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☆ I'm a therapist who's been hospitalized for a manic episode. I worried about the stigma at work — then, another patient recognized me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Marcia Naomi Berger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. A year later, in 1975, I had a second manic episode, which landed me in Langley Porter Hospital. I first met Henry when I was a patient myselfI played ping-pong with Henry, a stocky, lively patient around my age. Then I saw his name on my list of patients on the large whiteboard that paired patients with their primary therapists. AdvertisementExcerpted from The Bipolar Therapist: A Journey from Madness to Love and Meaning by Marcia Naomi Berger.

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☆ Children with high BMIs should not use obesity medications like WeGovy, US doctors warn
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewWith weight-loss drugs like WeGovy and Ozempic dominating many of today's consumer healthcare conversations, there's a mounting concern for a particularly vulnerable group: children. In January 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that healthcare providers offer weight-loss medications, in addition to lifestyle adjustments, to treat obesity in children 12 and older. And in addition, there was limited evidence on weight loss maintenance after medications were discontinued in children," Nicholson said. These injectable drugs have proven successful as weight-loss interventions for adults with obesity, early research shows. Nicholson said clinicians have used lifestyle interventions, like nutrition and exercise plans, to help children with obesity lose weight and reduce risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, and liver disease.

Persons: —, Eli Lilly, Hilary Brueck, Wanda Nicholson, Nicholson, Amanda Staiano, Staino Organizations: Service, Pharmaceutical, Novo Nordisk, Business, American Academy of Pediatrics, US Preventive Services, Force, George Washington University School of Public Health, FDA, Pennington Biomedical Research, of Louisiana State University Locations: Pennington

☆ Opinion | Planning the Resistance to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Trump Resisters Draft Playbook in Case He Wins” (front page, June 16):The resistance to a potential second Trump administration is crucial. The efforts outlined, from drafting lawsuits to stockpiling abortion medication, highlight the severe threat that Donald Trump poses to American democracy. The coalition of progressive activists and former Republicans preparing to resist him shows the widespread recognition of the danger he represents. The fact that we must prepare for the possible authoritarian actions of a former president shows how fragile our democracy is. The preparations being made are not just about opposing Mr. Trump; they are about defending the very principles upon which our nation was founded.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Joanna Lydgate, “ Trump Organizations: Trump, States United Democracy Center

☆ To help children with high BMI, expert panel recommends 26 hours of behavior coaching — but not weight-loss drugs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The task force suggested that extensive and intensive behavioral interventions are the best way to help a child get to a healthy weight. A high BMI for a child is defined a little differently than it is for adults, although both use height and weight to estimate mass. Nearly 20% of children in the US have what’s considered a high BMI. The task force gives its guidelines letter grades based on the most up-to-date science. Under the Affordable Care Act, private insurers must cover preventive services that get a grade of A or B; the new child obesity recommendations got a B grade.

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☆ Doctors Like Me Are Falling Into This Medical Bill Trap - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Danielle Ofri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Thank goodness for urgent care centers. We found an urgent care at the end of a strip mall in Chicago, and 20 minutes later we received the good news that there was only a sprain. When I inquired about the bill, I was told that the center was hospital-affiliated and as such, is allowed to charge hospital prices. It turns out that I’d stumbled into a lucrative corner of the health care market called hospital outpatient departments, or HOPDs. They do some of the same outpatient care — colonoscopies, X-rays, medication injections — just as doctors’ offices and clinics do.

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☆ Why your child may be feeling anxious before bedtime
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“From 1 year of age to 6 years of age, kids change a lot. Almost half reported their child leaving their bed and moving to the parent’s bed some or most nights, while 1 in 3 parents said their child often or occasionally insists that they stay in the room until the child falls asleep. The most important factor in getting kids to bed is consistency and sticking with a bedtime routine, Mott Poll co-director Clark said. Ninety percent of polled parents reported having an established and consistent bedtime routine. It’s common for young children to experience sleep issues, especially as preschool-age children begin to reduce or drop naptime, Hartstein said.

