Arizona ’s 1864 Abortion Ban: The History Behind the 160-Year-Old Law
The state ’s Supreme Court ruled that the 1864 law is enforceable today. Here is what led to its enactment. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Abortion Law and Legislation Decisions and Verdicts Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Girls Supreme Courts (State) Midwives and Doulas Doctors ' s Rights American Medical Assn United States your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
England Limits Youth Gender Medications, Part of Big Shift in Europe
Five European countries have recently restricted hormone treatments for adolescents with gender distress. They have not banned the care, unlike many U.S. states. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi Tags: Teenagers and Adolescence Youth Medicine and Health Politics and Government Mental Health and Disorders Children and Childhood Research Health Insurance and Managed Care England Denmark Europe Finland Norway your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows
A study found that when older workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Eyeglasses Eyes and Eyesight Research Labor and Jobs Developing Countries Traffic Accidents and Safety PLoS One (Journal) World Health Organization Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Seriously, Stop Kissing Sick Birds
A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Research Birds Geese Animals Urban Areas Viruses Wild Bird Fund Garvey, Marcus, Park (Manhattan, NY) New York City Queens (NYC) Bronx (NYC) Source Type: news
Should Alcoholic Beverages Have Cancer Warning Labels?
Ireland will require them starting in 2026, and there are nascent efforts elsewhere to add more explicit labeling about the health risks of drinking. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ted Alcorn Tags: your-feed-science Labeling and Labels (Product) Alcoholic Beverages International Trade and World Market Medicine and Health Hazardous and Toxic Substances Liquor Cancer Ireland your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds
A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Research Birds Geese Animals Urban Areas Viruses Wild Bird Fund Garvey, Marcus, Park (Manhattan, NY) New York City Queens (NYC) Bronx (NYC) Source Type: news
Paying Off People ’s Medical Debt Has Little Impact on Their Lives, Study Finds
A nonprofit group called R.I.P. Medical Debt has relieved Americans of $11 billion in hospital bills. But that did not improve their mental health or their credit scores, a study found. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Philanthropy Health Insurance and Managed Care Research Nonprofit Organizations Collectors and Collections RIP Medical Debt your-feed-healthcare Credit and Debt Source Type: news
PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Pervasive in Water Worldwide, Study Finds
A global survey found harmful levels even in water samples taken far any obvious source of contamination. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Delger Erdenesanaa Tags: Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Emissions Water Pollution Chemicals PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) Research Nature Geoscience (Journal) Source Type: news
Large Scientific Review Confirms the Benefits of Physical Touch
Premature babies especially benefited from skin-to-skin contact, and women tended to respond more strongly than men did. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joanne Silberner Tags: Touch (Sense) Research Babies and Infants Hugging Premature Babies Mental Health and Disorders Medicine and Health Skin your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Health Insurers ’ Lucrative Alliance That Drives Up Patient Bills: 5 Takeaways
A private-equity-backed firm has helped drive down payments to medical providers, drive up patients ’ bills and earn billions for insurers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chris Hamby Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) MultiPlan Inc Source Type: news
Insurance Companies Reap Hidden Fees as Patients Get Unexpected Bills
A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid. Patients can be on the hook for the difference. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chris Hamby Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) MultiPlan Inc Price Gouging FAIR Health Inc Aetna Inc CIGNA Corporation UnitedHealth Group Inc Source Type: news
In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides
As medical practices owned by private equity firms fuel overbilling, a payment tool also backed by such investors helps insurers boost their profits. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chris Hamby Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Private Equity Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) MultiPlan Inc Data iSight Source Type: news
Sickened by U.S. Nuclear Program, Communities Turn to Congress for Aid
In St. Louis and around the country, people harmed by the drive for an atomic bomb have been shut out of a federal law enacted to help such victims. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Catie Edmondson Tags: United States Politics and Government Nuclear Wastes Water Pollution Cancer Workplace Hazards and Violations Factories and Manufacturing Nuclear Weapons Manhattan Project Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Senate Hawley, Josh D (1979- ) St Source Type: news
New England Journal of Medicine Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Historians Find
The New England Journal of Medicine published an article condemning its own record during World War II. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexander Nazaryan Tags: World War II (1939-45) Holocaust and the Nazi Era Research Medicine and Health Jews and Judaism Discrimination Anti-Semitism War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Academic and Scientific Journals New England Journal of Medicin Source Type: news
Prestigious Medical Journal Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Historians Find
The New England Journal of Medicine published an article condemning its own record during World War II. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexander Nazaryan Tags: World War II (1939-45) Holocaust and the Nazi Era Research Medicine and Health Jews and Judaism Discrimination Anti-Semitism War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Academic and Scientific Journals New England Journal of Medicin Source Type: news
