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Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/REWUqLi via IFTTT Immunotherapy, Tumors, Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Immune System, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Research, your-feed-science For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RS3reHB via IFTTT Brain, Weight, Diet and Nutrition, Rodents, Research, Calories, GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Obesity Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OlJx4NM via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Research, Academic and Scientific Journals, Medicine and Health, Book Trade and Publishing, Letters, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Threats and Threatening Messages, Science and Technology The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PrlEw5B via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Layoffs and Job Reductions, United States Politics and Government, Research, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Infant Formulas, Labor and Jobs, Hiring and Promotion, Generic Brands and Products, Careers and Professions After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/I2huFxm via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Naloxone (Drug), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Federal Aid (US), Emergency Medical Treatment, Politics and Government, Opioids and Opiates, Addiction (Psychology), States (US), Federal Budget (US), Medicine and Health, Budgets and Budgeting, your-feed-healthcare A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QCtY6I9 via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Naloxone (Drug), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Federal Aid (US), Emergency Medical Treatment, Politics and Government, Opioids and Opiates, Addiction (Psychology), States (US), Federal Budget (US), Medicine and Health, Budgets and Budgeting, your-feed-healthcare A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZOg74w3 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Women and Girls, Research, Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition, Hormones, Heart, Women's Health Initiative, Preventive Medicine, Federal Aid (US), United States Politics and Government, Breast Cancer, Stroke, Deaths (Fatalities) The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.

Health By Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pbXgzve via IFTTT Disabilities, United States Politics and Government, Elderly A tiny agency responsible for overseeing these services is being dismantled as part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of his department.

Health By Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0LMAhxu via IFTTT Executive Compensation, Bonuses, Stocks and Bonds, Wages and Salaries, Mental Health and Disorders Acadia Healthcare’s chief executive was awarded a $1.8 million bonus to respond to “unprecedented governmental inquiries” into allegations of holding psychiatric patients against their will.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7FlkN8T via IFTTT Protective Clothing and Gear, United States Politics and Government, International Trade and World Market, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States International Relations, Politics and Government, Factories and Manufacturing, Medicine and Health, Health Care Workers, Masks, Workplace Environment, Gloves The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nBOlz8b via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, United States Economy, Teenage Pregnancy, Age, Chronological, Birth Rates, Conservatism (US Politics), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Parenting, Federal Aid (US), Babies and Infants, Population Despite a 1 percent increase in 2024, U.S. birthrates remained in a historic slump, a trend that worries demographers and cultural critics.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/32Cdoua via IFTTT your-feed-science, Measles, Disease Rates, States (US), Rumors and Misinformation, Vaccination and Immunization, Mennonite Churches, Medicine and Health, Respiratory Diseases Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.

Health By Rachel E. Gross from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nP8b3Y7 via IFTTT Hormones, Brain, Menopause, Women and Girls, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Menstruation, Migraine Headaches, Multiple Sclerosis, Women's Health Initiative, Estrogen, Autoimmune Diseases A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nrxBENR via IFTTT Dementia, Memory, Content Type: Service, Grief (Emotion), Families and Family Life, Alzheimer's Disease, Names, Personal, Parenting, Elderly, Elder Care People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” one expert said.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth and Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/czWaqws via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Book Trade and Publishing, Presidential Election of 2024, Research, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, United States Attorneys An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

Health By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zMQGJY8 via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Diabetes, Weight, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Clinical Trials, Obesity, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Ozempic (Drug) Eli Lilly reported promising results from a study of its experimental oral drug that could rival popular injections to treat obesity and diabetes.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ruE1jgG via IFTTT your-feed-science, Measles, Disease Rates, Mennonite Churches, Epidemics, Medicine and Health, States (US), Vaccination and Immunization, Viruses Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WXxnsrd via IFTTT GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Diabetes, Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Ozempic (Drug), Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Clinical results of a GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.

Health By Stephanie Nolen and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ldvUk9o via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Politics and Government, Medicine and Health, Treaties, Developing Countries, Vaccination and Immunization, Disasters and Emergencies, your-feed-healthcare, Epidemics The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

Health By Jan Hoffman and Greta Rybus from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4vlCro1 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Methamphetamines, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Fentanyl, Drug Cartels, your-feed-healthcare A powerful stimulant that keeps users sleepless for days and can ignite psychosis and violence has been rattling Portland and its safety networks.

Health By Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wOVX4bT via IFTTT Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Medicare, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Insulin President Trump directed his administration to help states import drugs from Canada. But a proposal to alter a Medicare program to reduce costs could wind up raising prices.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WmyzIVp via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Autism, Rumors and Misinformation While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.”

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wVAOitQ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Artificial Intelligence, Depression (Mental), Anxiety and Stress, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Clinical Trials, Medicine and Health In the first clinical trial of its kind, an A.I. chatbot eased mental health symptoms among participants. The technology may someday help solve the provider shortage.

Health By Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/n98QcHi via IFTTT International Trade and World Market, Shortages, United States Politics and Government, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Customs (Tariff), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Factories and Manufacturing, Generic Brands and Products, United States Economy, Corporate Taxes Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.

