Herpes deaths: Surgeon and midwife argued over Caesarean, inquest told
Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Amid loneliness epidemic, readers share stories of struggle and serenity
Readers responded to the surgeon general's health advisory on loneliness by sharing poignant stories of trying to nurture connection in a fractured America.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Blackmon Source Type: news

Local surgeon turns 38-acre Bucks County farm into 'living, learning laboratory' to help breast cancer patients
Still Rise Farm looks at how traditional medicine and integrative medicine can be used together for the benefit of patients, particularly underserved populations, including incorporating mindfulness, physical activity and nutrition.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 12, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news

New FDA Guidelines in Place to Keep Asbestos Out of Cosmetics
The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, known as MoCRA, is the most significant measure taken in nearly 100 years to keep items most people use every day safe. Not since the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was passed in 1938 has there been such a sweeping piece of legislation. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Americans use six to 12 cosmetics products daily. Ordinary items like shaving cream, makeup, nail polish and skincare products may contain talcum powder. Talc has the potential to be tainted with asbestos since the minerals form close together. Asbestos can cause mesothelioma, ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 11, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Source Type: news

When does life end? New organ donation strategy fuels debate
On a chilly holiday Monday in January 2020, a medical milestone passed largely unnoticed. In a New York City operating room, surgeons gently removed the heart from a 43-year-old man who had died and shuttled it steps away to a patient in desperate need of a new one. More than 3500 people in the United States receive a new heart each year. But this case was different—the first of its kind in the country. “It took us 6 months to prepare,” says Nader Moazami, surgical head of heart transplantation at New York University (NYU) Langone Health, where the operation took place. The run-up included oversight from an ethi...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Amplifying the recommendations of the ACS 2022 Medical Summit on Firearm Injury: the call for a Surgeon General's report on firearm violence prevention - Maa J, Masiakos PT.
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Source: SafetyLit - May 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

From foetuses to penises: anatomical museum reopens in London
Hunterian Museum collection amassed by 18th-century surgeon-anatomist John Hunter includes body parts of humans and animalsThe relaunch of an extraordinary collection of human and animal specimens gathered in the 18th century by a medical pioneer has prompted the Royal College of Surgeons in England (RCS) to commission research into complex questions about provenance and consent.The collection amassed by the surgeon-anatomist John Hunter includes human organs alongside the bodies and body parts of creatures ranging from bees to elephants. Human foetuses in glass jars, from nine weeks gestation to full term, pickled penises...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Harriet Sherwood Tags: Museums Medical research Heritage Science Culture Biology London UK news Colonialism Anatomy and physiology Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Minute: Innovative technology to treat head and neck cancers
In the U.S., HPV is linked to about 70% of throat and mouth cancers. And more than 70% of those cancers are diagnosed in men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Treatment for throat and mouth cancers, also referred to as oropharyngeal or head and neck cancers, depends on location and stage of the cancer as well as other factors. Dr. Phillip Pirgousis, a Mayo Clinic head and neck surgeon, says patients now have safer, less invasive surgical treatments…
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - May 11, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) Waivers, Exceptions, and Exemptions
FDA has the authority under section 582(a)(3) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as added by the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), to grant waivers, exceptions, and exemptions from certain requirements in section 582 of the FD&C Act, as appropriate.
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - May 10, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

AI and the Safe Surgery Checklist
(MedPage Today) -- In this exclusive video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, chats with surgeon, author, and public health leader Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, about his book The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. The two...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 9, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

U.S. Surgeon General Warns Of Loneliness Epidemic And Some Say That Generative AI ChatGPT Is The Cure
The U.S. Surgeon General has released an advisory alerting the public at large that loneliness has become an epidemic and represents an urgent public health concern. You might be tempted to think that this advisory is somewhat over the top and that loneliness is merely something that we all need…#ussurgeongeneral #hhs #excerpt #sgloneliness #albertschweitzer #henrymiller #whitneyhouston #openai #aiethics #ailaw
Source: Reuters: Health - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eye surgeon warns sunlight can cause cataracts and cornea damage - how to avoid
UV radiation from the sun can damage both the skin around the eyes and the eyes themselves, an expert warned.
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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Chief Investigative Correspondent Pam Brown asks Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group about the risk of asbestos in cosmetic talc products. Watch "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper" Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AHA News: She Wanted to Thank the Surgeon Who Saved Her Life as a Baby. She Did – As His Colleague.
FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Hours after Sarah Hernandez was born in La Verne, California, doctors diagnosed problems with her heart – problems they couldn ' t fix. So they arranged for her to be flown to nearby...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

I'm a doctor - these are the five ways to slow down ageing without going under the knife
Botox, filler, and cosmetic surgery are known ways to slow down the unwanted signs of aging. But face yoga and spending time outside could do the same job without having surgery, experts say.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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