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Tag Archives: Health
How to Recognize Heat Illness and Stay Cool during Extreme Weather
Scientists and medical experts weigh in on how to recognize the signs of heat-related illness and avoid the worst health impacts from increasingly intense heat waves
What Is the New Langya Virus, and Should We Be Worried?
The Langya virus, which is related to the Nipah and Hendra viruses, has infected at least 35 people in China in the two years before 2021
Reaching the Root of Disparities in Cancer Care [Sponsored]
Celebrating those who strive to overcome disparities in cancer care to bring quality services to their patients, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, created the Catalyst for Equity Award. We spoke with Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, executive director of Equal Hope and winner of the award in 2021, to learn more about what’s happened since her organization received the award.
How Scientists Revived Dead Pigs’ Organs, and What the Feat Means for Transplants
A whole-body perfusion system restored cellular activity in pigs an hour postmortem
Patients and Doctors Navigate Conflicting Abortion and Emergency Care Laws
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has put medical providers in the tough position of deciding when emergency abortions and other life-saving procedures are necessary
Restrictions on Psilocybin ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Are Easing as Research Ramps Up
Here’s how the psychedelic substance’s legal status has been shifting
6 Questions About Monkeypox Vaccines
A virologist explains how they work, who can get them and how well they prevent infection
What Is Paxlovid Rebound, and How Common Is It?
President Biden is part of a minority of people who have experienced Paxlovid rebound, but experts say the drug should still be prescribed for those who need it
Diabetes Screening Standards in the U.S. Miss the Disease in Many People of Color
Risks for Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans start at lower weights and younger ages than risks for white people
Heat Waves Affect Children More Severely
Children ‘are not little adults’—they have more trouble regulating temperature than adults do
The Risk of Heart Disease After COVID
Some studies suggest that the risk of cardiovascular problems, such as a heart attack or stroke, remains high even many months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection clears up
A Staph Vaccine Trial Failure Shows Challenges of Stopping Common Bugs
Learning from past failures in the development of staph vaccines may inform how other vaccines for common bugs should be developed
A Source of Integrative Support for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients [Sponsored]
Celebrating those who are making a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with a Catalyst for Care Award. We spoke with the 2021 winner, Unite for HER’s founder and CEO, Sue Weldon, to hear more about what’s happened since her organization received the award.
A Proposed Antiabortion Law Infringes on Free Speech
The law would make illegal the sharing of abortion information on the Internet and raises serious concerns about freedom of speech nationwide
The New Normal for COVID Calls For A New Narrative
We’ve swung between fear and denial for too long, and need to talk about this disease from a different perspective
Genetic Counselors Scramble Post-Roe to Provide Routine Pregnancy Services without Being Accused of a Crime
The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade means that prenatal advice to patients can suffer and that counselors can face lawsuits and criminal charges
How Common Are Reinfections, and How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35
On this episode of the podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic.
What Could Actually Work to Curb Gun Violence
Evidence-based solutions to firearm safety range from banning assault weapons to increasing green spaces
Algorithm That Detects Sepsis Cut Deaths by Nearly 20 Percent
Over two years, a machine-learning program warned thousands of health care providers about patients at high risk of sepsis, allowing them to begin treatments nearly two hours sooner
Marker Tip–Without Ink!–Makes a Hardy Medical Sampler
The marker material conserved samples for up to a week
This Sticker Looks Inside the Body
A new stick-on ultrasound patch can record the activity of hearts, lungs and other organs for 48 hours at a time
There Is an Effective Treatment for Monkeypox, but It’s Hard to Get
A smallpox antiviral that’s effective against monkeypox is tied up in red tape, and gay-health advocates are pushing to make it easier to access
Are Skittles Toxic from Titanium Dioxide?
A recent lawsuit claims a chemical called titanium dioxide, used in Skittles candies, harms people. It’s hard to find strong evidence for that, however
Physics Particles Fly as Practical Tools
Protons, muons, neutrinos and other particles are moving beyond the realm of physics to help in a myriad of ways
How Zombies Can Help Prevent the Next Pandemic
Incomplete viral genomes can quell disease and, with further research, could be turned into treatments
Transforming the Trajectory of Lung Cancer [Sponsored]
Lung cancer is the number-one cause of cancer deaths in the world. But how many lives would be saved if doctors could diagnose and treat it before it progresses?
‘Their Lives Are Worth More Than Ours’: Experts in Africa Slam Global Response to Monkeypox
Earlier action by the World Health Organization and Western countries could have helped control monkeypox in Africa
Graphic: Many States That Restrict or Ban Abortion Don’t Teach Kids About Sex and Pregnancy
States that protect abortion rights tend to have more comprehensive sex ed policies
New York Polio Case Revives Questions About Live Oral Vaccine
An unvaccinated person became infected with the virus, which can be traced to a live, weakened virus commonly used in the oral polio vaccine abroad
Biden vs. Trump: What a Difference Two Years Make for Treating COVID
In a tale of two Covids, two presidents’ contrasting COVID experiences illustrate the moonshot-caliber medical achievements that let many patients be treated at home instead of in an ICU
People with Long COVID May Still Have Spike Proteins in Their Blood
Possible biomarker for long COVID suggests some people with the condition never fully cleared the virus
The Hunt for Drugs for Mild COVID
People who are unlikely to develop severe COVID-19 have no widely approved medications to ease the illness
COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain
Nanotubes may provide a cunning answer to the mystery of how the virus that causes COVID infects neurons and produces long-lasting neurological symptoms
Why is Monkeypox Evolving So Fast?
The virus circulating in the current outbreak has mutated 50 times in the past four years
Police Who Tear Gas Abortion-Rights Protesters Could Induce Abortion
Tear gas is widely used by law enforcement, even though it may cause spontaneous abortion
How Hot is Too Hot for the Human Body?
A study of healthy volunteers found that the combination of heat and humidity gets dangerous faster than many people realize
Abortion Access Allowed Us to Have a Happy, Healthy Family
Canceling Roe means that other parents with high-risk pregnancies will not have the options that we had
People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties
A growing mortality gap between Republican and Democrat areas may largely stem from policy choices
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5 Things to Know about Monkeypox
From symptoms, vaccines and treatment, here are some fast facts about Monkeypox
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Newly Recognized Dementia Called LATE May Hit 40 Percent of Older People
The pathological buildup of a protein known as TDP-43 can lead to an Alzheimer’s-like disorder
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Omicron’s Nasty New Variants, and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34
On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omnicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omnicron, or some of those new subvariants…
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Cilia Are Minuscule Wonders, and Scientists Are Finally Figuring Out How to Mimic Them
A new cilia-covered chip could revolutionize portable medical diagnosis
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Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines
Developing nations that desperately need these more effective vaccines are virtually locked out
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Why Do Mental Illnesses–From Depression to Schizophrenia–Raise the Risk of Dementia?
A combination of biological and social factors most likely explain the strong connection
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A Look at the Mental Health Provisions in the New Gun Law
Most of the $13 billion appropriated in the new legislation Congress recently passed focuses on mental health programs
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Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care
Their efforts could benefit countless others in need of an end-of-life measure
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Omicron-Specific COVID Boosters Are Coming
The FDA has called for updating COVID vaccines to address the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. But will the shots keep up with the virus?
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The Quest for a ‘Tick Map’
Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying arthropods pose the most danger
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What Researchers Know about Gun Policies’ Effectiveness
Studies are ‘decades behind,’ owing to a lack of funding, but research is picking up
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