Philips Suspends Sales of CPAP and Other Breathing Devices After Recall
Under a settlement with regulators, the company must revamp some operations before resuming sales of its CPAP and ventilator devices in the United States. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: Recalls and Bans of Products Hazardous and Toxic Substances Compensation for Damages (Law) Food and Drug Administration Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV Source Type: news
U.K. to Ban Disposable Vapes to Prevent Use by Children
The British government said it would act after surveys showed that the number of young people trying vapes had risen sharply. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Megan Specia Tags: Children and Childhood E-Cigarettes Law and Legislation Medicine and Health World Health Organization Sunak, Rishi (1980- ) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Great Britain Source Type: news
The Man in Room 117
Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ellen Barry Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Group Homes and Supportive Housing Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Zyprexa (Drug) Homeless Persons Prisons and Prisoners Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Vancouver (Wash) Washington (State) United States your-feed-healt Source Type: news
Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs
Starting April 1, state employees in North Carolina will no longer have insurance coverage for costly weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rebecca Robbins Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Obesity Novo Nordisk A/S North Carolina Source Type: news
Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82
He won two Pulitzer Prizes by transforming accounts of doctors at work into in-depth, narrative articles that read like dramatic short stories. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Franklin, Jon (1942-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) News and News Media Books and Literature Writing and Writers Pulitzer Prizes Brain Source Type: news
Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks
Distracted driving is a worsening problem, safety experts say. Yet there is still no definitive database of the number of crashes or fatalities caused by it. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: Driver Distraction and Fatigue Traffic Accidents and Safety Cellular Telephones Deaths (Fatalities) Automobiles Automobile Safety Features and Defects Roads and Traffic United States your-feed-science Source Type: news
Pet Dragons Linked to Salmonella Cases That Sickened Dozens of Children
Dozens of people, including babies, were sickened, according to a C.D.C. study that highlighted the risks of snuggling with the strikingly scaly lizards, many of which carry salmonella bacteria in their gut. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Food Contamination and Poisoning Salmonella (Bacteria) Pets Research Reptiles Medicine and Health Babies and Infants Lizards Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emerging Infectious Diseases (Journal) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
How Does an Execution Using Nitrogen Gas Work?
Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman Tags: Capital Punishment Nitrogen States (US) Oxygen Alabama your-feed-science Source Type: news
Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution
Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman Tags: your-feed-science Capital Punishment Nitrogen Prisons and Prisoners States (US) Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Oxygen Alabama Source Type: news
Europe Faces a Measles Outbreak
When vaccinations begin to lag, as they did during the pandemic, measles is often the first disease to resurge. “It’s the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rumors and Misinformation Children and Childhood Epidemics Measles Europe Great Britain Source Type: news
Naomi Feil, Who Promoted Empathy as a Response to Dementia, Dies at 91
She trained caregivers to “validate” the delusions of older people with dementia, rather than try to wrest them into the real world. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Feil, Naomi (1932-2023) Deaths (Obituaries) Dementia Alzheimer ' s Disease Empathy Elder Care Montefiore Home for the Aged Cleveland (Ohio) Source Type: news
FDA Issues Warning of Cancer Risk Tied to CAR-T Therapies
The agency has reviewed reports of cancer patients whose treatments resulted in the development of secondary blood cancers. Several companies will be required to carry the new warning. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: Cancer Immunotherapy Blood Deaths (Fatalities) Genetic Engineering Labeling and Labels (Product) Food and Drug Administration Bristol Myers Squibb Company Janssen Pharmaceutica Juno Therapeutics Inc Kite Pharma Inc Novartis AG Source Type: news
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Seeks to Retract Flawed Studies
A British biologist and blogger discovered faulty data in many studies conducted by top executives of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: Cancer Ethics and Official Misconduct Research Blogs and Blogging (Internet) Academic and Scientific Journals Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Science and Technology your-feed-science your-feed-health Source Type: news
Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear for the First Time
The genetic treatment targeted a particular kind of congenital deafness and will soon be tried in children who are younger. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Genetic Engineering Deafness Clinical Trials Children ' s Hospital of Philadelphia Eli Lilly and Company Research Morocco Akouos Inc Dam, Aissam Children and Childhood Source Type: news
Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)
A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn ’t want to stop. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-animals Photography Rats Social Media Source Type: news
