In Hawaii, Rat Lungworm Disease Infects People but Eludes Researchers
A brain-invading parasite has made nearly 100 people sick in Hawaii in the last decade. How worried should health officials be? View original article Author:
Month: July 2019
Rene Favaloro, a Pioneering Surgeon, Is Honored in Today’s Google Doodle
Dr. Favaloro, a leader in heart-bypass surgery and a revered figure in Argentina, died in 2000. View original article Author:
22 States Considered Eliminating the ‘Tampon Tax’ This Year. Here’s What Happened.
Menstrual products are subject to sales taxes in 35 states, and lawmakers’ efforts to exempt them have floundered. Now supporters of ‘menstrual equity’ are considering legal action. View original article Author:
When Our Daughter Walked in on Us
If only we had been under the covers like normal parents. View original article Author:
Weekly Health Quiz: Millennial Love, a Mysterious Illness and Diets for Heart Health
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. View original article Author:
Most Americans, Including Smokers, Like the Idea of Less-Addictive Cigarettes
The majority of American adults, including current smokers, would support cigarette manufacturers making their products less addictive, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s data, which were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, came from a 2018 survey of more than 4,000 U.S. adults. … Read more
Trump Administration Abandons Plan to Overhaul Drug Rebates
The White House abandoned a push to end rebates paid to middlemen who negotiate drug prices on behalf of health insurers, a move that could turn scrutiny back on how drugmakers themselves set prices. President Donald Trump has made lowering prescription-drug costs a top priority of his administration, and ending rebates was seen as a … Read more
How Trump’s Executive Order Could Save Lives by Transforming How the U.S. Treats Kidney Disease
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at streamlining the overburdened kidney care and transplantation system—a move meant to “bring new hope to millions of Americans suffering from kidney disease,” Trump said. The policy is intended to improve kidney care in three major ways: by emphasizing more effective and convenient treatments; making … Read more
The 10 Countries Most Vulnerable to Climate Change Will Experience Population Booms in the Coming Decades
Climate scientists have long warned that the impacts of climate change will hit less developed regions in the global south harder and earlier than wealthier parts of the world. A major consequence of that trend, analysis of the U.N.’s latest population forecasts shows, is that countries experiencing the world’s most rapid population growth over the … Read more
Why do women have less sex as they age?
Many women have less sex as they age, and the sex they do have gives them less pleasure. New research says this is not all down to health-related factors. View original article Author: