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Health By Hank Sanders from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Bkv9HYK via IFTTT Telemedicine, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Doctors, Home Health Care, Videophones and Videoconferencing, Science and Technology A Texas hospital is experimenting with hologram technology for doctors to see patients. Some health care experts wonder if it’s beneficial.

Health By Carl Zimmer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8zljbOu via IFTTT Cattle, Dairy Products, Avian Influenza, Research, Viruses, your-feed-science, your-feed-animals Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin, Teddy Rosenbluth and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kw75hCZ via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Surgery and Surgeons, Breasts, Teenagers and Adolescence, Age, Chronological, Gender, Transgender, Mastectomy, Youth The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Dkil4p0 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Falsification of Data, Clinical Trials, Frauds and Swindling, Alzheimer's Disease, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at City College, published studies supporting simufilam, now in advanced clinical trials.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth and Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BpT6KLP via IFTTT your-feed-science, Decisions and Verdicts, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Law and Legislation, Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council (Supreme Court Decision), Medicine and Health, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Air Pollution, United States Politics and Government, Masks, Clean Air Act

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/crUTCv7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Elderly, Hospitals, Deaths (Fatalities), Viruses, Research, Children and Childhood As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/x3ZojQg via IFTTT Drug Abuse and Traffic, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Bankruptcies, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Decisions and Verdicts, OxyContin (Drug), Deaths (Fatalities), Opioids and Opiates, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Addiction (Psychology), Attorneys General, your-feed-healthcare Plaintiffs and the company vowed to renegotiate but the talks will be challenging after the court struck down a provision the Sacklers had insisted on in exchange for $6 billion.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Yrtox5K via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Respiratory Diseases Fewer Americans age 60 to 74 should receive the shots, the agency concluded, citing reduced risks and a possible neurological side effect.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0osyYX1 via IFTTT Age, Chronological, Transgender, United States Politics and Government, Teenagers and Adolescence, Surgery and Surgeons, Gender, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Hormones Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age minimums for surgery in minors because of concerns over political fallout.

Health By Oliver Whang from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lRtvqMb via IFTTT Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Obesity, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Government Employees, Semaglutide (Drug), Medicaid, Ozempic (Drug), Doctors Public employees in West Virginia who took the drugs lost weight and were healthier, and some are despondent that the state is canceling a program to help pay for them.

Health By Elisabeth Rosenthal from NYT Health https://ift.tt/p0gTb5k via IFTTT internal-reader-callout, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Youth, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) The New York Times and KFF Health News are looking into a dreaded “adulting” milestone: finding your own medical insurance at 26.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rEOTeMQ via IFTTT Gun Control, Surgeon General (US), your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic fatalities.

Health By Katie Thomas and Jamie Kelter Davis from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2Ky9wYW via IFTTT Veterinary Medicine, Pets, Anxiety and Stress, Grief (Emotion), Dogs, Cats, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-animals Though still rare, social workers in animal hospitals are growing in their ranks.

Health By Katie Thomas from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XHl3soq via IFTTT Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Pets, Veterinary Medicine, Private Equity, Labor and Jobs, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Tests (Medical), Dogs, Animals People have grown more attached to their pets — and more willing to spend money on them — turning animal medicine into a high-tech industry worth billions.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IFMoT7E via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Women and Girls, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Research, Developing Countries, Medicine and Health, Truvada (Drug), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare An injection given just twice a year could herald a breakthrough in protecting the population that has the highest infection rates.

Health By Rebecca Robbins, Claire Hogan, Christina Shaman and James Surdam from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Fcar1ku via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government. New York Times pharmaceutical reporter, Rebecca Robbins, explains how.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Rz8PTut via IFTTT Heat and Heat Waves, Weather, Women and Girls, Heatstroke, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SER7yQW via IFTTT Diabetes, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Income Inequality, Insulin, Medicine and Health, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Government Contracts and Procurement, Semaglutide (Drug), Ozempic (Drug), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare The shortage highlights a widening gulf in the standard of care for people with diabetes, most of whom live in low-income countries.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LyUNbYt via IFTTT Semaglutide (Drug), Obesity, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Doctors, Medicine and Health, Research ‘Obesity first’ doctors say they start with one pill, to treat obesity, and often find other chronic diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, simply vanish

Health By Stephanie Nolen and Natalija Gormalova from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Pu5h97x via IFTTT Birth Control and Family Planning, Women and Girls, Medicine and Health, Developing Countries, Politics and Government, Pregnancy and Childbirth, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Methods such as hormonal implants and injections are reaching remote areas, providing more discretion and autonomy.

