NPR Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Millions of Americans depend on their jobs for health insurance. But that's not the case in many other wealthy countries. How did the U.S. end up with a system that's so expensive, yet leaves so many people vulnerable? On this episode, how a temporary solution created an everlasting problem. This episode originally ran in 2020 as The Everlasting Problem.
NC Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
By Rachel Crumpler For nearly a year, Jake Davis languished in jail, waiting for a bed in a state-run psychiatric hospital to get court-ordered mental health treatment. Davis, 37 and diagnosed with bipolar and delusional disorder, was arrested and booked into the Watauga County Detention Center in Boone on Mothers Day Weekend 2023 for nonviolent crimes.
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NPR Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Elon Musk said USAID's "Ebola prevention" was "accidentally canceled" but "immediately" restored. Health specialists following the current outbreak in Uganda raise doubts about the restoration.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences -- experts use the term associative learning -- is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our mental health. A study shows that children of primary school age demonstrate the highest learning performance in this area. The results pave the way for a fresh perspective on associative learning disorders, which are linked to the development of mental illness later in life.
NPR Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing. (Image credit: Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.
KFF Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
On a bright October day, high schoolers from Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus piled into a boat on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Most had never been on the water before. Their guide, Trey Sherard of the Anacostia Riverkeeper, started the tour with a well-rehearsed safety talk. The nonprofit advocates for the protection of the river. A boy with tousled black hair casually dipped his fingers in the water. “Don’t touch it!
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NPR Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled for next month. But the agency notified committee members that the meeting had been canceled.
Berkeley Public Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Study results show that children exposed to a mixture of eight PFAS were 1.6 times more likely to develop leukemia than children with lesser exposure.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Biomass burning-whether from wildfires, wood stoves or agricultural fires-sends massive amounts of tiny particles and chemicals into the air.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A new study finds people who habitually try to be happier also tend to have less willpower.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Researchers reveal that the loss of mucin-type O-glycosylation in the brain endothelial glycocalyx weakens the blood-brain barrier, leading to increased permeability, neuroinflammation, and cognitive decline in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Using an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers have created a four-dimensional brain map that reveals how lesions similar to those seen in human MS form. These findings provide a window into the early disease state and could help identify potential targets for MS treatments and brain tissue repair.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
This was revealed in affidavit submitted in Supreme Court by Kerala State Drugs Controller (in-charge) in a case filed by Indian Medical Association
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Low and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCSs) help reduce sugar intake, but their long-term effects on metabolism, gut health, and insulin response remain under investigation. Ongoing research explores their safety, effectiveness, and regulatory landscape.
The New Social Worker
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Social Work: Compassion+Action. THANK you for your vital work in challenging times, every day, every month. Please spend Social Work Month with us at The New Social Worker. Follow us all month (March 2025) to celebrate the social work profession.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Systematic review reveals Instagram and YouTube as primary hubs for nutrition misinformation, notably promoting unverified "miracle diets" linked to orthorexia and COVID-19, urging public health institutions and healthcare professionals to prioritize digital literacy and evidence-based content.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Scientists demonstrate a new quantum chip architecture for suppressing errors using a type of qubit known as a cat qubit.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Researchers investigate whether high or moderate intensity rope skipping improves cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition.
The New Social Worker
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Social Work: Compassion+Action. THANK you for your vital work in challenging times, every day, every month. Please spend Social Work Month with us at The New Social Worker. Follow us all month (March 2025) to celebrate the social work profession.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new study finds. Researchers worldwide are increasingly alarmed by how pervasive these harmful particles are in the air humans breathe and the food they eat.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Drinking artificially sweetened beverages may reduce metformins effectiveness in young patients with obesity and prediabetes, but a larger study is needed to confirm these findings.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic objects are linked to the chaotic dynamics of young star clusters.
Mercola
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Plants know how to make food and medicine from light and water, and then give it away. ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass Have you ever wondered why tea drinkers always seem so calm? A cup of tea can lift mood, improve focus, reduce anxiety, and perhaps ward off dementia. Tea contains a unique combination of caffeine and theanine (l-theanine), a non-protein amino acid.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Age-related macular (AMD) degeneration is a leading cause of vision impairment and blindness in the elderly population.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The event will begin at 11 a.m. at Beldale Convention Hall at Naubad on the outskirts of Bidar on March 2.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A new AI-based system for analyzing images taken over time can accurately detect changes and predict outcomes, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell's Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The stress around exams, one Chennai-based psychiatrist said, is like students carrying a stone-filled knapsack on their shoulders: completely overwhelming
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that mental health visits for patients with depression from high-wealth neighborhoods in Maryland were significantly more likely to happen via telehealth compared to patients with depression from low-wealth neighborhoods in Maryland from mid-2021 through mid-2024.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Last year, a total of 74 cases were reported.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Scientists compared five families and multiple generations to find a gene variant that prevents COPA Syndrome and opens the door to a new gene therapy for the condition.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
American Oncology Institute successfully treats Lynch Syndrome patient with three metachronous malignancies, emphasizing importance of genetic screening for prevention.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A non-profit based in Tanzania says its initiative to use trained rats as a secondary diagnostic tool for TB, has helped with early diagnosis and curtailed transmission in three East African countries
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