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Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oWv3h8H via IFTTT Anemia, Hemoglobin, Elderly, Blood, Tests (Medical), Heart, Iron (Nutrient), Age, Chronological, Diet and Nutrition Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed.

Health By Jeré Longman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/I3HL1ko via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Diet and Nutrition, Vegetarianism, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Factory Farming He walked away from his family’s hugely successful ice cream business to crusade for a plant-based diet and against cruelty to animals.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JWKb5pQ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Children and Childhood, Autism, Medicine and Health, Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Babies and Infants Panelists pulled back some endorsements for certain vaccines containing a preservative that critics have falsely linked to autism.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Wfi3B5M via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Autism, Children and Childhood, Disease Rates The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Yx8N0GS via IFTTT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, United States Politics and Government, Medicine and Health, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Vaccination and Immunization, Epidemics, Foreign Aid, Two Thousand Twenty Five, your-feed-healthcare A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.

Health By Andrew Jacobs, Saurabh Datar and Antonio de Luca from NYT Health https://ift.tt/g8OG6bZ via IFTTT vis-design, Foreign Aid, United States Politics and Government, Federal Aid (US), Developing Countries, United States International Relations, Government Employees, Humanitarian Aid, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Presidential Election of 2024, Speeches and Statements The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered political life.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0LTDhWl via IFTTT Diabetes, Insulin, Stem Cells, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials, Research Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes.

Health By Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jU1E2Q3 via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, United States Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Medicare, Medicine and Health, Consumer Protection Major companies had faced mounting pressure to stop denying or stalling authorization of coverage for treatments and prescriptions.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2uFP1jO via IFTTT your-feed-science, Hospitals, Foreign Workers, Rural Areas, United States Politics and Government, Shortages, Medical Schools, Visas, Doctors, Medicine and Health, Labor and Jobs, Hiring and Promotion Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nWOhai7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Rates, Federal Aid (US), Developing Countries, Epidemics The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nYLhD6a via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Screen Time (Device), Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Mental Health and Disorders, Social Media, Research, Youth, Teenagers and Adolescence, Computer and Video Games, Cellular Telephones, Addiction (Psychology), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli, Melanie Bencosme and James Surdam from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oyIclFq via IFTTT Medicine and Health In recent extraordinary moves, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired and replaced a team that makes vaccine recommendations for the country. Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times, explains how this change could impact vaccine accessibility.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FHc49XN via IFTTT Medicine and Health, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), United States Politics and Government, Research, Foreign Aid, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Clinical Trials, United States International Relations, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug companies, too.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kMm9LzB via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Elderly, Research, Medicine and Health, Dementia, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Disease Rates, Influenza, Age, Chronological, Clinical Trials, Epidemics, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Deaths (Fatalities), Pneumonia, Respiratory Diseases, Shingles (Disease) Newer formulations are even more effective at preventing illnesses that commonly afflict seniors — perhaps even dementia.

Health By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/neAzcVE via IFTTT Mental Health and Disorders, United States Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Law and Legislation, Clinical Trials, Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Depression (Mental), Research, Traumatic Brain Injury, Addiction (Psychology), Opioids and Opiates, Veterans The state’s governor signed legislation to allow clinical trials of a psychedelic drug that shows promise for veterans in treating addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/wZAq6dg via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Measles, Children and Childhood, Conflicts of Interest, Medicine and Health, Insurance, Government Employees Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, dismissed 17 scientific advisers to the C.D.C. Critics fear newly appointed members will roll back vaccine recommendations.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hAprEMI via IFTTT Autism, Dating and Relationships, audio-neutral-informative, audio-positive-happy When U.C.L.A. psychologists first proposed teaching adults with autism how to date, funders wouldn’t go near it. Now we are in a new world.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oZqGbvn via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Artificial Intelligence, United States Politics and Government, Federal Budget (US), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Food, Medical Devices With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed drugs to the market.

Health By Ted Alcorn and Alessandro Falco from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3b42zHr via IFTTT Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Pesticides, Agriculture and Farming, Weeds, Rural Areas Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LWxRnIq via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Conflicts of Interest, United States Politics and Government, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes significant decisions about who receives immunizations, including the vaccines for children.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dv9AkEX via IFTTT your-feed-science, Gun Control, States (US), Law and Legislation, Research, Deaths (Fatalities), Children and Childhood, Teenagers and Adolescence, your-feed-healthcare Researchers looked at firearm fatalities in the 13 years immediately after the Supreme Court limited local governments’ ability to restrict gun ownership.

