How to Ease Back Into Exercise After Surgery
SATURDAY, April 29, 2023 -- Patients who ’ve had surgery should ease back into movement and exercise. These efforts may be small, but they’re better than nothing, according to one surgeon who emphasized the importance of listening to your...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Longtime surgeon to serve as TriHealth ’s first chief health equity officer
Dr. Thomas Shockley Jr. will serve as TriHealth ’s inaugural chief health equity officer, effective immediately. The newly created leadership position builds on its ongoing efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion, with the goal of eliminating health disparities and improving health outcomes.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news

Who is Monica Bertagnolli, Biden ’s pick to lead NIH?
Monica Bertagnolli never had the luxury of easing into her new job as head of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI). Several weeks after taking over the largest component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in October 2022, the then–63-year-old surgical oncologist was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and underwent surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Early this month, she unveiled a plan to implement President Joe Biden’s signature Cancer Moonshot initiative. And Biden is expected to cap Bertagnolli’s whirlwind first 7 months in Washington, D.C., by nominating her to become...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

U.S. Adult Smoking Rate Hits New All-Time Low
NEW YORK — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released Thursday. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults. The preliminary findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are based on survey responses from more than 27,000 adults. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke, and it’s long been considered the leading cause of preventable death. In the mid-1960s, 42% of U.S. adults were smokers. The rate has been gradually d...
Source: TIME: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized Addiction healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

I'm a sleep doctor - this is what your bedroom should look like if you want a good night's kip
Dr Mike Dilkes, an ear, nose and throat surgeon in London, believes that the state of your bedroom may be to blame for poor sleep quality.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Oral sex is fueling an 'epidemic' of throat cancers in the US and UK, doctor claims
Dr Hisham Mehanna, a surgeon in the UK, said 70 percent of cases of throat cancer are caused by a sexually transmitted virus. It may explain why cases of the disease are rising rapidly in the West.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How the 2024 Presidential Race Could Embolden the Anti-Vaccine Movement
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his presidential campaign on April 19 in Boston, he highlighted his family’s political pedigree and his history of championing “numerous environmental causes,” saying he was running to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power.” Notably absent was any direct acknowledgement of the decades-long crusade that has made the 69-year-old the most famous face of the anti-vaccine movement in the country. It was a stark contrast to the speeches he was giving last year. In January 2022, Kennedy rallied thousands of people from the steps of the Lincoln Memor...
Source: TIME: Health - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vera Bergengruen and Mini Racker Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 democrats Health Care Misinformation & Disinformation republicans Source Type: news

Cosmetic to critical: Blue states help trans health coverage
Democratic lawmakers in Oregon are advancing a bill that would expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming care to include things like facial hair removal and Adam’s apple reduction surgery
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Atul Gawande on the Importance of Palliative Care
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, chats with author and surgeon Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, about his New York Times bestselling book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. The two also...
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 25, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Florida surgeon general altered Covid-19 vaccine analysis to suggest higher risk for younger men, Politico reports
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo altered an analysis released by the Florida Department of Health last year to suggest mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pose a significant health risk to men ages 18 to 39, Politico reported Monday.
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What ’s in Dandruff Shampoo? A Cosmetic Chemist Breaks It Down
About 50% of the adult population experiences dandruff. One of the ways to manage it? Dandruff shampoo. The WSJ spoke with a cosmetic chemist to understand how the ingredients in one of the most popular dandruff shampoos works.#dandruff #wsj
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ladapo Altered COVID Vax Study; Richard Lewis' Parkinson's; Off-Label Mifepristone?
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, personally altered key findings in the state's controversial study on COVID-19 vaccine safety, a document obtained by Politico revealed...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Rwanda: Microsurgery in Rwanda Could Lower Amputation Cases - Plastic Surgeon
[New Times] A group of doctors from Sweden and the US together with their Rwandan colleagues recently launched and effectively conducted a microsurgery visiting professor programme, the first of its kind, at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK), focusing on lower limb reconstruction. Three patients had a successful operation.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

What Are the Goals of Hypospadias Repair?
Discussion Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital malformations and is the most common penile malformation. It is defined as the urethral opening occurring on the ventral side of the penis. Other ventral tissues can be affected thus other problems such as penile curvature and/or scrotal problems can also occur. Embryologically the penis is formed in the following way: “At the beginning of the ambisexual stage, the urethral groove [is] bounded by the urethral folds [and] extends about halfway distally along the ventral aspect of the elongating genital tubercle. At the distal aspect of the urethral groove is ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 24, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Is Talc In Makeup Dangerous For Your Health? Here’s What Experts Say.
There are concerns that this common cosmetic ingredient is linked to cancer. Should we all be throwing out our talc-based products?
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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