Kansas City Chiefs Fans Needed Amputations After Frigid Game
A Missouri hospital said the amputations involved mostly fingers and toes after a game in January when temperatures were below zero. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Schmall Tags: Cold and Cold Spells Amputation Frostbite Fans (Persons) Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City (Mo) Football Fingers Source Type: news
A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics
At SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving research of the potential harm of its presence in our bodies. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Plastics Research Movies Water Pollution Heart Documentary Films and Programs Brain South by Southwest Music and Media Conference Workplace Hazards and Violations Hazardous and Toxic Substances Science and Technology Environmental Sc Source Type: news
With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam United
Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson and Julie Creswell Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Hospitals Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Cyberattacks and Hackers Drugstores Computers and the Internet UnitedHealth Group Inc Medicare Doctors ALPHV/BlackCat Federal Bureau of Investigation American Hospit Source Type: news
Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability
A physician, scientist and academic, he brought together experts across disciplines to focus on the economic, political and social causes of poor health, not just the biological factors. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Trip Gabriel Tags: Hiatt, Howard (1925-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Harvard School of Public Health Medicine and Health Income Inequality Poverty Colleges and Universities RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) Medical Schools Hospitals Boston (Mass) Source Type: news
F.D.A. Delays Action on Closely Watched Alzheimer ’s Drug
Eli Lilly ’s donanemab was expected to be approved this month, but the agency has decided to convene a panel of independent experts to evaluate the drug’s safety and efficacy. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Alzheimer ' s Disease Eli Lilly and Company Food and Drug Administration donanemab Source Type: news
A.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Fails Clinical Trial and May Be Withdrawn From the Market
Leaders of the treatment ’s manufacturer, Amylyx, said they would announce their plans for it within eight weeks. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Clinical Trials Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc Food and Drug Administration Cohen, Joshua B Klee, Justin United States your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Is Lying on the Floor Good for Your Health?
For some, just a few minutes can quiet the mind. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Depression (Mental) Medicine and Health Mental Health and Disorders Back (Human Body Part) Source Type: news
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Female Genital Mutilation Women and Girls Vagina Medicine and Health United Nations Children ' s Fund Somalia North America Europe Middle East Asia Burkina Faso Egypt Ethiopia Sudan Indonesia Yemen Sierra Leone Djibou Source Type: news
How a Sudden Halt to In Vitro Fertilization Shook Alabama Couples
Many suffered setbacks after the State Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were children. “Someone else’s opinion changed my future,” one woman said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Law and Legislation Decisions and Verdicts Embryos (Human) Abortion Fertility Drugs Pregnancy and Childbirth Reproduction (Biological) Babies and Infants In Vitro Fertilization Infertility Supreme Courts (State) A Source Type: news
When Teens Visit Doctors, Increasingly the Subject is Mental Health
A new study provides further evidence of the challenges that adolescents and young adults face. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-health Mental Health and Disorders Youth Anxiety and Stress Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Depression (Mental) Journal of the American Medical Assn Source Type: news
FDA Urges Recall of Lead-Tainted Cinnamon Brands
The agency tested 75 types of cinnamon after hundreds of children were poisoned by the spice in applesauce. It found some lead in cinnamon brands sold at some dollar stores and other markets. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: your-feed-science Food Contamination and Poisoning Cinnamon (Spice) Lead Recalls and Bans of Products Dollar Tree Inc Food and Drug Administration Ecuador United States Source Type: news
F.D.A. Urges Recall of Cinnamon Brands Tainted by Lead
The agency tested 75 types of cinnamon after hundreds of children were poisoned by the spice in applesauce. It found some lead in cinnamon brands sold at some dollar stores and other markets. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: your-feed-science Food Contamination and Poisoning Cinnamon (Spice) Lead Recalls and Bans of Products Dollar Tree Inc Food and Drug Administration Ecuador United States Source Type: news
Top US Senators Urge Stores to Stop Sellng Illicit Vapes
Lawmakers want shopkeepers to remove e-cigarettes that were not authorized by the F.D.A. Retailers say it is not that simple. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: E-Cigarettes United States Politics and Government Smoking and Tobacco Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Youth Nicotine Advertising and Marketing Food and Drug Administration World Health Organization Blumenthal, Richard Brown, S Source Type: news
It Was Like the Vigor Had Suddenly Been Sucked Out of His Body. What Was It?
The 70-year-old man rapidly went from walking 10 to 15 miles a day to being nearly helpless. His wife wondered if he ’d had a stroke. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Tests (Medical) Stroke Source Type: news
Dr. Anthony Epstein, Pathologist Who Discovered Epstein-Barr Virus, Dies at 102
His groundbreaking research, which he performed with Yvonne Barr, his doctoral student, uncovered the first virus capable of causing cancer in humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Delthia Ricks Tags: Dr. Michael Anthony Epstein Medicine and Health Cancer Deaths (Obituaries) Research Vaccination and Immunization Herpes Viruses University of Bristol Africa England Source Type: news