Health By Pam Belluck and Hannah Yoon from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tfj2CYx via IFTTT Abortion, Law and Legislation, Abortion Drugs, Nursing and Nurses, Telemedicine, Women and Girls, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Rights, Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision) A nurse practitioner spoke on the phone with patients in states with abortion bans, assessed their medical eligibility and sent pills. She took some unconventional steps to protect their privacy.

Health By Johnny Diaz from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JxTM3Yn via IFTTT Eggs, Recalls and Bans of Products, Salmonella (Bacteria), Food Contamination and Poisoning, Supermarkets and Grocery Stores The outbreak has been tied to multiple brown organic and brown cage-free egg brands distributed to grocery stores in seven states, officials said.

Health By Andrew Jacobs and Jacey Fortin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/luXc1gE via IFTTT Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, United States Politics and Government, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Depression (Mental), Mental Health and Disorders, Anesthesia and Anesthetics, Ketamine (Drug) Elon Musk has said that he used ketamine as a treatment in the past, but he denied reports that he was taking it frequently and recreationally.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Lwh0iTU via IFTTT your-feed-science, States (US), Federal-State Relations (US), Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Disease Rates, Privacy, Epidemics, Medicine and Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Disabilities U.S. and state officials say the consolidation of the public health agency’s vast trove of information could expose patients and will delay analysis of long-term trends.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/QpD8ZC7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), Research, Rumors and Misinformation, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Immune System, Viruses A new study shows how the technology deployed in Covid vaccines helped scientists coax the virus out of hiding.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/p3yufnF via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Abortion Drugs, Mifeprex (RU-486), United States Politics and Government, Abortion, States (US), Attorneys General, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare The states consider it a move to force the F.D.A. to review and acknowledge extensive research showing the pill’s safety.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XY3Mzjl via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Clinical Trials, Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), United States Politics and Government, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Dystonia, Stem Cells The U.S. health secretary said people should have access to experimental therapies including unregulated stem cells. But some methods have resulted in blindness, tumors and other injuries.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nObtJ2k via IFTTT Genetic Engineering, Genetics and Heredity, Tests (Medical), Children and Childhood, Disabilities, Babies and Infants, Autism Screening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oHZI3EC via IFTTT Genetic Engineering, Genetics and Heredity, Tests (Medical), Children and Childhood, Disabilities, Babies and Infants, Autism Screening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vKmIuA5 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Developing Countries, Federal Aid (US), Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, Federal Budget (US), Budgets and Budgeting, Measles, Malaria, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Children and Childhood The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.”

Health By Irena Hwang, Jon Huang, Emily Anthes, Blacki Migliozzi and Benjamin Mueller from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Qjsmyru via IFTTT Grants (Corporate and Foundation), Colleges and Universities, Medicine and Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Budgets and Budgeting Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5FMeRTY via IFTTT Multiple Myeloma, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials, Cancer Multiple myeloma is considered incurable, but a third of patients in a Johnson & Johnson clinical trial have lived without detectable cancer for years after facing certain death.

Health By Abby Ellin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zEP58N1 via IFTTT Eating Disorders, Weight, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Age, Chronological, Anorexia Nervosa, Women and Girls, Middle Age (Demographic), Mental Health and Disorders, Elderly, your-feed-healthcare A growing number of older women are seeking treatment for eating disorders. Many have struggled without help for decades.

Health By Abby Ellin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/721F0ib via IFTTT Eating Disorders, Weight, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Age, Chronological, Anorexia Nervosa, Women and Girls, Middle Age (Demographic), Mental Health and Disorders, Elderly, your-feed-healthcare A growing number of older women are seeking treatment for eating disorders. Many have struggled without help for decades.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/evwThDG via IFTTT Marijuana, Elderly, Mental Health and Disorders, Research, Cannabis Foods and Products More older people are using cannabis products regularly, but research suggests their cannabis-related health problems are also on the rise.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/mT3ialb via IFTTT Breast Cancer, Tests (Medical), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials A study found that women could switch drugs without waiting for scans showing cancer progression, which improved their quality of life.

Health By Aishvarya Kavi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Y1KGboz via IFTTT Food Contamination and Poisoning, Deaths (Fatalities), Recalls and Bans of Products, Salmonella (Bacteria), Tomatoes The recall of tomatoes distributed in three southern states was upgraded to the most severe warning the agency issues.