July 25, 2025
(NBC News) – Heavy drinkers are likelier to get alcohol-related liver disease compared with decades ago, a study found. That’s most likely because certain groups, including women, are drinking more. The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted … Read More
July 25, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 24, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 24, 2025
(Wired) – Bad mood? Puffy face? Immune issues? Across TikTok and Instagram there are scores of influencers ready to sell you some products—without ever sending you to a doctor. Bad mood? Puffy face? Immune issues? Across TikTok and Instagram there … Read More
July 23, 2025
(NBC News) – As of July 15, Covid cases were growing or likely growing in 27 states including Texas, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of positive Covid tests have also … Read More
July 22, 2025
(NBC News) – Scientists looked at the genes of millions of people to determine which ones are linked to obesity — and developed a way to screen people before age 5. Certain genetic variants can affect how a person’s body … Read More
July 21, 2025
(Wired) – Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself. In 1997, Miller proposed a career-defining theory of how … Read More
July 18, 2025
(UPI) – The United States officially won’t be involved in an enhanced pandemic global response enacted by the World Health Organization, the Trump administration said Friday. The International Health Regulations Amendments approved on June 1, 2024, would allow the WHO … Read More
July 18, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 23, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 17, 2025
(NBC News) – Some researchers suspect the trend has to do with obesity and diet. Others point to changes in the gut microbiome. Gastrointestinal cancers, which include colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancer, are rising dramatically in younger adults, though doctors … Read More
July 17, 2025
(Wired) – The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40 states as of July 16. Cases were almost as high in 2019, putting the country’s measles elimination status … Read More
July 16, 2025
(Medical Xpress) – Data released this week by the World Health Organization and UNICEF indicate modest gains in childhood vaccination rates, but globally, more than 14 million children remain unvaccinated. Last year, 89% of infants globally (~115 million) received at … Read More
July 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – New study is among first to examine cancer risk among people exposed to lower levels of environmental radiation People who spent their childhood in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s living near Coldwater Creek, a tributary of … Read More
July 15, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United States, are relatively sedentary and burn far fewer daily calories than people in less-industrialized countries, greatly … Read More
July 11, 2025
(New York Times) – A man’s death after using “Flow” in a small Vermont city exposed a drug operation that spanned continents and sent a New York prosecutor on a heartbreaking journey. The Flow case encompassed scores of investigators, prosecutors … Read More
July 11, 2025
(NBC News) – The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization’s list of worrying fungal diseases. It’s growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it. Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more … Read More
July 10, 2025
(The Hill) – All of this was painfully learned by our one memorable modern Surgeon General, Charles Everett Koop. The New York Times denounced him in an editorial headed “Dr. Unqualified;” a nimbler commentator christened him “Dr. Kook.” He had … Read More
July 9, 2025
(CNN) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in cases. “As reports of animal infections with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”) have … Read More
July 9, 2025
(NBC News) – Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and more. Since 2000, breast cancer incidence among Asian American and … Read More
July 8, 2025
(BBC) – The first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use. It’s expected to be rolled out in African countries within weeks. Until now there have been no approved malaria drugs specifically for … Read More
July 8, 2025
(KFF Health News) – As many Americans have grown increasingly intolerant of street homelessness, cities and states have returned to tough-on-crime approaches that penalize people for living outside and for substance use disorders. But the Skid Row facility shows Los … Read More
July 8, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Although many skeptics have overreacted, rejecting sound science in favor of quack theories, they’ve gotten one thing right: A noble profession has been corrupted by politics. This became obvious during the pandemic, but the politicization of the … Read More
July 8, 2025
(Axios) – Children’s physical and mental health declined across multiple measures over the 17 years ending in 2023, according to new research led by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Why it matters: The findings published Monday in JAMA offer some … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Axios) – There have been 1,267 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year, almost 4.5 times the total for all of last year and on track to pass the highest annual count since the disease was declared eliminated … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Axios) – It’s not food, it’s not chewing tobacco and it’s not gum — though it might look like it when you see it — but it is becoming America’s new addictive obsession. Why it matters: Sales of Zyn nicotine … Read More
July 7, 2025
Journal of Medical Humanities (vol. 46, no 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
