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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.