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Health By Elisabeth Bumiller and Alyssa Schukar from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6ZFx2oW via IFTTT Surgery and Surgeons, Sexual Harassment, Doctors, Cancer, Heart, Lungs, Women and Girls Less than 10 percent of heart and lung surgeons in the United States are women. At a recent conference, they vowed to change that.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EPbxfkB via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Rumors and Misinformation, Deaths (Fatalities), Children and Childhood, Heart, United States Politics and Government The agency’s top vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died “because of” the shots. But public health experts want to examine the data.

Health By Pam Belluck and Morgan Hornsby from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lvSXGNI via IFTTT Brain, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease On its own, LATE dementia is less severe than Alzheimer’s, but in combination, it makes Alzheimer’s symptoms worse, scientists say.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VmSv1DL via IFTTT your-feed-science, Asbestos, Cosmetics and Toiletries, Medicine and Health, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Cancer, Consumer Protection The agency said it planned to craft a more comprehensive rule, but the move alarmed public health advocates, who have long worked to eliminate asbestos in consumer products.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qEZWkOx via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Foreign Aid, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Executive Orders and Memorandums The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels.”

Health By Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/h16T53C via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Law and Legislation, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Ozempic (Drug), Obesity, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 The Trump administration said that had the new prices been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved $12 billion, which would have reduced its spending on those drugs by 44 percent.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Q4V57O8 via IFTTT your-feed-science, GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Ozempic (Drug) By mid-2024, the weight-loss drugs were prescribed for almost 2 percent of new mothers.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3oKgipN via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, United States Politics and Government During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.

Health By Tanya Mohn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/o7lreZM via IFTTT Bicycles and Bicycling, Sustainable Living, Urban Areas, Books and Literature, Women and Girls Melissa Bruntlett advocates equitable, inclusive and sustainable mobility — and writes about other women who do, too.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EA4B5P6 via IFTTT Alzheimer's Disease, GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Clinical Trials, Brain, Research The studies were a significant setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs could help prevent a number of brain diseases.