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Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vwhFOj1 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Birth Rates, Parenting, Presidential Election of 2024, Conservatism (US Politics), Family Leaves, Baby Boomers, Population It’s probably not selfishness, experts say. Even young adults who want children see an increasing number of obstacles.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6hKRIwb via IFTTT Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Blood, Tests (Medical), Colonoscopy, your-feed-science While not a perfect alternative to colonoscopies, experts hope the test could lead to more people getting screened for colorectal cancers.

Health By Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iS8hEJg via IFTTT Breastfeeding, Tongue, Babies and Infants, your-feed-healthcare, Surgery and Surgeons In a new report, the American Academy of Pediatrics said that breastfeeding problems were rarely caused by infant tongue-ties.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DFPRe2d via IFTTT Tests (Medical), Blood, Memory, Alzheimer's Disease, Research, Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT Scans), Dementia, Brain, Clinical Trials, Doctors, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare It was much more accurate than primary care doctors using cognitive tests and CT scans. The findings could speed the quest for an affordable and accessible way to diagnose patients with memory problems.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/98IZXrw via IFTTT History (Academic Subject), Sailboats and Sailing, Disease Rates, Research, Epidemics, Deaths (Fatalities), Smallpox, Mathematics, Measles, Influenza In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned themselves out before boats reached shore, a new study finds.

Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Hd4N0Xx via IFTTT your-feed-science, Wildlife Die-Offs, Rabies, Seals (Animals) and Sealing, your-feed-health, Viruses, Animal Attacks The outbreak may be the first ever documented in marine mammals.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rAIJEB2 via IFTTT Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Breasts, Research, Deaths (Fatalities) A large study showed that for most patients, having both breasts removed after cancer was detected in one made no difference.

Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XUwFAc1 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Agriculture and Farming, Milk, Dairy Products, Cattle, Viruses, your-feed-health A new study paints a complex picture of the outbreak, suggesting that the virus could be spreading in multiple ways and that it is not always mild in cows.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tMWkEJh via IFTTT Progeria, Genetic Engineering, Clinical Trials, Crispr (DNA), Research, Genetics and Heredity Progress in the quest to help progeria patients suggests that gene editing techniques may help treat other ultrarare conditions.

Health By Emily Schmall from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yB8Czpx via IFTTT Food Contamination and Poisoning, Deaths (Fatalities), Bacteria, Meat, Listeria Monocytogenes The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 28 people had been hospitalized with listeria infections across a dozen states.

Health By Emily Anthes and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cXwEC9k via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Agriculture and Farming, Disease Rates, Avian Influenza, Chickens, Cattle, Poultry Officials found no evidence of silent infections in 35 Michigan dairy workers, but experts noted that much more data was necessary.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1uGUbcJ via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Workplace Environment, Labor and Jobs, Work-Life Balance, Elderly, Politics and Government, Personal Finances, Retirement, Executives and Management (Theory) Researchers are only beginning to understand why some people embrace retirement while others won’t even consider it.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dV73njK via IFTTT Weight, Obesity, Semaglutide (Drug), Ozempic (Drug), Research As patients consider drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro to treat obesity, experts say the choices are not so simple.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xgpP6fk via IFTTT your-feed-science, Appointments and Executive Changes, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Alzheimer's Disease, Falsification of Data, Research, Academic and Scientific Journals, Securities and Commodities Violations The chief executive and a lead scientist stepped down weeks after a federal grand jury filed fraud charges against a research collaborator.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xXMpFAm via IFTTT your-feed-science, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Research, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Disease Rates, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Gonorrhea, Antibiotics, Chlamydia, Syphilis, Preventive Medicine A common antibiotic, doxycycline, greatly reduced cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia when taken every day, a study found.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ps7lVDa via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Disease Rates, Research, Long Covid A new study adds to evidence that the shots can reduce the chances of developing one of the most dreaded consequences of Covid.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cw9znUF via IFTTT Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Brain, Psychology and Psychologists, Research, Mental Health and Disorders A small new study shows reactions in the brain in people who were given psilocybin in a controlled setting.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/69MJCSs via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Research, Mental Health and Disorders, Psychology and Psychologists, Depression (Mental), Teenagers and Adolescence, Youth, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science A study of more than a million Danes found that frequent moves in childhood had a bigger effect than poverty on adult mental health risk.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yYxU8pH via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Disease Rates, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Avian Influenza, Workplace Environment, Agriculture and Farming, Respiratory Diseases, Tests and Examinations, Influenza Even as the H5N1 virus evolves, gaps remain in the nation’s contingency plans for human testing, scientists say.

