Abortion Pill Fight Heats Up; Cancer Screening Still in a Slump; 5 Good Sleep Habits
Note that some links may require subscriptions. A lawsuit challenging FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) has the potential to undermine the entire drug approval process in the U.S. (STAT) Could you repeat that? Health authorities said China’s COVID epidemic is “basically over” but “not yet ended.” (Reuters) Too many people who are […]
Can Coke ‘Enhance’ Men? Why Nurses Quit; Fetus Illegally Detained, Lawyer Says
Note that some links may require subscriptions. Do things grow better with Coke? Chinese researchers found that male mice who drank either Coke or Pepsi ended up with larger testicles than a control group of mice who drank tap water. (Daily Mail) Infant formula maker Reckitt said it is recalling 145,000 cans of its Enfamil […]
COVID and Heart Attack in the Young; No Vax for Fungal Infections; Wilderness Trauma
Note that some links may require subscriptions. A possible link between COVID and a spike in heart attacks among young people. (Today) Despite a growing prevalence of fungal infections, vaccine development continues to lag. (NBC News) After a mandatory evacuation, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, were allowed to return home Thursday following a train derailment […]
Mass Shooters’ Common Traits; FDA to Let Gay Men Give Blood; Restaurant Health Fee?
Note that some links may require subscriptions. FDA advisors recommended completely phasing out the original monovalent COVID-19 vaccines in favor of the updated bivalent shots, and also weighed in on the agency’s plan for annual COVID-19 boosters. Nearly all mass attackers were male and experienced at least one significant stressor in the past 5 years, […]
Most New Drugs Exceeded $200,000; S.C. Abortion Ban Tossed; Sen. Casey’s Cancer
Note that some links may require subscriptions. The median annual price of novel FDA approved drugs exceeded $200,000 in 2022. (Reuters) As COVID tears through Beijing, hospital beds are becoming scarce, and running out at some hospitals. (AP) The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s 6-week abortion ban, deeming it unconstitutional. (CNBC) Meanwhile, […]
Kid Homicides Surge in COVID; Physician Work Hours Drop; Vasectomies Up Post-Roe?
Note that some links may require subscriptions. The U.S. child homicide rate has been increasing around 4% each year since 2013, but skyrocketed by 28% during the first year of the pandemic. (JAMA Pediatrics) Firearm injuries among kids also surged by 52% during COVID, according to a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics. An independent review […]
Monks and Meth; China Says Jogger Caused COVID Outbreak; Flu Deaths Close to 3,000
Note that some links may require subscriptions. All four monks at a Buddhist temple in central Thailand were defrocked after testing positive for methamphetamine use. (CBS News) New York City will begin involuntarily hospitalizing its homeless mentally ill residents, Mayor Eric Adams (D) said. (New York Times) A Minnesota woman lost part of her peripheral […]
Dr. Oz Defeated; State Abortion Rights Win; Please Stop Licking Toads
Note that some links may require subscriptions. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated Mehmet Oz, MD, in a pivotal Pennsylvania Senate race. (New York Times) Voters supported abortion rights in all five states with ballot measures, with Michigan and two other states enshrining rights into their state constitutions; meanwhile, Kentucky voters rejected a measure that would […]
Jared Kushner Reveals Cancer Dx; Docs Warn on ‘No Poop July’; The Pharma Bro Returns
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Jared Kushner says in his soon-to-be-published book that he was diagnosed with and treated for thyroid cancer while he was working in the White House during the Trump administration. (New York Times) Texas otolaryngologist Mary Talley Bowden, MD, sued Houston Methodist Hospital for defamation, claiming the […]
‘Viagra’-Laced Honey; CDC Raises Alarm on Another Virus; Health Workforce $$ Coming
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The FDA warned four companies against selling tainted honey-based products that contained ingredients not listed on the label, including active drug ingredients found in Cialis and Viagra. In other agency news, the FDA may issue an emergency use authorization for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as […]