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 )
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....
Chorus or Cacophony? Cicada Song Hits Some Ears Harder Than Others ( kffhealthnews.org )
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....
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, […]
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...
Loneliness can increase stroke risk by up to 56%, finds research ( www.theguardian.com )
Transmasculine reproductive healthcare is rarely talked about. Let's change that. ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding ( kffhealthnews.org )
Novo Nordisk to build $4.1 billion North Carolina facility to boost output of Wegovy, Ozempic ( www.cnbc.com )
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....
Abortion clinics reinvented themselves after Dobbs. They're still struggling ( www.usatoday.com )
Bisexual and transgender adults report loneliness twice as much as straight adults: CDC ( www.advocate.com )
Missouri is breaking federal law by housing mentally ill in nursing homes, DOJ finds ( www.stlpr.org )
New Study Reveals Heightened Fear And Mistrust Of Health System in Black Community ( newsone.com )
Abortion is becoming more common in primary care clinics as doctors challenge stigma ( www.kpbs.org )
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