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Opponents of Donald J. Trump are drafting potential lawsuits in case he is elected in November and carries out mass deportations, as he has vowed. One group has hired a new auditor to withstand any attempt by a second Trump administration to unleash the Internal Revenue Service against them. Democratic-run state governments are even stockpiling abortion medication. “Trump has made clear that he’ll disregard the law and test the limits of our system,” said Joanna Lydgate, the chief executive of States United Democracy Center, a nonpartisan democracy watchdog organization that works with state officials in both parties. “What we’re staring down is extremely dark.”While the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt to nullify federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, liberals fear a new Trump administration could rescind the approval or use a 19th-century morality law to criminalize sending it across state lines.

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☆ Supreme Court’s abortion pill ruling puts new focus on conservative Trump judge in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( John Fritze | Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In the mifepristone case, Kacsmaryk’s initial ruling was notable not just for its sweeping nature but in how he embraced the anti-abortion movement’s sensational rhetoric about the procedure. The groups fighting mifepristone argue that the Supreme Court’s decision shouldn’t affect the states’ ability to sue. Both the FDA and several medical groups, including the American Medical Association, told the Supreme Court that mifepristone is safe. But the Supreme Court knocked that argument aside, noting that federal law already allows doctors to avoid performing procedures that violate their conscience. Adam Unikowsky, a veteran Supreme Court litigator who has closely followed the mifepristone case, predicted it will be hard for the states to get the issue back before the Supreme Court.

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☆ Top doctor warns against taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic to get 'beach body ready' for summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewOne of the UK's top doctors has warned people against taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic to get "beach body ready" for summer, saying they should not be seen as a "quick fix." "Drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy should only be used by people prescribed them for obesity or diabetes. Nevertheless, weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have soared in popularity over the last year. AdvertisementThere are currently three semaglutide products approved by the US Food and Drug Administration — Ozempic injection, Wegovy injection, and Rybelsus tablets.

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☆ Abortion: Trump walks fine line but allies and activists have big plans for a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Phil Mattingly | Andrew Seger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“I believe he’ll be a pro-life president in the future also.”Many senior Trump administration alumni and allies are now mapping out and drafting policy options for a second Trump term. A second Trump term would also put back in place and expand restrictions on Title X grants – federal funds for public and nonprofit groups that provide family planning. Resurrecting these actions in a second Trump would almost entirely be up to the discretion of whomever he appoints to lead the relevant federal agencies. With Roe v. Wade’s protections erased, anti-abortion activists would like a second Trump administration to push harder than it did before – especially in restricting access to mifepristone. Abortion rights advocates worry he could play an outsize role shaping abortion restrictions in a potential second Trump administration.

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☆ Brain science start-up Neuroelectrics uses electricity and a headcap to reduce seizures in patients with epilepsy. Now it needs FDA approval
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Cristy Garratt Maria Gomez De Sicart | Cristy Garratt | Https | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

High up in the hills of Barcelona, brain science start-up Neuroelectrics is developing therapies that it says will improve the lives of people living with brain disease. Its main product is a headcap, which monitors the brain's electrical activity and stimulates regions of the brain with mild electrical currents. Co-founder and CEO Ana Maiques believes it will significantly improve the lives of people suffering with epilepsy. In addition to epilepsy, Maiques and her team are optimistic that the headgear can also be used to treat depression and Alzheimer's. So, when you have epilepsy, you have an electrical discharge in one area of your brain, so they can really target and help them," said Roser Sanchez-Todo, R&D director for Neuroelectrics' brain modelling department.

Persons: Ana Maiques, Maiques, Roser Sanchez, Neuroelectrics Organizations: CNBC Tech, U.S . Food, Drug Administration Locations: Barcelona

☆ One Week That Revealed the Struggles of the Anti-Abortion Movement
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Elizabeth Dias | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Southern Baptist Convention voted to condemn in vitro fertilization at its annual meeting in Indianapolis this week, over the objections of some members. Conservative lawyers pushing to sharply restrict medication abortion lost a major case at the Supreme Court, after pursuing a strategy that many of their allies thought was an overreach. Former president Donald J. Trump told Republicans in a closed-door meeting to stop talking about abortion bans limiting the procedure at certain numbers of weeks. In one chaotic week, the anti-abortion movement showed how major players are pulling in various directions and struggling to find a clear path forward two years after their victory of overturning Roe v. Wade.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Roe, Wade Organizations: Southern Baptist Convention, Supreme, Republicans Locations: Indianapolis

