RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Susanne Craig Tags: Kennedy, Robert F Jr Brain Parasites Mercury (Metal) Presidential Election of 2024 Worms Nerves and Nervous System internal-truncator Source Type: news
Kris Hallenga, Who Urged Early Breast Cancer Screenings, Dies at 38
After being diagnosed when she was 23, she became determined to educate other young people about early detection. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Remy Tumin Tags: Hallenga, Kris (1985-2024) Breast Cancer Deaths (Obituaries) Source Type: news
Kris Hallenga, Who Urged Young on Breast Cancer Awareness, Dies at 38
After being diagnosed when she was 23, she became determined to educate other young people about early detection. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Remy Tumin Tags: Breast Cancer Deaths (Fatalities) Deaths (Obituaries) Kris Hallenga Source Type: news
Study Suggests Genetics as a Cause, Not Just a Risk, for Some Alzheimer ’s
People with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 are almost certain to get Alzheimer ’s, say researchers, who proposed a framework under which such patients could be diagnosed years before symptoms. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: your-feed-science Alzheimer ' s Disease Genetics and Heredity Research Disease Rates Brain Dementia Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Leqembi (Drug) Nature Medicine (Journal) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Lead in Beethoven ’s Hair Offers New Clues to Mystery of His Deafness
Using powerful technologies, scientists found staggering amounts of lead and other toxic substances in the composer ’s hair that may have come from wine, or other sources. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Beethoven, Ludwig van Lead Deafness Classical Music Poisoning and Poisons Hazardous and Toxic Substances Wines Source Type: news
Kris Hallenga, Advocate for Breast Cancer Awareness Among the Young, Dies at 38
After being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer when she was 23, she became determined to educate other young people about early detection. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Remy Tumin Tags: Breast Cancer Deaths (Fatalities) Deaths (Obituaries) Kris Hallenga Source Type: news
First Patient Begins Sickle Cell Gene Therapy That F.D.A. Approved
A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. “I want to be cured,” he said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata and Kenny Holston Tags: Sickle Cell Anemia Genetic Engineering Therapy and Rehabilitation Bluebird Bio Inc Washington (DC) Childrens National Hospital Source Type: news
The Ages When You Feel Most Lonely and How to Reconnect
New research suggests people tend to be lonelier in young adulthood and late life. But experts say it doesn ’t have to be that way. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Loneliness Content Type: Service Elderly Generation Z Sociology Friendship Research Age, Chronological Source Type: news
Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health?
Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ellen Barry Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Colleges and Universities Education (K-12) Youth Teenagers and Adolescence Medicine and Health Research Therapy and Rehabilitation Anxiety and Stress Social Media Psychology and Psychologists Depression (M Source Type: news
Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Youth Children and Childhood Race and Ethnicity Deaths (Fatalities) Research Black People Whites Native Americans Teenagers and Adolescence Traffic Accidents and Safety Suicides and Suicide Att Source Type: news
New Mutations Identified in Bird Flu Virus
A genetic analysis sheds light on when the outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Disease Rates Research Agriculture and Farming Dairy Products Livestock Cattle Viruses Birds Agriculture Department Source Type: news
Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?
All vaccines have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by Covid vaccines believe their cases have been ignored. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Vaccination and Immunization Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Ears and Hearing Heart Medicine and Health Tinnitus Disease Rates Rumors and Misinformation Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation for Damag Source Type: news
Covid Vaccine Side Effects: 4 Takeaways From Our Investigation
Thousands of Americans believe they experienced rare but serious side effects. But confirming a link is a difficult task. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Vaccination and Immunization Disease Rates Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Content Type: Service Medicine and Health BioNTech SE Johnson & Pfizer Inc Source Type: news
Larry Young, Who Studied the Chemistry of Love, Dies at 56
Professor Young ’s experiments with prairie voles revealed what poets never could: how the brain processes that fluttering feeling in the heart. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael S. Rosenwald Tags: Young, Larry (1967-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Research Love (Emotion) Oxytocin (Hormone) Hormones Animal Behavior Rodents Emory University Source Type: news
Robert Oxnam, China Scholar Beset by Multiple Personalities, Dies at 81
Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One of them told of childhood abuse. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Sandomir Tags: Oxnam, Robert B (1942-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Multiple Personalities Therapy and Rehabilitation Asia Society North Fork (NY) Source Type: news