Health By Jan Hoffman and Ilana Panich-Linsman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VgE5wvH via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Women and Girls, Babies and Infants, Parenting, Addiction (Psychology), Alcohol Abuse, your-feed-healthcare Many pregnant women who struggle with drugs put off prenatal care, feeling ashamed and judged. But as fatal overdoses rise, some clinics see pregnancy as an ideal time to help them confront addiction.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8FTrebu via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Law and Legislation, Caesarean Section, Hospitals, Doctors, State Legislatures, Women and Girls, Infant Mortality, Babies and Infants, Gynecology and Gynecologists A new state law will permit surgeons to perform cesarean deliveries in “advanced birth centers,” despite the risk of complications.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QiDGuVa via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Gun Control, Research, Firearms, Children and Childhood, Self-Defense Loaded guns often are not locked, even in homes where there are children, federal researchers reported.

Health By Gina Kolata and Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Qyuisxc via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Alzheimer's Disease, Brain, Memory, Leqembi (Drug), Clinical Trials, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare The modest benefits of the treatment, donanemab, made by Eli Lilly, outweigh the risks, the panel concluded unanimously.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3Im2jzb via IFTTT Smoking and Tobacco, E-Cigarettes, Teenagers and Adolescence, Politics and Government, Nicotine, Addiction (Psychology), your-feed-healthcare, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Agents from various federal agencies will focus on unauthorized candy-flavored and nicotine-laden vapes that have flooded the U.S. market from overseas.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/abMlQZy via IFTTT Retirement Communities and Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Research, Assaults, Falls, Dementia Arguments, verbal abuse and aggression are not unusual in elder care settings. Better staffing and training can ease the tensions, experts say.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/z10Ebuk via IFTTT your-feed-science, Black People, Deaths (Fatalities), Disease Rates, Cancer, Women and Girls, Income Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Breast Cancer, Research, Smoking and Tobacco, Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Diet and Nutrition, Discrimination The American Cancer Society hopes to enroll 100,000 women and follow them for three decades to discover what’s causing higher case and death rates.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4zg3AOc via IFTTT internal-reader-callout, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Addiction (Psychology), Cocaine and Crack Cocaine, Families and Family Life His marriage fell apart as his addiction to crack cocaine deepened. The Times would like to speak with families shaken by a loved one’s drug addiction.

Health By Noah Weiland and Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2eJaKNm via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Viruses, your-feed-healthcare The panel endorsed targeting a variant of the coronavirus that is now receding, though some officials suggested aiming at newer versions of the virus that have emerged in recent weeks.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/HylD6xQ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Mammals, Avian Influenza, Cattle, Birds, Viruses, Wildlife Die-Offs, Seals (Animals) and Sealing, Livestock Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EFWuBYj via IFTTT Long Covid, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Chronic Condition (Health), your-feed-healthcare, Medicine and Health The National Academies said the condition could involve up to 200 symptoms, make it difficult for people to work and last for months or years.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VXYvdQf via IFTTT Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Veterans, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Ecstasy (Drug), Mental Health and Disorders, Placebos, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, your-feed-healthcare An independent group of experts expressed concerns that the data from clinical trials did not outweigh risks for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fGoxg3z via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kidneys, Genetic Engineering, Pigs, Medical Devices, Implants, Heart, Surgery and Surgeons The organ, from a genetically modified animal, failed because of a lack of blood flow, surgeons said, but did not appear to have been rejected by the body.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/y7oLIUF via IFTTT Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Health and Disorders, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Ecstasy (Drug), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry An independent group of experts is meeting Tuesday to consider whether to allow use of this illegal drug, also known as Ecstasy, to treat PTSD.