Medical misinformation: half of ADHD TikToks mislead; your feed isn’t your doctor.
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The priciest thing in American healthcare right now isn’t a biologic or a breakthrough device. It’s bad information. Medical misinformation from social…
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Infant mortality rises in states with restrictive abortion laws – new research
Infant mortality has risen in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. This occurs for newborns – those less than a day old – as well as older infants –…
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Colorado has one of the nation’s highest suicide rates − an ER doctor explains how to bring it down
Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, at 20.9 per 100,000 in 2023. Of the state’s 940 gun deaths that year, nearly 72% were by suicide.
Nationally, firearms are the leading cause of death for American youth ages 1…
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Kennedy hearing deepens crisis over dismantling of CDC leadership
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation’s – if not the world’s – premier public health organization, is mired in a crisis that not only threatens Americans’ health but also its very survival as a…
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What Florida Is Doing To Vaccine Mandates Is Sick
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and Governor Ron DeSantis are moving to end vaccine mandates for schoolchildren in Florida. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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What Florida is doing to vaccine mandates…
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Scientists watch Parkinson’s protein drill holes in brain cells
A toxic protein forms dynamic pores in the membranes of brain cells – and that may be the key to understanding how Parkinson’s disease develops. This is the conclusion of a new study from Aarhus University, where researchers have developed an…
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Drug Makers And Payers To Blame For Biosimilar Barriers In U.S. Market
Biosimilars are gradually making inroads in the outpatient drug market in the U.S., But Stelara-referenced biosimilars appear to be following the convoluted path that Humira-referenced biosimilars took, with payers and pharmacy benefit managers…
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School’s Back In. Will Your Kids Have Access To Vaccines This Fall?
A nurse prepares children for a polia vaccine shot as part of a city-wide testing of the vaccine on elementary school students.
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As students across the country shoulder backpacks and file into classrooms, another school year is in…
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Scientists reveal how breakfast timing may predict how long you live
As we age, what and how much we eat tends to change. However, how meal timing relates to our health remains less understood. Researchers at Mass General Brigham and their collaborators studied changes to meal timing in older adults and discovered…
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Study Reveals New Insights into Immune Dysregulation in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CSF)
Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is a sustained illness (6-months or more) where the patient has persistent fatigue with worsening symptoms after activity. A few symptoms that…
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