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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.