Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won ’t Medicare Pay?
Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Breast Cancer Tests (Medical) Mammography Women and Girls Medicare Disease Rates Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms Tumors Preventive Medicine Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Source Type: news
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated for Parents on Medicaid
Among those with substance use disorders who have been referred to child welfare, less than half received medication or counseling. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Heat-Related ER Visits Rose in 2023, CDC Study Finds
As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: Heat and Heat Waves Heatstroke Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Weather Global Warming Research Southern States (US) United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Vaccination and Immunization Developing Countries Cervical Cancer Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Women and Girls Medicine and Health Teenagers and Adolescence Children and Childhood Gardasil (Vaccine) Source Type: news
Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors
The change followed a sweeping review by England ’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi Tags: National Health Service Scotland England Youth Teenagers and Adolescence Gender Medicine and Health Health Insurance and Managed Care Hormones Transgender your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Zimmer Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) International Relations Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Protective Clothing and Gear World Health Organization your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Taking Account of Rising Health Care Costs
Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Josh Ocampo Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care MultiPlan Inc Doctors CIGNA Corporation UnitedHealth Group Inc Aetna Inc Source Type: news
Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jonathan Moens Tags: Law and Legislation Brain Computers and the Internet Privacy Consumer Protection Federal-State Relations (US) Mobile Applications Depression (Mental) Biometrics Data-Mining and Database Marketing Meditation American Civil Liberties U Source Type: news
Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment
New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Buttocks Homosexuality and Bisexuality Disease Rates Transgender Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) GSK PLC Merck & Company Inc Unitaid Viiv Healthcare Ltd Source Type: news
With Social Prescribing, Art and Volunteering Can Be Medicine
Prescriptions for social activities, exercise and the arts — first popularized in Britain — are coming to America. But some experts say the U.S. health care system may get in the way. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Anxiety and Stress Loneliness Art Colleges and Universities Emergency Medical Treatment California Newark (NJ) Source Type: news
Sophie Kinsella, ‘Shopaholic’ Author,’ Says She Has Brain Cancer
The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Schmall and Dani Blum Tags: Brain Cancer Books and Literature Writing and Writers Kinsella, Sophie Source Type: news
Sleep Apnea Reduced in People Who Took Zepbound, Eli Lilly Reports
The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk ’s Wegovy. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Tirzepatide Apnea (Sleep Disorder) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Obesity Weight Clinical Trials Eli Lilly and Company Source Type: news
Women Talk Through Their Abortions on TikTok
At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Schmall Tags: Abortion Social Media Women and Girls Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Pregnancy and Childbirth Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision) TikTok (ByteDance) Source Type: news
U.S. Limits Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges
Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chris Hamby Tags: Mines and Mining Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Workplace Hazards and Violations Black Lung Disease Silica Coal Mine Safety and Health Administration Hazardous and Toxic Substances Source Type: news
U.S. to Limit Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges
Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chris Hamby Tags: Mines and Mining Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Workplace Hazards and Violations Black Lung Disease Silica Coal Mine Safety and Health Administration Hazardous and Toxic Substances Source Type: news
