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Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kUq2ov4 via IFTTT Federal-State Relations (US), Abortion, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Law and Legislation, States (US), Religion-State Relations, Hospitals, Emergency Medical Treatment The state said that despite a doctor’s recommendation and state law, a Catholic hospital declined to provide an abortion because fetal heart tones were present.

Health By Hank Sanders from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8IN95qE via IFTTT Bats, Vaccination and Immunization, Rabies, Animal Behavior The death, which was reported on Friday, is only the fifth fatal human rabies case in Minnesota since 1975, health officials said.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4EaYVN5 via IFTTT Pets, Deaths (Fatalities), Animals, Law and Legislation, Elderly, Content Type: Service, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Wills and Estates, Veterinary Medicine, your-feed-health A pet trust designates a new guardian for companion animals and sets aside funds for their care. Better yet, it’s legally binding.

Health By Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fvlFPjS via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, United States Politics and Government, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Presidential Election of 2024, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Medicare Advantage Federal regulators spent billions of dollars to avoid a spike in costs for older Americans that could have been politically damaging to the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7SKBM1m via IFTTT your-feed-science, Birth Defects, Multiple Births, Twins, Babies and Infants, In Vitro Fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Reproduction (Biological), Infertility, Sperm, Embryos (Human) The birth defects were more likely, but still very uncommon, in infants conceived through certain fertility treatments, a large study found.

Health By Ellen Barry and Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kQEfvON via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Schizophrenia, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Psychology and Psychologists, Clinical Trials, Weight, Dopamine, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Research Available antipsychotic treatments work by blocking dopamine receptors. The new drug, Cobenfy, takes a different approach.

Health By Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9WskXgI via IFTTT Hospitals, Whistle-Blowers, Federal-State Relations (US), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Nursing and Nurses, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, your-feed-healthcare The F.B.I. is also investigating the large chain of psychiatric hospitals for holding patients longer than what is medically necessary.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ECTmF4X via IFTTT Antibiotics, Poverty, Deaths (Fatalities), Developing Countries, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Shortages, Medicine and Health, Drug Resistance (Microbial), Infections International health experts have begun to shift their focus to try to provide access to basic drugs in countries where preventable deaths from infections occur too frequently.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/l8RorWb via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Conflicts of Interest, Medical Devices, Inspectors General, United States Politics and Government A top medical device regulator’s work overlapped at times with his wife’s legal representation of clients with business before the agency.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/V601gqN via IFTTT your-feed-science, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Doctors, Hospitals, Privacy, ChatGPT, Medicine and Health Overwhelmed by queries, physicians are turning to artificial intelligence to correspond with patients. Many have no clue that the replies are software-generated.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mj5OBPE via IFTTT your-feed-science, Mosquitoes, Disease Rates, Encephalitis, Dengue Fever, Global Warming, Epidemics, Summer (Season), Viruses From Covid to dengue, viral outbreaks seemed to be popping up all over. But maybe Americans are just more attuned to threats now.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5BVshKR via IFTTT Influenza, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) The F.D.A. authorized AstraZeneca’s treatment to be given outside a health care setting, although it will still need a prescription.

Health By Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ll4nHVQ via IFTTT Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Presidential Election of 2024, Drugstores, Insulin, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry The case takes aim at the major pharmacy benefit managers, agency officials said, claiming that they favored more expensive insulin products and forced patients to pay more.

Health By Gina Kolata and Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5iF0ovk via IFTTT Lasker Awards, Semaglutide (Drug), Ozempic (Drug), Obesity, Research, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Immune System Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to stop H.I.V. and for immune system discoveries.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Qx3ilLe via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Medicine and Health, Rumors and Misinformation, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Conspiracy Theories, your-feed-healthcare Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long voiced doubts about vaccine safety, has hopes of influencing federal health policy. Could he finally get the chance?

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iM7raHX via IFTTT your-feed-science, Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Alcoholic Beverages, Deaths (Fatalities), Breast Cancer, Cancer, Digestive Tract, Esophageal Cancer, Heart, Research, Wines, Head and Neck Cancer, Breasts, Estrogen, Colon Scientists continue to rethink the idea that moderate drinking offers health benefits.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/l8DBiOY via IFTTT Brain, Research, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Parenting, Hormones, Women and Girls, your-feed-science As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with and care for their babies.

Health By Gina Kolata and Kenny Holston from NYT Health https://ift.tt/C9iW17G via IFTTT Sickle Cell Anemia, Genetic Engineering, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Kendric Cromer, 12, is among the first patients to be treated with gene therapy just approved by the F.D.A. that many other patients face obstacles to receiving.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pqTJ98m via IFTTT Research, Elderly, Dementia, Heart, Surgery and Surgeons, Spine (Body Part), Pain Some treatments and procedures become routine despite lacking strong evidence to show that they’re beneficial. Recent studies have called a few into question.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gRQnfqX via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Monkeypox, Epidemics, Government Contracts and Procurement, Developing Countries, Medicine and Health The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.

