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Viewpoint: Why health practitioners need to be disciplined for spreading misinformation—and why that’s so challenging
Unfortunately, in most cases health misinformation has been allowed to stand with very few, if any, professional consequences. Some prominent ...
‘We must absolutely ignore them’: Medical experts rebuke Kennedy’s CDC after ‘hand-picked’ panel upends hepatitis B vaccine guidance
A CDC vaccine advisory panel's decision to stop recommending universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns has sparked a split between federal advisors ...
Challenging RFK. Jr.’s misstatements on aluminum in vaccines: ‘No, the microscopic amounts play no role in autism’
Cumulative aluminum exposure from vaccination during the first 2 years of life did not raise the risk of autism, asthma, ...
Viewpoint: ‘This is Hollywood science, not real science’ — RFK, Jr.’s ‘plan’ to let avian flu ‘run through the flock’ courts a catastrophic, global pandemic
In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among ...
Should marijuana be reclassified by the government as less dangerous than heroin?
As has been reported, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is planning to move cannabis (marijuana) from Schedule I to Schedule III ...
‘Blue leg syndrome’: Yet another long COVID health problem
'Blue Legs' yet another long COVID: isolated case report that illustrates that POTS is part of the milieu of post-COVID ...
Science or ideology: What’s behind the ongoing debate over masks to limit the spread of viruses?
What the never-ending mask debate is really about — Hint: It's not the science ...
Viewpoint: ‘Scientific debate has been weaponized’ — Hospitals offering gender-affirming treatments for transgender patients face regular threats
Recently, testimony wrapped up in a trial focused on Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care, and advocates are eagerly awaiting a verdict ...
mRNA COVID vaccine technology is leading breakthroughs in addressing very rare diseases
COVID vaccines made mRNA a household name. How can it help in rare diseases? A handful of companies have mRNA ...
Physicians rebuke threats against hospitals that offer resources for gender-affirming care
In what has become an increasingly frequent occurrence, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has had to issue ...
COVID survivors show lingering brain abnormalities up to 6 months after infection
A specialized type of MRI showed lingering brain abnormalities in patients up to 6 months after they recovered from COVID-19 ...
Simon & Schuster faces criticism for publishing book claiming ‘discredited’ ivermectin stops COVID
Pierre Kory, MD, one of the most vocal proponents of ivermectin for COVID-19, has the support of Simon & Schuster, ...
Childhood obesity associated with brain abnormalities, study shows
Children with overweight or obesity appeared to have abnormalities in the brain that could affect executive functioning, an analysis of ...
‘8 extra years of mental aging’: Lead exposure in childhood affects cognitive health as you age
Exposure to lead-contaminated drinking water in childhood was tied to lower levels of cognition in late adulthood, U.S. data showed ...
Viewpoint: Do doctors rely on BMI too much? Undue focus on weight can lead to patient distrust and delayed care
BMI surveillance is ubiquitous in medical settings and medically focused technologies. BMI is assessed at nearly every touchpoint in primary ...
10,200 nerve endings on the clitoris? More exact nerve count could make sexual wellness surgery safer
There are, in fact, an average of 10,280 nerve fibers according to a histomorphometric evaluation of the dorsal nerve of ...
Why dementia screening is critical: For people under 60, brain impairment appears up to 9 years before clinical diagnosis
Signs of brain impairment appeared as early as 9 years before people received a diagnosis for Alzheimer's or other dementia-related ...
Does Hollywood’s new favorite viral weight loss drug Wegovy (Ozempic) work — or is it just another fad pill?
Ozempic, or Wegovy, is a new class of medication that belongs to GLP-1 agonists. It was first developed as a ...
Viewpoint: Why I voted ‘no’ on the recently-approved ALS drug Relyvrio
Unsubstantiated claims of efficacy have impeded therapeutics development for other diseases too. Over 30 years ago, the parents of a ...
California bill bars doctors from spreading COVID misinformation to patients — but not on social media, raising doubts about its effectiveness
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on September 30 that gives the state some ammunition against physicians who spread lies about COVID ...
Children aren’t exempt from long COVID risks
Post-COVID-19 conditions (PCCs), aligning with what's come to be known as long COVID, persisted at 3 months for many children ...
Managing grief: How science can help guide end of life discussions with children
Children may not ask questions indicative of an existential crisis. They often ask very practical questions: What happens after we ...
Are anxious parents unconsciously ‘teaching’ their kids to be stressed out?
Children were more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder when a parent of the same sex, rather than ...
Will monkeypox become widespread in the US? Here’s what to expect
Monkeypox has been a heightened concern in several countries worldwide, especially Britain, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. So far, this is ...
Want to decrease long COVID risks? More vaccine doses seem to work best
Long COVID was less likely to occur in healthcare workers who had received two or three mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses ...
COVID misinformation doctors make rounds on lucrative rightwing speech circuit
Two of the most visible right-wing, conservative political movements in the U.S. right now -- "Defeat the Mandates" and the ...
These 8 risk factors can cause Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Here’s how you can minimize them
Eight modifiable risk factors were linked to more than one in three cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in ...
How psilocybin rewires the brain to treat depression
Psilocybin is one of a number of psychedelics under investigation as a potential therapy for psychiatric disorders. In the last ...
