World’s first diabetes cure with cell therapy achieved in China ( interestingengineering.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16202201...
Prevention task force recommends intensive counseling for kids with obesity ( www.npr.org )
Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within ( theconversation.com )
A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial ( www.npr.org )
PSA May Be Insufficient to Detect Early Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women ( ascopost.com )
Transgender women receiving hormone therapy may skew artificially low on prostate cancer screening tests, thereby providing false reassurance and potentially delaying diagnosis and treatment, according to a recent study published by Nik-Ahd et al in JAMA. The findings indicated that transgender women and physicians should...
A warning label for social media could also save kids from gun violence ( www.motherjones.com )
Confirmed horrifying scandal ( youtu.be )
Worst treatment sandal in HNS history (so far)....
US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms ( www.theguardian.com )
Dr Vivek Murthy asks for required labels that state ‘social media is associated with significant mental health harms’...
Oral nicotine pouches deliver lower levels of toxic substances than smoking – but that doesn’t mean they’re safe ( theconversation.com )
Los Angeles County launches ambitious plan to tackle medical debt. Hospitals groan. ( www.usatoday.com )
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her. ( www.propublica.org )
Beyond PMS: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women ( kffhealthnews.org )
Scientists hopeful of game changing Parkinson's test able to predict condition seven years before first symptoms ( news.sky.com )
Do we have Alzheimer’s disease all wrong? ( www.vox.com )
H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One ( www.scientificamerican.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/5721064...
Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington will make clear that hospitals must provide emergency abortions ( apnews.com )
Tennessee governor signs bill criminalizing adults who help minors get abortions ( fox17.com )
“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods ( arstechnica.com )
Is systemic racism in medicine putting Black people’s lives at risk? ( www.theguardian.com )
After mice drink raw H5N1 milk, bird flu virus riddles their organs ( arstechnica.com )
PFAS increase likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, study shows ( www.theguardian.com )
In a first, researchers were able to compare records of people who drank polluted water in Veneto, Italy, with neighbors who did not...
Worst U.S. cities for air pollution ranked in new American Lung Association report ( www.cbsnews.com )
According to the report, after Bakersfield, the worst cities for year-round particle pollution between 2020 and 2022 were:...
Nearsightedness is at epidemic levels – and the problem begins in childhood ( theconversation.com )
‘How sick do they have to get?’ Doctors brace for US supreme court hearing on emergency abortions ( www.theguardian.com )
As states ban abortions, a 1968 federal law requires hospitals that receive Medicare dollars to stabilize patients in a medical emergency, creating a catch-22 for care providers...