☆ Mail-Order Abortions, Protected by Court for Now, Are Growing Rapidly
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Margot Sanger-Katz | Claire Cain Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court, for now, has protected telehealth abortion, which accounts for a substantial and growing share of abortions in the United States. In telehealth abortions, pills are prescribed over video or via online forms, and do not involve an in-person visit between a clinician and patient. The share of these abortions has grown rapidly in recent years; there were fewer than 4,000 in April 2022. On Thursday, the court upheld broad access to the drug mifepristone, one of two pills used in medication abortion. Since 2021, the agency has allowed abortion pills to be prescribed online and mailed to patients.

Persons: Roe, Wade Locations: United States, telehealth

Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in a medication abortion. It is combined with a second drug, misoprostol, to end a pregnancy. Mifepristone blocks a hormone called progesterone that is necessary for a pregnancy to continue. Misoprostol brings on uterine contractions, causing the body to expel the pregnancy as in a miscarriage. Growing evidence from outside the United States suggests that abortion pills are safe even among women who do not have a doctor to advise them.

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☆ Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( John Fritze | Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

As those bans helped propel the demand for medication abortion, mifepristone became a logical target for the anti-abortion movement. None of those lower court rulings went into effect because the Supreme Court intervened last year and ordered that the status quo around mifepristone remain in place until the justices reviewed the case. The Supreme Court heard arguments in March. Both the FDA and several medical groups, including the American Medical Association, told the Supreme Court that mifepristone is safe. The mifepristone appeal was one of two abortion cases the high court was considering this month.

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☆ The Supreme Court Upheld Broad Abortion Pill Access
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a unanimous decision today, the Supreme Court rejected an effort to sharply curtail access to mifepristone, a medication used in a majority of abortions in the U.S. The decision was a victory for supporters of abortion access: The pill will remain widely available, for now. Kavanaugh did not, however, rule out the possibility that states could pursue other challenges to curtail access to the drug. Anti-abortion activists said after the ruling that they would keep trying to unravel the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the pill. Their argument that the drug is harmful has been dismissed by mainstream scientists.

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☆ Live Updates: Supreme Court Upholds Broad Access to Abortion Pill
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

ETThe Supreme Court on Thursday upheld access to a widely available abortion pill, rejecting a bid from a group of anti-abortion organizations and doctors to unravel the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the pill. In a unanimous decision, written by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the court held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the F.D.A.’s actions. The case involved easier access: The challenge before the court centered on changes the F.D.A. The safety of the pill: The groups — citing five studies, including two that were later retracted — questioned the safety of mifepristone, which was approved by the F.D.A. Their claim contradicted a large scientific record on the safety of mifepristone and another abortion medication, misoprostol.

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☆ What men can do to maintain a healthy sex life
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

If we don’t take care of our health today, we won’t enjoy a healthy sex life tomorrow. Studies have shown that men with emotional problems or stress are more likely to experience sexual dysfunction in the form of either premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction and/or low sexual desire. Side effects of certain medicationsCertain medications, including those for hypertension and depression, can cause sexual dysfunction as a side effect. They may adjust your dosage or switch you to a different medication that has fewer effects on sexual health. Diabetic men, for instance, are three times more likely to experience erectile dysfunction compared with nondiabetic men.

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☆ Céline Dion says that almost anything — even happiness — can trigger the symptoms of her stiff-person syndrome
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewCéline Dion says the symptoms of her stiff-person syndrome can be easily triggered by almost anything, including laughter. Walking wobbly," Dion told Kotb. Related storiesThe "My Heart Will Go On" singer first announced that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in December 2022. There is no cure for stiff-person syndrome, but there are ways for patients to manage their condition , including through medication and therapy. AdvertisementIn April, Dion told Vogue France that she goes to therapy five days a week and trains "like an athlete" as part of her treatment plan.

