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FDA bans food additive found in citrusy sports drinks and sodas ( www.nbcnews.com )

The FDA said it had concluded that BVO was not safe for use after the results of studies, it conducted in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, found the potential for adverse effects in humans....

She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane. ( www.nytimes.com )

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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....

When Little Kids Don't Have Stable Housing, It Can Affect Their Health Later ( www.npr.org )

A study found a lack of "housing is a huge stress for anyone." However, "when children experience this, especially in early childhood, it can affect their health years down the line." The Future of Families and Child Well-Being study found children "with any level of housing insecurity -- low or high -- had worse self-reported...

Idaho’s OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void ( kffhealthnews.org )

Psychiatrists aren't fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training ( www.statnews.com )

The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them ( www.propublica.org )

Mississippi Lacks Black Doctors, Even as Lawmakers Increasingly Target Diversity Programs ( kffhealthnews.org )

Utah OB-GYN David Broadbent Charged With Forcible Sexual Abuse ( www.propublica.org )

Big Pharma’s fight against drug price reforms takes weird, desperate turn ( arstechnica.com )

Medicare's Part D policy is blocking progress needed to achieve Black health equity ( www.statnews.com )

There is no one weird health hack ( www.vox.com )

Even After Supreme Court Abortion Ruling, Idaho’s Hospitals Are Scrambling ( www.jezebel.com )

Health insurers cover fewer drugs and make them harder to get ( www.npr.org )

FDA approves a new Alzheimer's drug. What to know about Eli Lilly's Kisunla ( www.usatoday.com )

Not Everyone Loses Weight on Ozempic ( www.wired.com )

Study links Ozempic to higher risk of eye condition that can cause vision loss ( www.statnews.com )

Chorus or Cacophony? Cicada Song Hits Some Ears Harder Than Others ( kffhealthnews.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...

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