New model could help provide expectant mothers a clearer path to safe fish consumption
Research creates a framework to better balance the nutritional benefit of fish consumption with the…
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Adults conceived by donors left behind by fertility industry
Children conceived by using egg or sperm donors have the same well-being outcomes as non-donor…
UN rights chief calls time on ‘economic violence’ against women and girls
On Friday, at the UN Human Rights Council’s (OHCHR) first panel for the annual full-day…
Protein maps in cerebrospinal fluid offer insight into Alzheimer’s biology
Fighting Alzheimer’s disease is a race against time. By the time most patients are diagnosed…
STAT+: Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network
Health care provider Optum has backed away from its plan to purchase Steward Health Care’s…
Mpox: Virus behind new DRC outbreak is most dangerous strain yet, experts warn
A deadlier strain of the mpox virus is being transmitted directly between humans for the…
When I use a word . . . The languages of medicines—defining a street drug operationally
Defining street drugsI have previously discussed the difficulties in coining a dictionary-type definition of the…
Philip Morris: Leaked documents show how company tries to influence science and policy on heated tobacco
A series of leaked documents from the tobacco giant Philip Morris International has sparked concern…
Hospital doctors in Wales vote to accept pay offers
Consultants, junior doctors, and specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors in Wales have accepted…
Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73)
In this paper by Ramsden and colleagues (BMJ 2016;353:i1246, doi:10.1136/i1246, published 12 April 2016), the…
Conferences led by patients facilitate democratic decision making in healthcare
We agree that the pandemic offered no favours to patient and public involvement in healthcare…
How U.S. responses to public health emergencies could be hamstrung by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. response to the pandemic got politically messy. A Friday Supreme Court…
Supreme Court undercuts regulators’ authority across government
Federal agencies’ longtime authority to regulate industries was significantly weakened by a Supreme Court decision…
Australia’s vaping reforms will protect young people, say public health experts
Australia has become the first country in the world to restrict the sale and supply…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the Purdue bankruptcy ruling, a Merck rejection, and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy?
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GLP-1 shortages will not resolve this year, EMA warns, amid concern over off-label use
The ongoing shortage of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists such as semaglutide (marketed as…
STAT+: FDA rejects Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy for ultra-rare condition, another setback for field
Rocket Pharmaceuticals said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected its gene therapy for…
Infant deaths increased after Texas banned early abortions, study finds
Infant mortality in Texas increased after the state passed a law that banned abortions in…
Blind employee takes VA to court saying new EHR from Oracle is inaccessible
A blind employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs is suing the federal agency on…
STAT+: Don’t write off MDMA yet: How the FDA got on board with psychedelics
Days after an advisory committee resoundingly voted for the Food and Drug Administration to reject…
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Opinion: To secure the U.S.’s biotech supply chain, pay attention to domestic companies
Scientific breakthroughs will enable a future of personalized drug discovery, where precision medicine makes it…
Upending Purdue Pharma’s settlement does little to help today’s opioid crisis, advocates say
The drug policy world has been left torn by the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday…
Opinion: Medicare’s Part D policy is blocking progress needed to achieve Black health equity
A new and effective class of anti-obesity medicines, along with lifestyle interventions and sometimes bariatric…
Biden and Trump spar over Medicare and abortion in a presidential debate filled with mistakes and falsehoods
WASHINGTON — For the most part, substantive debates on health policy between President Biden and…
Pressed on addiction, Trump and Biden talk border security but don’t mention treatment
President Biden and former President Trump were each given the chance on Thursday to speak…
Link between prenatal drug use and ADHD – Medical Xpress
Link between prenatal drug use and ADHD Medical Xpress Read Original Article: Link between prenatal drug…
Abortion ruling leaves pregnant women, doctors in limbo over high-risk care – The Washington Post
Abortion ruling leaves pregnant women, doctors in limbo over high-risk care The Washington Post My pregnancy…
How Mindy Kaling Kept Her Third Pregnancy a Secret – PEOPLE
How Mindy Kaling Kept Her Third Pregnancy a Secret PEOPLE Read Original Article: How Mindy Kaling…
Pregnant Mandy Moore, 40, drapes her baby bump in denim shirt dress for lunch outing in LA – Daily Mail
Pregnant Mandy Moore, 40, drapes her baby bump in denim shirt dress for lunch outing…
Best pregnancy-safe sunscreens, according to dermatologists – NBC News
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All of Hailey Bieber’s pregnancy outfits: Catsuits, leather and bridal lace – Page Six
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Hailey Bieber Rocks 4 Risk-Taking Pregnancy Looks — Including a Sheer Lace Bodysuit — in One Weekend – PEOPLE
Hailey Bieber Rocks 4 Risk-Taking Pregnancy Looks — Including a Sheer Lace Bodysuit — in…
Justin Bieber holds hands with his pregnant wife Hailey as she opts for a chic black mini dress during a roman – Daily Mail
Justin Bieber holds hands with his pregnant wife Hailey as she opts for a chic…
Bill and Melinda Gates’ eldest daughter Jennifer announces pregnancy in adorable post – Hindustan Times
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CBD use during pregnancy produces strange behavior in offspring – New Atlas
CBD use during pregnancy produces strange behavior in offspring New Atlas Read Original Article: CBD use…
Massachusetts pro-life pregnancy centers rally at state capitol – Catholic News Agency
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Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence and wife Marissa expecting first baby – New York Post
Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence and wife Marissa expecting first baby New York Post Read Original Article: Jaguars’…
Trevor Lawrence, wife announce pregnancy – TigerNet
Trevor Lawrence, wife announce pregnancy TigerNet Read Original Article: Trevor Lawrence, wife announce pregnancy – TigerNet…
Trevor Lawrence’s Wife Marissa Mowry Pregnant With Baby No. 1 – Us Weekly
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Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting Andaman Sea among most…
‘Fragility of peace’ depicted in giant new mural on UN tower in Vienna
In a landmark art project for the Austrian capital Vienna, the UN building there has…
The Truth Behind Four Natural Cancer “Cures” – On Cancer – Memorial Sloan Kettering
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The Hazards of Smoking and Vaping: How They Impact Your Health – WMNF
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Analysis suggests 2021 Texas abortion ban resulted in increase in infant deaths in state in year after law went into effect
Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country’s most…
House panel passes bills to expand Medicare obesity drug coverage, cancer screening
WASHINGTON — A House committee overwhelmingly passed four bills on Thursday that would expand Medicare…
Biden’s Supreme Court abortion wins could be short lived
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this month handed President Biden a pair of wins on…
Listen: Medicare coverage for GLP-1 drugs, AI, and health care at the presidential debate
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy? And what health…
World News in Brief: Trafficking victims need more support, deadly risks of inactivity, executions in Iraq
Victims of people-trafficking need more countries to respect international law and protect them, but thousands…
STAT+: Trying to outrun her prion disease, researcher creates powerful epigenetic editor in mice
Sonia Vallabh always thought genome editing wouldn’t be an option. It was such an obvious…