Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety System
Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and again, the contamination went unnoticed. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett and Will Fitzgibbon Tags: Food Contamination and Poisoning Lead Hazardous and Toxic Substances Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Cinnamon (Spice) Food and Drug Administration International Trade and World Market Recalls and Bans of Products Law and Legislatio Source Type: news
How to Spot Kawasaki Disease in Your Child
Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S. It is often mistaken for scarlet fever, tick-borne diseases or common viruses. Here ’s what to look for. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-science Kawasaki Disease Children and Childhood Content Type: Service Heart Aneurysms United States your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
A Doctor ’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries
For 40 years, Dr. Jane Burns has been working to find the cause of Kawasaki disease, an illness that can lead to aneurysms and heart attacks. Her work has brought together a most unlikely team. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner and Ariana Drehsler Tags: your-feed-science Kawasaki Disease Heart Doctors Children and Childhood Babies and Infants Aneurysms Deaths (Fatalities) University of California, San Diego Dr. Jane Burns your-feed-healthcare Japan San Diego (Calif) United State Source Type: news
UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage
For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation ’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Health Insurance and Managed Care Drugstores Computer Security E-Commerce Hospitals Cyberattacks and Hackers Optum Inc UnitedHealth Group Inc Walgreen Co your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren't Very Healthy for the Environment
For eco-conscious consumers of personal medical devices, recycling options are limited. Some companies are trying to change that. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn Tags: Medical Devices Waste Materials and Disposal Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Recycling of Waste Materials Insulin Greenhouse Gas Emissions Plastics Hypodermic Needles and Syringes your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren't Very Healthy for the Environment
For eco-conscious consumers of personal medical devices, recycling options are limited. Some companies are trying to change that. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn Tags: Medical Devices Waste Materials and Disposal Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Recycling of Waste Materials Insulin Greenhouse Gas Emissions Plastics Hypodermic Needles and Syringes your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joseph Goldstein Tags: Gottesman, David Sanford Ruth Gottesman Dr. Philip Ozuah Einstein, Albert, College of Medicine Philanthropy Medical Schools Bronx (NYC) Source Type: news
Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers and Covid Tests?
Inhalers, EpiPens, home tests for flu or Covid, mouth guards. They accumulate in our homes, and recycling methods and advice can be tricky to pin down. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn Tags: Recycling of Waste Materials Medical Devices Waste Materials and Disposal Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Asthma Containers and Packaging Sustainable Living Greenhouse Gas Emissions Food and Drug Administration Environmental Conservation Departm Source Type: news
‘All in Her Head’: A Doctor Reckons With Sexism in Women’s Health Care
A new book explores the history of discrimination in women ’s health care and how it affects diagnosis and treatment today. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Danielle Friedman Tags: Doctors Women and Girls Breast Cancer Medicine and Health Discrimination Source Type: news
What to Know About Xolair and Food Allergies
The drug does not completely prevent reactions, but it can reduce the risks posed by trace amounts of food allergens. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Allergies Food Children and Childhood Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Immune System Clinical Trials Research Health Insurance and Managed Care Source Type: news
Drug Drastically Reduces Children ’s Reactions to Traces of Food Allergens
Xolair cuts the risk of dangerous reactions after exposure to minute amounts of allergens, researchers reported. But children taking it still must avoid risky foods. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Allergies Food Peanuts Children and Childhood Research Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Immune System Eggs Milk Clinical Trials American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology New England Journal of Medicine Genentech Source Type: news
Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
The F.D.A. recently approved the first therapy for patients in danger of losing their toes, fingers and other exposed parts of the body. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: Amputation Homeless Persons Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Research Frostbite Gangrene Cold and Cold Spells Food and Drug Administration New England Journal of Medicine your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive
The end of a pandemic-era policy that barred states from pushing people off Medicaid is threatening the financial stability of the U.S. safety net. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland and Desiree Rios Tags: your-feed-science Medicaid Poverty Children and Childhood Texas Tyler (Tex) United States Bethesda Pediatrics Source Type: news
I ’m a Retired Neurologist. Should I Tell Someone I Think She Has Parkinson’s?
The magazine ’s Ethicist columnist on whether it’s appropriate to offer an unsolicited medical diagnosis. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kwame Anthony Appiah Tags: Ethics (Personal) internal-sub-only-nl Tests (Medical) Parkinson ' s Disease Doctors Source Type: news
Major Embryo Shipping Company Halts Business in Alabama
The decision means I.V.F. patients who want to transfer frozen embryos to another state may not be able to do so. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Embryos (Human) Decisions and Verdicts Supreme Courts (State) In Vitro Fertilization Infertility Cryoport Alabama Source Type: news
