July 19, 2024
(Business Insider via MSN) – The direct-to-consumer health industry has exploded in recent years. The pandemic accelerated the rise of telehealth, which these DTC companies are a part of both culturally and legally. Grand View Research estimates that the global … Read More
July 18, 2024
(NBC News) – A booming unregulated market is creating risks for consumers, who may not know what they’re getting. Indeed, with the rise in popularity, there has also been a growing number of alarming reports of people being sickened by … Read More
July 18, 2024
(The Verge) – Instagram will let a select group of researchers access its data to study how the platform affects the mental health of teens and young adults. The pilot program, launched in partnership with the Center for Open Science … Read More
July 17, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Yet scientists’ warnings about the potential health problems of even small amounts of alcohol are growing more dire. For moderate drinkers, it can be hard to know what’s actually OK to consume: Is two a day … Read More
July 11, 2024
(The Atlantic) – For just $65, the skin-care company Selfmade will sell you a kit that will purportedly help you feel more stable and confident in your relationships—and get better skin all the while. According to the kit’s marketing copy, … Read More
July 10, 2024
(NPR) – he mix of stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl – a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin – is driving what experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave.” The mixture presents powerful challenges to efforts … Read More
July 10, 2024
(TIME) – Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart … Read More
July 9, 2024
(STAT News) – Come quickly, the Columbus Police sergeant urged, patients are in danger. The psychiatric hospital on the city’s east side may need to be shut down, he warned Ohio regulators. The officer, a 27-year veteran of the department, … Read More
July 4, 2024
(Washington Post) – Officials are amplifying warnings about the risks of unregulated and sometimes illegal products advertised on social media and sold online or in vape shops. Public health experts and officials are amplifying theirwarnings about the risks of unregulated … Read More
July 4, 2024
(The Dispatch) – Something about the human heart works hard to avoid honest reflection on the meaning of our existence. And yet at the same time, a life without meaning is hardly worth living. Such is the dual nature of … Read More
July 3, 2024
(NPR) – Transgender people under 18 face laws that bar them from accessing gender-affirming health care in 25 states — just a few years ago, not a single state had such a law. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider … Read More
July 2, 2024
(Aeon) – Even happy families cannot avoid the reality – my reality – that adoption is predicated on transacting the life of a child. In truth, it can only ever be a happier ending. Of course, every kid who escapes … Read More
July 2, 2024
(Axios) – The rise in hoarding disorder as America ages requires a national response, a new Senate report shared first with Axios says. Why it matters: The prevalence and severity of hoarding disorder increases with age — and the U.S. … Read More
July 1, 2024
(New York Times) – The Biden administration said this week that it opposed gender-affirming surgery for minors, the most explicit statement to date on the subject from a president who has been a staunch supporter of transgender rights. The White … Read More
June 28, 2024
(NPR) – Psychedelics have entered the mainstream in a big way: Investors have staked billions on potential medical treatments, scientific research has skyrocketed and public sentiment signals growing acceptance. And yet the major sources of data on drug use have … Read More
June 28, 2024
(CNN) – “Kids are losing control and eating to the point where they feel physically ill,” said Ashley Gearhardt, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor who conducted the research and developed the Yale addiction … Read More
June 28, 2024
(STAT News) – Alcohol sales per capita went up more from 2019 to 2021 than in any two-year period since 1969, according to estimates from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Deaths from excessive alcohol use are also … Read More
June 25, 2024
(Axios) – Youth mental health has begun to improve after major pandemic dips, new data shows. Why it matters: The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare students’ struggles as well as a fractured system to help them navigate recovery. Some of the recovery, though, trails pre-pandemic mental … Read More
June 25, 2024
(KFF Health News) – Studies have concluded that suicide is unusually common among farmers. Researchers believe it’s not just because many farmers have other risk factors, such as rural addresses and access to guns. The tragic trend has caught the attention of the U.S. … Read More
June 24, 2024
(The Atlantic) – I trained as a physician and have asked patients the very same question thousands of times, so I think hard about how to quantify the sum of the sore hips, the prickly thighs, and the numbing, itchy … Read More
June 24, 2024
(Axios) – America has become much more aware of the health risks facing new mothers, but the health care system is still trying to catch up. Why it matters: More than half of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States occur up to one … Read More
June 21, 2024
(WBUR) – British pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass led a highly anticipated independent scientific review of gender health services for children in England, commissioned by the National Health Service. Now popularly known as the ‘Cass Review,’ it concludes for most young … Read More
June 20, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Findings align with undisclosed internal research at Meta, which has pledged an ‘age-appropriate’ experience for teens; company says testing isn’t representative of their experience. Instagram regularly recommends sexual videos to accounts for teenagers that appear interested … Read More
June 20, 2024
(Vox) – But there was another major question looming over Lykos (previously known as MAPS public benefit corporation, the biggest force pushing psychedelics toward legalization over the past few decades). It’s a question that had begun to bubble up in the news and which … Read More
June 20, 2024
(NPR) – Pixar’s new movie, Inside Out 2 came out Friday. It’s the sequel to the 2015 movie Inside Out, which followed 11-year-old Riley and her family as they move to San Francisco. In the first movie, audiences meet Riley’s core emotions – … Read More
