Medicare's Part D policy is blocking progress needed to achieve Black health equity ( www.statnews.com )
She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane. ( www.nytimes.com )
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Big Pharma’s fight against drug price reforms takes weird, desperate turn ( arstechnica.com )
Health insurers cover fewer drugs and make them harder to get ( www.npr.org )
Chorus or Cacophony? Cicada Song Hits Some Ears Harder Than Others ( kffhealthnews.org )
Living near a busy airport can make you sick, new study finds ( www.politico.eu )
The effects include higher rates of high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia....
WHO: Nearly 1.8 billion people at risk due to inactivity ( www.dw.com )
Nearly 1.8 billion adults are at risk of cancer, stroke, dementia and diabetes due to insufficient exercise, according to a new report released on Wednesday....
US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis ( www.theguardian.com )
Vivek Murthy made declaration after weekend in which dozens of Americans were killed or wounded in mass shootings...
Women exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ may risk shorter breastfeeding duration ( www.theguardian.com )
Higher PFAS exposure could cause lactation to slow or stop altogether within six months, new research finds...
Your gut microbes may influence how you handle stress ( www.npr.org )
I Started Taking a Walk Every Morning. Here's What Happened to My Health | The Art of Manliness ( www.artofmanliness.com )
Since March, I’ve been waking up earlier. Before that time, I’d typically go to bed at 11 p.m. and naturally wake up between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. Then, for some reason, regardless of what time I went to bed, I started spontaneously waking up between 5:30 and 6 a.m. Consequently, I moved my bedtime earlier, […]
Why is my skin like having droplets of water not moving and not coming off but it's wet?
Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding ( kffhealthnews.org )
Transmasculine reproductive healthcare is rarely talked about. Let's change that. ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Loneliness can increase stroke risk by up to 56%, finds research ( www.theguardian.com )
Novo Nordisk to build $4.1 billion North Carolina facility to boost output of Wegovy, Ozempic ( www.cnbc.com )
Bisexual and transgender adults report loneliness twice as much as straight adults: CDC ( www.advocate.com )
Blisters from sunburn. Does it look bad?
I went in the sun Thursday around 90°F temperature and didn't put on sunscreen. Now I'm kind of feeling pretty bad.
Experts: US hospitals prone to cyberattacks like one that hurt patient care at Ascension ( kffhealthnews.org )
In the wake of a debilitating cyberattack against one of the nation’s largest health care systems, Marvin Ruckle, a nurse at an Ascension hospital in Wichita, Kansas, said he had a frightening experience: He nearly gave a baby “the wrong dose of narcotic” because of confusing paperwork....
Popular weight loss drug may help treat severe sleep apnea, new research finds ( www.nbcnews.com )
A popular obesity drug may help treat a dangerous disorder in which people struggle to breathe while they sleep, a new study finds....