Health By Christina Jewett and Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tpwc57l via IFTTT Shutdowns (Institutional), Deaths (Fatalities), Food Contamination and Poisoning, Labor and Jobs, Listeria Monocytogenes, Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses The company said that the site would close indefinitely and that it would permanently stop making liverwurst. Union officials said the plant’s 500 workers would be given severance and offered relocation.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OtLACPe via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Poisoning and Poisons, Cinnamon (Spice), Food Contamination and Poisoning, Lead, Recalls and Bans of Products, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Food, United States Politics and Government, Baby Foods Consumer Reports found lead in a variety of products, at a time when federal regulators are seeking authority from Congress to combat the problem of heavy metals in foods.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rXGE8Wc via IFTTT your-feed-science, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Rumors and Misinformation, ChatGPT, Search Engines, Doctors, Polls and Public Opinion Americans are already turning to A.I. for health information in large numbers, new research suggests.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uQg0fFW via IFTTT Cholera, Disease Rates, Deaths (Fatalities), Vaccination and Immunization, Epidemics, Poverty, Water Pollution, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said.

Health By Christina Jewett and Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gr8lqNk via IFTTT Food Contamination and Poisoning, Deaths (Fatalities), Bacteria, Food, Recalls and Bans of Products, Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses, Mold, Meat, Listeria Monocytogenes U.S. inspectors listed serious problems in 2022 that could have resulted in strict measures like a pause in production. But the plant continued operating, and some conditions persisted.

Health By Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ctq14dT via IFTTT your-feed-science, Black People, Income Inequality, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Girls, Caesarean Section, Health Insurance and Managed Care, your-feed-healthcare, Hospitals, Surgery and Surgeons Healthy Black women with low risk factors were far more likely to get C-sections than white women with similar medical histories, a large new study found.

Health By Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/B8gI6UT via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Malpractice, Fentanyl, Infertility, Nursing and Nurses, your-feed-healthcare Patients received “substantial” payments, their lawyers said, and the clinic agreed to staffing changes.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/YvDV68T via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Brain, Research, Quarantines, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Teenagers and Adolescence, Women and Girls, Anxiety and Stress, Depression (Mental) Neuroimaging found girls experienced cortical thinning far faster than boys did during the first year of Covid lockdowns.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Juan Arredondo from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kFUM6rz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Disease Rates, Livestock, Poultry, Animals, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Hygiene and Cleanliness, Shopping and Retail, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Epidemics, Medicine and Health, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses, Birds, Feces, Viruses, Pollution, Livestock Diseases Urban wet markets are fertile grounds for viral transmission, experts say. Outbreaks of bird flu have already occurred.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XKvjfgl via IFTTT your-feed-science, Prisons and Prisoners, Buprenorphine (Drug), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Opioids and Opiates, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-healthcare A sheriff fought to give prisoners addicted to opioids a shot that suppresses cravings for a month. Upon release, they were more likely to continue treatment.

Health By Matt Richtel from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0drxfVj via IFTTT Books and Literature, Opioids and Opiates, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Buprenorphine (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Therapy and Rehabilitation, Writing and Writers, Addiction (Psychology), Teeth and Dentistry, Cocaine and Crack Cocaine, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare William Cope Moyers told the world he had it all figured out after beating his addiction to crack cocaine. But then a dentist gave him an opioid pain killer.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6NCormH via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies, Food, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Poisoning and Poisons, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) More than 150 people were sickened from products sold at smoke and vape shops, providing evidence of the lax regulation of new food items.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0O2SApX via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Disease Rates, Tests (Medical), Agriculture and Farming, Dairy Products, Livestock, Cattle, Viruses, Livestock Diseases, Influenza, Animals Previous human infections occurred in workers on farms. But community transmission of the virus remains unlikely for now, experts said.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ajITc6n via IFTTT your-feed-science, Weight, Diabetes, Research, Obesity, Deaths (Fatalities), Muscles, Mathematics, Heart, Diet and Nutrition, Minorities, Blood Researchers have long faulted the body mass index as an unreliable indicator of health. A replacement has been gaining support: the body roundness index.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/19D0Piz via IFTTT E-Cigarettes, Teenagers and Adolescence, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Youth, Nicotine, Smoking and Tobacco The percentage of middle and high school students reporting that they vaped tobacco products dropped to about a third of those students reporting use of e-cigarettes at a vaping peak in 2019, a new survey shows.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ghv2fqA via IFTTT Joints (Body Part), Implants, Obesity, Weight, Ethics (Personal), Doctors, Surgery and Surgeons, Infections, Disabilities Many doctors say it is too dangerous to perform the common surgeries on people with high body mass indexes, but patients say they are facing discrimination.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xJX2u1d via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Mental Health and Disorders, Brain, Research, Addiction (Psychology), Opioids and Opiates, Chronic Condition (Health), Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lqDanQ8 via IFTTT Kidneys, Dialysis, Research, Elderly, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Blood, Transplants In one recent study, the challenging regimen added 77 days of life after three years. Often, kidney disease can be managed in other ways.