He Had 217 Covid Shots Without Side Effects, Study Finds
Media accounts of a German man ’s extreme vaccination history spurred researchers to analyze his immune responses. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: your-feed-science Vaccination and Immunization Immune System Research Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Cyberattack Paralyzes the Largest US Health Care Payment System
The hacking shut down the nation ’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos that affected a broad spectrum ranging from large hospitals to single-doctor practices. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson and Julie Creswell Tags: your-feed-healthcare Health Insurance and Managed Care Finances Hospitals Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Doctors Cyberattacks and Hackers Chemotherapy Cyberwarfare and Defense Medicare Politics and Government Drugstores United States Poli Source Type: news
Powerful Psychedelic Drug Gains New Notice as an Opioid Addiction Therapy
New research is stirring interest in ibogaine, which appears to help ease the agony of detox and prevent relapse. Used in other countries, it remains illegal in the U.S. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Drug Abuse and Traffic Mental Health and Disorders Opioids and Opiates Brain Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs Research Pain-Relieving Drugs Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Trials Addiction (Psychology) Heart Depression (M Source Type: news
What to Know About Ibogaine, a Psychedelic
Some researchers hope the drug, still illegal in the United States, may be considered as a treatment for addiction, PTSD and brain injuries. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Psychology and Psychologists Clinical Trials Research Veterans Addiction (Psychology) Therapy and Rehabilitation Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs ibogaine Drug Enforcement Administration Food and Drug Admini Source Type: news
Opill, an Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill, Will Be Available Soon
Opill will cost $19.99 per month or $49.99 for a three-month supply. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Birth Control and Family Planning Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Women and Girls Youth Teenagers and Adolescence Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Labeling and Labels (Product) Source Type: news
An Antibiotic After Sex Greatly Reduced Syphilis and Chlamydia Cases
New cases fell by half in just over a year, San Francisco health officials reported. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Sexually Transmitted Diseases Disease Rates Homosexuality and Bisexuality Chlamydia Syphilis Antibiotics San Francisco Department of Public Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention San Francisco (Calif) Source Type: news
Mary Bartlett Bunge, 92, Dies; Neuroscience Pioneer in Spinal Injury Treatment
She discovered new ways to promote regeneration in the nervous system, offering hope to countless paralyzed patients worldwide. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Clay Risen Tags: Spine (Body Part) Deaths (Obituaries) Paralysis University of Miami University of Wisconsin Buoniconti, Nick Bunge, Dr. Mary Bartlett Miami (Fla) The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Source Type: news
Apparently Healthy, but Diagnosed With Alzheimer ’s?
New criteria could lead to a dementia diagnosis on the basis of a simple blood test, even in the absence of obvious symptoms. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paula Span Tags: Tests (Medical) Alzheimer ' s Disease Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Conflicts of Interest Dementia Brain Blood Elderly Memory Research Source Type: news
More Screen Time Means Less Parent-Child Talk, Study Finds
For each additional minute spent with an electronic device, toddlers said less, heard less and had fewer back-and-forth exchanges with adults. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Research Children and Childhood Language and Languages Conversation JAMA Pediatrics (Journal) Australia your-feed-science Source Type: news
Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks
Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of seriously ill children and adults. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn and Kaiti Sullivan Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicaid States (US) Families and Family Life Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Disabilities Home Health Care Budgets and Budgeting United States Politics and Government State Legislatures Government Contracts a Source Type: news
Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life.
A devastating diagnosis prompted a reporter to revisit his past — and repair its mistakes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rod Nordland Tags: Brain Cancer Death and Dying Tumors Writing and Writers Books and Literature Waiting for the Monsoon (Book) Source Type: news
Why ‘Fetal Personhood’ Is Roiling the Right
An Alabama decision on I.V.F. has put an uncompromising principle on a collision course with political reality. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Bazelon Tags: In Vitro Fertilization Embryos (Human) Alabama Supreme Courts (State) Abortion Law and Legislation Evangelical Movement Decisions and Verdicts Supreme Court (US) United States Politics and Government Suits and Litigation (Civil) Infe Source Type: news
CVS and Walgreens Will Begin Selling Abortion Pills This Month
The pill mifepristone will be available with a prescription at pharmacy counters in a few states to start. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Abortion Drugs Mifeprex (RU-486) Drugstores Telemedicine CVS Caremark Corporation Walgreen Co United States your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covid
Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections may return to daily activities if they don ’t have a fever and their symptoms are improving. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Quarantines Disease Rates Masks Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Deaths (Fatalities) Tests (Medical) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Influenza Source Type: news
How to Support Someone Grieving the Loss of a Pet
The death of an animal companion can be every bit as devastating as other types of loss. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Catherine Pearson Tags: Pets Grief (Emotion) Source Type: news
