NPR Health
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.
Environmental Health News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Editors note: A version of this op-ed was originally published on Matthew Tejadas LinkedIn profile. There is a lot of misinformation out there, much of it quite intentional, about what environmental justice, or EJ, is. As a result, billions of dollars in funding and technical assistance that flows directly to communities and their partners has been jeopardized and the EPA EJ staff who oversee the use of these funds have largely been put on leave.
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NPR Health
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
The Hill
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Arizona state lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deny medical claims. The Arizona House of Representatives passed the legislation 58-0, with two lawmakers sitting out the vote, and it now heads to the state senate for consideration. The bill, which was sponsored by state Rep. Julie Willoughby (R), requires a health care provider to review a claim or prior authorization before it can be denied.
NPR Health
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had his first court appearance since he was arraigned in December on charges including murder as an act of terrorism.
Your Local Epidemiologist
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Thanks to all of you for attending the YLE webinar Navigating Vaccine Conversations: Practical Strategies in a Changing Landscape. This event (and recording) are a bonus for paid subscribers to YLE. (Although, if I did the tech right, everyone gets a free preview.) During the webinar, we got over 90 questions. We tried to answer as many as we could, but we are putting together a document to answer the ones we didn’t get to.
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Environmental Health News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
A new research center at the University of California, San Francisco will study how corporations manipulate science and regulation to downplay health risks from chemicals, fossil fuels, and ultra-processed foods. Liza Gross reports for Inside Climate News. In short: The Center to End Corporate Harm aims to expose how industries distort scientific research, delay regulations, and suppress evidence of health risks.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
We have now intensified our fight against prohibited medical gloves which come into India through extensive unlawful import channels and distribution activity, the Indian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association has said
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Researchers used visual threat manipulation in the virtual reality environment and thermal stimulation to investigate how the brain perceives pain. They found that the brain perceives pain more strongly when the perceived pain is out of alignment with reality. In particular, pain was amplified when unexpected events occurred.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
The virus does not enter human cells as readily as SARS-CoV-2 does, the Chinese researchers reported in the journal Cell, noting some of its limitations.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation -- something that could affect our vision.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Documents accessed by The Hindu show that during 2024-2025 (as of January 29, 2025), nearly 29,000 policy claims from various government hospitals amounting to around 36 crore were denied.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study in which Viking skulls were examined using modern X-ray techniques.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
A combination of mRNA and a new lipid nanoparticle could help heal damaged lungs, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Stretching your joints causes the synovial fluid within them, which contains dissolved gases like nitrogen, to form bubbles.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
U.S. outpatient prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin increased 2- to 10-fold above pre-pandemic rates, respectively, to treat COVID-19, despite strong evidence disproving their effectiveness, new UCLA-led research shows.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
This Netflix series examines the illusion of wellness, the failures of modern healthcare, and the insidious ableism that allows the struggles of the chronically ill to be appropriated for influence, built, as the show puts it, on white girl tears and aesthetics
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Fetal acetaminophen exposure increases the likelihood that a child will develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published Feb. 6 in Nature Mental Health.
Science Daily - Public Health
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Workplace bullying affects not only the employee's sleep but their partner's too, according to new research published today.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Paxlovid does not significantly reduce COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality among vaccinated older adults, according to new UCLA-led research.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Protect your lung health by recognizing early symptoms, as vaping poses serious risks, especially for teenagers. Every breath counts.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Empa researchers have developed a new 3D tissue analysis for thyroid tumors. This special X-ray technique uses artificial intelligence to enable faster and more precise diagnoses.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Strengthening the healthcare infrastructure around AML care in India is essential to overcome barriers to care: by improving early diagnosis, expanding access to innovative treatments, and making care more affordable, the country can improve survival rates and ensure more patients receive the care they need at the right time
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines polarized fluorescence technology, a valuable tool for measuring the orientation of molecules, with a dual-view light sheet microscope (diSPIM), which excels at imaging along the depth (axial) axis of a sample.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Adolescents who spend more than three hours a day engaged in sedentary behaviors including playing video games, reading for leisure or spending a lot of time distracted by screens have a higher risk of facing psychological distress in the future, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Mercola
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Understanding how sweating aids in detoxification is essential for anyone looking to improve their health and well-being. By leveraging your body's natural processes, you can enhance your body's ability to detoxify and prevent the adverse effects of heavy metal accumulation. Toxins like lead, cadmium and arsenic can be effectively eliminated simply by engaging in regular physical activity or enjoying a sauna session.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
A positive patient-doctor relationship is an ingredient to a healthy life, and new research has zeroed in on the impact common language in the relationship can have by decreasing cardiovascular disease for the benefit of a longer life.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Disability rights activists say scoop stretchers can help stabilise people injured in falls or car crashes, and help prevent exacerbating the injuries
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing.
The Hill
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Ozempic and Wegovy, the widely popular forms of semaglutide sold to treat diabetes and obesity, have officially been removed from the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) drug shortage list nearly four months after the agency found the drugs to be available. The FDA's drug shortage list now states that as of Feb. 21, 2025, the shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy injections are over.
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Chances are, you know someone with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia involving memory loss.
The Hindu
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Bells Palsy is a condition that causes weakness or temporary paralysis of the facial muscles; NCP leader Dhananjay Munde announced this week that he was suffering from it
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