Health By Sarah Kliff, Claire Hogan and James Surdam from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4Gy9ENx via IFTTT Stem Cells, Parenting, Blood, Pregnancy and Childbirth Some families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future for them. But Sarah Kliff, an investigative health care reporter for The New York Times, explains that the cells are rarely useful and are sometimes contaminated.

Health By Sarah Kliff and Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/S7aF904 via IFTTT Blood, Clinical Trials, Hospitals, Babies and Infants, Autism, Advertising and Marketing, Stem Cells, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Blood Donation, Parenting, Transplants, your-feed-healthcare Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0DCEZXB via IFTTT Social Media, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Child Abuse and Neglect, Children and Childhood, Psychology and Psychologists, Mental Health and Disorders, Parenting, Families and Family Life, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Encouraged on social media, many Americans are estranging themselves from their families as a therapeutic step.

Health By Sarah Kliff and Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jz7kXlK via IFTTT Embryos (Human), Content Type: Service, Families and Family Life, your-feed-healthcare, Fertility Drugs We’re reporting on the challenges that fertility clinics face as they store a growing number of frozen embryos.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OX5WxzT via IFTTT your-feed-science, Race and Ethnicity, Babies and Infants, Discrimination, Hospitals, Whites, Infant Mortality, Skin, Black People, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Tests and Examinations The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment.

Health By Jordan Rau from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qCxSYKM via IFTTT Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Labor and Jobs, Nursing and Nurses, Elderly, Retirement Communities and Assisted Living, Medicaid, Bed Sores The Biden administration set stringent new federal staffing rules. But for years, nursing homes have failed to meet the toughest standards set by states.

Health By Jordan Rau from NYT Health https://ift.tt/q95HUxO via IFTTT Elder Care, Nursing Homes, Content Type: Service, Elderly, Medicare, Labor and Jobs, Nursing and Nurses, Medicaid, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Nonprofit Organizations Here are the telltale signs to look for in nursing homes to avoid, and resources that can point to better places.

Health By Jordan Rau and Holly K. Hacker from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yafRpsv via IFTTT Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Nursing and Nurses More than a million public records were used to assess whether nursing homes were meeting state staffing minimums.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9lz74Qi via IFTTT your-feed-science, Artificial Intelligence, Doctors, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Insurance, Letters, Electronic Health Records, Medicine and Health As health plans increasingly rely on technology to deny treatment, physicians are fighting back with chatbots that synthesize research and make the case.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pU1f7Z5 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Opioids and Opiates, States (US), Compensation for Damages (Law), OxyContin (Drug), Liability for Products, your-feed-healthcare Legal maneuverings followed a Supreme Court ruling last month that denied the Sackler family immunity from liability over its role in the opioid crisis.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mJMElgO via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kidneys, Genetic Engineering, Pigs, Doctors, Transplants, Surgery and Surgeons Lisa Pisano, 54, lived with the organ for 47 days. She was the first patient to receive both a heart pump and an organ transplant, doctors said.

Health By Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KCvSNzp via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Drugstores, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, United States Politics and Government In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fRPTSnM via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Autism, Microbiology, Digestive Tract, Bacteria, Tests (Medical) The research, which builds on previous work, eventually may lead to a more objective diagnostic tool, scientists said.

Health By Kang-Chun Cheng and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Z1mbvWI via IFTTT vis-photo, Water Pollution, Kidneys, Water, Global Warming, Agriculture and Farming, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Pesticides, Men and Boys, Medicine and Health, Dialysis, Diet and Nutrition, Poverty, Pollution, Wells Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1WFc6vG via IFTTT Brain, Organ Donation, Medical Schools, Elderly, Content Type: Service, Cadavers, Anatomy and Physiology Many Americans plan to donate their organs for transplants or their bodies for medical science. Few realize that there’s a growing need for their brains, too.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/T5QOBVU via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Malaria, Children and Childhood, Philanthropy, Clinical Trials, Medicine and Health, Deaths (Fatalities), Factories and Manufacturing, Tuberculosis, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Developing Countries, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare After years of delay, millions of malaria vaccines are being supplied to children in Africa. Tens of thousands died waiting.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/YsInoUj via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Alzheimer's Disease, Brain, Memory, Leqembi (Drug), Clinical Trials, Placebos, Dementia, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare The drug, Kisunla, made by Eli Lilly, is the latest in a new class of treatments that could modestly slow cognitive decline in initial stages of the disease but also carry safety risks.