NY AG Urges Stricter Asthma Drug Warnings Due to Children ’s Mental Health Risks
The A.G., Letitia James, called on the F.D.A. to redouble efforts to alert doctors about potential side effects of Singulair and to consider discouraging use of the drug for children. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett and Benjamin Mueller Tags: Children and Childhood Attorneys General Asthma Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Allergies Food and Drug Administration New York Times James, Letitia your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Abortion Shield Laws: A New War Between the States
Doctors in six states where abortion is legal are using new laws to send abortion pills to tens of thousands of women in states where it is illegal. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Abortion Law and Legislation States (US) Mifeprex (RU-486) Abortion Drugs Women and Girls Telemedicine Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Conservatism (US Politics) State Legislatures Attorneys General Source Type: news
Menthol Cigarette Bans Can Reduce Smoking Rates, Study Finds
As public health groups pressure the Biden administration to impose a ban on menthol cigarettes, research suggests similar moves in other countries have led to lower smoking rates. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: Medicine and Health United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion Menthol Research Altria Group Inc Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids European Union Biden, Joseph R Jr Johnson, Derrick (1968- ) Food and Drug Administratio Source Type: news
Hydeia Broadbent, H.I.V. and AIDS Activist, Dies at 39
Born with H.I.V. in 1984, she began raising awareness about the virus and AIDS as a child. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Orlando Mayorquin Tags: Deaths (Obituaries) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Children and Childhood Source Type: news
Israel ’s War in Gaza Could Lead to 85,000 More Deaths in 6 Months
Even under the most optimistic scenario, an immediate cease-fire, an additional 6,500 Gazans could perish, scientists estimated. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Disease Rates Deaths (Fatalities) Defense and Military Forces Civilian Casualties Epidemics Johns Hopkins University Israel Gaza Strip Source Type: news
Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?
A ruling by the state ’s Supreme Court could change common practices at fertility clinics in the state and possibly nationwide. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman Tags: your-feed-science Decisions and Verdicts Supreme Courts (State) Abortion Law and Legislation Embryos (Human) States (US) In Vitro Fertilization State Legislatures Infertility Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Suits and Litigati Source Type: news
War and Illness Could Kill 85,000 Gazans in 6 Months
Even under the most optimistic scenario, an immediate cease-fire, an additional 6,500 Gazans could perish, scientists estimated. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Disease Rates Deaths (Fatalities) Defense and Military Forces Civilian Casualties Epidemics Johns Hopkins University Israel Gaza Strip Source Type: news
Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar
University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Zimmer Tags: Colleges and Universities Collectors and Collections Biodiversity Endangered and Extinct Species Biology and Biochemistry Science and Technology Global Warming Flowers and Plants Duke University Durham (NC) Source Type: news
These Whales Still Use Their Vocal Cords. But How?
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how baleen whales call out at sea. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kate Golembiewski Tags: your-feed-science Whales and Whaling Voice and Speech Animal Behavior Fish and Other Marine Life Larynx Research Acoustics Source Type: news
Why Some Seniors Are Giving Up on Romance
Why some older people who have given up looking for romantic love say they feel self-assured and satisfied on their own. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Catherine Pearson Tags: Single Persons Dating and Relationships Loneliness Happiness Age, Chronological Love (Emotion) Source Type: news
Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid
N.I.H. researchers found notable differences between the immune systems and other physiological functions of patients with ME/CFS and those of healthy patients. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Research Chronic Condition (Health) Immune System Long Covid Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Infections National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Nature Communications (Journal Source Type: news
Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children, Raising Questions About Fertility Care
The ruling raises worrisome legal issues for would-be parents far beyond Alabama whose hopes for children may depend on in vitro fertilization. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin and Azeen Ghorayshi Tags: Decisions and Verdicts Abortion Embryos (Human) Law and Legislation Infertility In Vitro Fertilization Supreme Courts (State) Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision) Pregnancy and Childbirth American Society for Reproductive Medicine Jean- Source Type: news
How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health
Poor sleep can make anxiety, depression and other mental health issues worse. Here ’s what to do about it. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Sleep Mental Health and Disorders Insomnia Anxiety and Stress Source Type: news
Old and Young, Talking Again
A society in which members of different generations do not interact “is a dangerous experiment,” said one researcher. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paula Span Tags: Elderly Age, Chronological Research Nursing Homes Discrimination Dementia Depression (Mental) Mental Health and Disorders Elder Care Source Type: news
75 Hard Has a Cultish Following. Is It Worth All the Effort?
Thousands of people each year partake in the 75-day program meant to build “mental toughness,” according to its creator, but health experts caution the program may be too rigid and intense. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lola Fadulu Tags: Exercise Weight Podcasts Water Eating Disorders Psychology and Psychologists Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