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☆ Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Then, three healthy ferrets were placed in the same enclosures with three of the sick animals. These animals could touch, nose and lick the sick animals, and all of them became ill.Next, the CDC tested airborne transmission by putting three healthy ferrets into an enclosure where they could breathe the same air as sick animals but couldn’t touch them. In her lab, ferrets with previous exposures to seasonal flu strains didn’t get as sick when exposed to new flu viruses compared to those with no prior exposure to seasonal strains. How much help we might get from past exposures to flu viruses is difficult to predict, however, which is why vaccination would still be important to tune up our immunity. They never spread the virus to any of the other animals in the facility — including themselves.

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☆ A Drug to Slow Alzheimer’s Is Finally Available. How Are Patients Faring?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the last three years, a new class of Alzheimer’s drug, the first to treat a root cause of the disease, has set off a roller coaster of hope and disappointment. Lecanemab (brand name Leqembi; pronounced le-KEM-bee) was given full approval by the Food and Drug Administration in July 2023 and is currently the only one of its class available to Alzheimer’s patients, outside clinical trials. The drug has been shown to slow the progression of the disease, but its benefits are fairly modest. With lecanemab having been approved for nearly a year — and with a similar drug, donanemab, being reviewed by an F.D.A. There are strict requirements for patients to be eligible for lecanemab; by one estimate, fewer than 20 percent met the qualifications for the medication.

Persons: Neurologists Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, New York Times, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic , Massachusetts General Hospital, University of California Locations: Mayo Clinic , Massachusetts, San Francisco

☆ A shortage of young men in the workforce could weigh on housing, Social Security, and growth for years to come
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAmerica's job market is mysteriously short of young men. Zack Mabel, a research professor at Georgetown University, theorizes that falling labor force participation among young men could impact the economy for at least several decades. AdvertisementStraining the economyThe economy appears to already be feeling the decline in male workforce participation. Besides the years following the pandemic, US workforce participation rate hasn't been that low since the 70s, World Bank data shows. There's no clear answer for how to get young men back into the workforce.

Persons: —, Carol Graham, That's, Graham, They're, Zack Mabel, Mabel, Meredith Whitney, Whitney, they're Organizations: Service, Brookings Institute, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business, Georgetown University, World Bank, Bank, Wall, Brookings, Government, Social Locations: Brookings

☆ Opinion: I worry about asthma year round. Here’s what I especially dread in the summer months
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Opinion Pamela Appea | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

There’s another connection between Canada, asthma and my family — and it’s a somewhat accidental one. Unfortunately, the challenges that my mom faced getting asthma medication persisted. There were times that my mother didn’t fill her prescriptions for her asthma medication out of concern over the cost. Research shows that if you have a parent with asthma, you have a 25% likelihood of developing asthma yourself. Still, I remain vigilant because there is no cure for asthma and my family is so susceptible to its ravages.

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☆ He was the first person to be diagnosed with a new sleep disorder. It led to a scientific breakthrough
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Five years earlier, Dorff had become the first patient diagnosed with an unusual disease called rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD. By 1986, Schenck and his team had published their first paper on the newly discovered sleep disorder. RBD can affect women, tooLewy body dementia can refer to two different types of dementia: Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, which both affect cognition. Called the North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy Consortium, the research hopes to identify potential treatments for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and slow its progression into Parkinson’s and dementia. Seek medical treatment if violent dreams beginAs a child, Donald Dorff shared a room with three brothers and never had any signs of a sleep disorder.

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☆ This start-up is making artificial hair from bananas
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Leah Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Some people complain that synthetic hair can irritate their scalp and a study of synthetic hair in Nigeria found the presence of potentially harmful heavy metals and chemicals. We want to empower women to make informed decisions about what hair they use and what’s best for them.”Tumusiime says that, unlike synthetic hair, her product is biodegradable, durable and can be easily styled, treated and colored. Since it’s made from discarded banana stems, she adds, it’s also a way to help curb that waste. In the US, St.Louis-based Rebundle also sells hair extensions made from banana fibers, while Nourie Hair offers a hair alternative for braiding made from Ginseng root extract and rosemary. But synthetic hair can be bought for as little as $1 for a bundle.

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