Health By Will Evans, Ellen Gabler and Anjali Tsui from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wsrcAkU via IFTTT Maple Syrup and Sugar, Diet and Nutrition, Research, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Conflicts of Interest, Rumors and Misinformation Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rUYjRfb via IFTTT your-feed-science, Marijuana, Dementia, Research, Elderly, Psychology and Psychologists, Brain, Drug Abuse and Traffic Users needing emergency care or hospitalization were more likely to later develop dementia, researchers reported. That does not prove cannabis was the cause.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CjH4Dk1 via IFTTT Kidneys, Transplants, Surgery and Surgeons, Pigs, Research, Temperature Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DWdrUkh via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Measles, Influenza, Children and Childhood, Medicine and Health, Autism The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.

Health By Christina Jewett and Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0iVc1pH via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition, Muscular Dystrophy, Avian Influenza, Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Pollution The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address the mass layoffs that have gutted oversight of tobacco and vapes, food safety and drug reviews.

Health By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mu1XQDb via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Diabetes Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9I2RJU7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kidneys, Genetic Engineering, Pigs, Transplants, Organ Donation, Dialysis Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mwUh58T via IFTTT Autism, Research, United States Politics and Government, Children and Childhood, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Medicine and Health, Vaccination and Immunization, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Pesticides The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/V7xvfXc via IFTTT Emergency Medical Treatment, Television, Hospitals, Medicine and Health From the “chairs” to the hallway medicine, the show’s depiction of an emergency medicine system that is beyond capacity rings true for medical experts.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FVPWXDg via IFTTT your-feed-science, Measles, Rumors and Misinformation, Vaccination and Immunization, States (US), Federal-State Relations (US), Medicine and Health, Children and Childhood, Deaths (Fatalities) In an interview with CBS, the health secretary also suggested he wasn’t familiar with massive cuts to state funding for public health.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/At6LaGc via IFTTT Native Americans, Chronic Condition (Health), your-feed-healthcare The health secretary seemed stoic — maybe nervous, even — at the start of his first major trip. But on a hike with Navajo Nation leaders, he was finally in his element.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1nXiAmo via IFTTT your-feed-science, Deaths (Fatalities), Maternal Mortality, Research, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Heart, Babies and Infants Pregnancy-related mortality has risen sharply, and doctors have overlooked a particularly dangerous period: from six weeks to one year after the birth.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iu7YteB via IFTTT Native Americans, United States Politics and Government, Politics and Government, Diet and Nutrition The health secretary’s appearance at a tribal self-governance conference brought collegial discussions and a bit of friction.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/yE4lF7m via IFTTT your-feed-science, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Foreign Aid, Children and Childhood, Babies and Infants, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Developing Countries The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/a01DrpZ via IFTTT Law and Legislation, Elderly, Retirement Communities and Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Cameras, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Assaults, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Elder Abuse Roughly 20 states now have laws permitting families to place cameras in the rooms of loved ones. Facility operators are often opposed.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0F3AtyZ via IFTTT Chronic Condition (Health), Federal Aid (US), Diabetes, United States Politics and Government, Dementia, Research, Diet and Nutrition, Alzheimer's Disease, Diversity Initiatives Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PIJDByk via IFTTT your-feed-science, Measles, Disease Rates, Children and Childhood, Epidemics, United States Politics and Government, Deaths (Fatalities), Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/E2Wvodz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Measles, United States Politics and Government, Epidemics, Vaccination and Immunization, Federal Aid (US), Federal-State Relations (US), Medicine and Health, Children and Childhood, Viruses Recent Trump administration actions are setting the stage for a measles resurgence, experts fear.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/h7VZPtH via IFTTT your-feed-science, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Gonorrhea, Research, Tests (Medical), Disease Rates, Antibiotics, Syphilis, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Drug Resistance (Microbial), Government Employees, Chlamydia The United States can no longer keep tabs on drug-resistant gonorrhea, among other infections, scientists said.

Health By Margot Sanger-Katz and Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oCZ7FnG via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Obesity, Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Medicaid, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid.

Health By Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8VhOAUq via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), International Trade and World Market, Shortages, Customs (Tariff), Factories and Manufacturing, Generic Brands and Products, Antibiotics, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Medical Devices President Trump wants to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States. Experts warn that tariffs could result in shortages and higher prices for generic drugs.

Health By Reed Abelson and Susanne Craig from NYT Health https://ift.tt/B8SpUoE via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicaid, United States Politics and Government, Medicare, Elderly, Medicare Advantage The TV celebrity doctor, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will take the reins at a time when the agency is facing cutbacks, especially for the poor, and scrutiny of its missions.

Health By Katie Mogg and Christine Hauser from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1KykoZG via IFTTT Poisoning and Poisons, Carbon Monoxide, Deaths (Fatalities) Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the retired Yankees player Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation in Costa Rica. Here’s why the gas is so dangerous.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/owVvXyY via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Disease Rates, Government Contracts and Procurement, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Federal Aid (US), Medicine and Health, Vaccination and Immunization In addition to reductions at agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations, The Times has learned.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zkuNCQS via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Medicine and Health, Disease Rates, Gun Control, Federal Aid (US), Epidemics, Government Employees, Deaths (Fatalities), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Condition (Health), Layoffs and Job Reductions, Firearms, Autism The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VFmvont via IFTTT Layoffs and Job Reductions, Government Employees, Deaths (Fatalities), Traffic Accidents and Safety, Domestic Violence The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.