Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within ( theconversation.com )
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 )
A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial ( www.npr.org )
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 )
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 )
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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...
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...
Oncologists' meetings with drug reps don't help cancer patients live longer ( wamu.org )
Pharmaceutical company reps have been visiting doctors for decades to tell them about the latest drugs. But how does the practice affect patients? A group of economists tried to answer that question....
Fresh and frozen imported strawberries highly contaminated with pesticides, report says ( www.cnn.com )
Some fresh, frozen and canned nonorganic fruits and vegetables are contaminated with concerning levels of pesticides, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that provides product reviews and ratings for its subscribers....
End of internet subsidies for low-income households threatens telehealth access ( kffhealthnews.org )
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands....
Adderall prescriptions have been filled less often amid ongoing shortage in the US ( www.cnn.com )
About 1 in every 10 people in the US who uses Adderall or similar combination drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been affected by an ongoing shortage, a new analysis suggests....
Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment ( www.theguardian.com )
Paul Edmonds of California is fifth-known person in world confirmed to be in remission from both, says cancer institute...
Clues to a better understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome emerge from a major study ( www.kpbs.org )
Long before the world had heard of long COVID, Sanna Stella experienced firsthand how a simple respiratory infection can shape-shift into a chronic illness....
