration Shelters, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Volunteers and Community Service The campsite, run by a 22-year-old volunteer, became a first stop for people seeking food, water and warmth as they waited to be apprehended by border authorities.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mJAKLMr via IFTTT Abortion, Law and Legislation, Decisions and Verdicts, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Supreme Courts (State), Midwives and Doulas, Doctors, Women's Rights, your-feed-healthcare The state’s Supreme Court ruled that the 1864 law is enforceable today. Here is what led to its enactment.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jb9q1uS via IFTTT Teenagers and Adolescence, Youth, Medicine and Health, Politics and Government, Mental Health and Disorders, Children and Childhood, Research, Health Insurance and Managed Care, your-feed-healthcare Five European countries have recently restricted hormone treatments for adolescents with gender distress. They have not banned the care, unlike many U.S. states.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DSUJITd via IFTTT Eyeglasses, Eyes and Eyesight, Research, Labor and Jobs, Developing Countries, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), your-feed-healthcare A study found that when older workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qtONZb7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Research, Birds, Geese, Animals, Urban Areas, Viruses A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VOboNZk via IFTTT your-feed-science, Labeling and Labels (Product), Alcoholic Beverages, International Trade and World Market, Medicine and Health, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Liquor, Cancer, Beverages, your-feed-healthcare Ireland will require them starting in 2026, and there are nascent efforts elsewhere to add more explicit labeling about the health risks of drinking.

Health By Joanne Silberner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oBbLCAe via IFTTT Touch (Sense), Research, Babies and Infants, Hugging, Premature Babies, Mental Health and Disorders, Medicine and Health, Skin, your-feed-healthcare Premature babies especially benefited from skin-to-skin contact, and women tended to respond more strongly than men did.

Health By Matt Richtel from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WPFtiz3 via IFTTT Drug Abuse and Traffic, Nicotine, Teenagers and Adolescence, Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Youth Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4WhpZ62 via IFTTT Avian Influenza, Vaccination and Immunization, Influenza Unlike the coronavirus, the H5N1 virus has been studied for years. Vaccines and treatments are available should they ever become necessary.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ntkGfDq via IFTTT Eyeglasses, Eyes and Eyesight, Research, Labor and Jobs, Developing Countries, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), your-feed-healthcare A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Fak0ROx via IFTTT Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Corporations, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Brain, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Results of a large clinical trial found the treatment did not work any better than a placebo.

Health By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/L4X1CxJ via IFTTT Avian Influenza, Cattle, Dairy Products, Livestock Diseases, Disease Rates, Agriculture and Farming, Mammals, Birds The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds.

Health By Ted Alcorn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ntHG9Yh via IFTTT your-feed-science, Surgery and Surgeons, Doctors, Transplants, Liver, Organ Donation, Blood, Lungs, Heart, Medical Devices Perfusion keeps a donated organ alive outside the body, giving surgeons extra time and increasing the number of transplants possible.

Health By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VskwiGf via IFTTT Avian Influenza, Cattle, Agriculture and Farming, Mammals, Dairy Products, Birds, Viruses, Influenza, Livestock Diseases The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds.

Health By Emma Goldberg from NYT Health https://ift.tt/K8Zf3lm via IFTTT your-feed-science, Hospitals, Pelvis, Medicare, Medicine and Health, Privacy In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn’t comply.