The HHS secretary suggests that industry has too much sway over regulatory decisions made by the Food and Drug Administration. View original article Contributor: Rachel Roubein, Dan Diamond
Heparin is cheap and essential to millions of hospitalized people. Tariffs could disrupt the supply chain that gets ingredients from China to their beds. View original article Contributor: Sabrina Malhi
The Health and Human Services secretary said a conclusion would be in hand by September, setting off alarms. But he may have been mistaken on the date. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil, Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun
Kennedy Accuses F.D.A. of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies The New York Times >View original article Contributor:
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett
Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections. The bacteria responsible for the more serious infections are on the rise. In a report published April 7 in JAMA, researchers led by those at the … Read more
TikTok is full of content creators claiming that eating certain foods helped them get pregnant—particularly those with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormone disorder that can affect fertility and metabolic health. But how truthful are those claims? According to nutrition and fertility experts, while certain dietary plans may help some people with fertility, no one … Read more
For an emergency medicine physician, a typical shift is a front-row seat to the worst days of people’s lives—a whirlwind of drama, frustration, quiet victories, devastating losses, and unfiltered humanity. And then, it’s onto the next patient’s room to do it all over again. Maybe that’s why, as an emergency medicine attending physician in Chicago, … Read more
Kennedy went on to say that it is an American’s choice to “eat donuts all day” or drink sodas, and he promised not to take those choices away. View original article Contributor: Lauren Weber
Evidence-Based Holistic and Natural Medicine for Cancer Patients Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center >View original article Contributor: