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Healthy Recipe: White Bean, Arugula & Tomato Salad
This White Bean, Arugula & Tomato Salad is a great way to get more beans into your summer menus. And you can add so many different fresh herbs to this salad — we’ve named a few good candidates to get you started, so go ahead and pick your favorite combo.
Yes, We Can End AIDS by 2030. A UNAIDS Report Shows How.
Highlighting global progress against the HIV epidemic, a new report from UNAIDS makes the case that it’s possible to end AIDS by 2023. It lays out the steps to reach that goal and clarifies the challenges global regions face in tackling the HIV epidemic. The report states that in...
CDC to Launch Bridge Access Program to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments
CDC to Launch “Bridge Access Program” in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults. To help ensure that millions of uninsured and underinsured American adults continue to have access to no-cost COVID-19 vaccinations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching the Bridge Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines this fall.
Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients
The FDA on [July 6] gave full approval to what many scientists and doctors believe is the first drug to show promise of slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. But while patient advocates are celebrating, critics see it as the unfortunate triumph of a flawed theory of the disease’s cause and predict the rollout of the drug will aggravate racial disparities in elder care.
Medicare Proposes Covering All Forms of PrEP to Prevent HIV
The federal government proposes that Medicare cover the cost of all forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, to prevent HIV, including daily pills and long-acting injectables as well as the related doctor visits and screenings, such as tests for HIV and hepatitis. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
Even Brief Exercise Boosts Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells
Women with breast cancer experienced increases in cancer-fighting immune cells after a brief period of exercise, according to a recent study published in Nature Scientific Reports. A related study, published in Frontiers in Physiology, saw similar results for people with lymphoma. Both studies showed that a single 10-minute exercise session...
National Cancer Plan: Detect Cancers Early
This is the third in a series of articles about the goals of the National Cancer Institute’s National Cancer Plan, designed to support the aims of President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to end cancer as we know it. The plan is split into eight goals, one of which is to detect cancers early. For more, see Part 1: Eliminating Inequities and Part 2: Preventing Cancer.
Patients Squeezed in Fight Over Who Gets to Bill for Pricey Infusion Drugs
Health insurers and medical providers are battling over who should supply high-cost infusion drugs for patients, with the tussle over profits now spilling into statehouses across the country. The issue is that some insurers are bypassing hospital pharmacies and physician offices and instead sending more complex drugs through third-party pharmacies....
How Health Care May Be Affected by the High Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling
Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the diversity of doctors and other care providers in training but ultimately also on patient care. The decision found it is unconstitutional for colleges and universities to use race as a factor...
Susan Love, MD, Breast Cancer Surgeon and Advocate, Dies at 75
Susan Love, MD, MBA, outspoken lesbian doctor and fierce breast cancer advocate, died at age 75 in her Los Angeles home after a recurrence of leukemia, The New York Times reports. “Founding Mother” and chief visionary officer of the Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, Love was a breast...
Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
Almost three weeks after Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed a bill making it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors, a judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law for three children whose parents are part of an ongoing lawsuit. Florida is...
Investigational Three-Month TB Regimen Is Safe but Ineffective
The first clinical trial of a three-month tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen is closing enrollment because of a high rate of unfavorable outcomes with the investigational course of treatment. AIDS Clinical Trials Group 5362, also known as the CLO-FAST trial, sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a three-month clofazimine-...
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increase Risk for Stroke in Black Mothers
Black women in the United States have a significantly higher risk for preeclamptic pregnancy and stroke compared with white women. Despite this, most studies on the association between the two conditions have focused primarily on white women, according to a Boston University (BU) news release. To combat this lack of...
Why You’re Going to See More Signs About the Health Risks of Smoking
The following is a statement of the American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, The Center for Black Health & Equity (formerly the National African American Tobacco Prevention Network) and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund (public health intervenors in the case).
Exacerbating Racism as a Public Health Crisis in the United States
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) severely limited affirmative action policies in the college admissions process, effectively outlawing the direct consideration of race as a factor for admissions. The verdict was split along ideological lines, with the six conservative justices voting to strike these policies under the grounds that they violate the equal protection clause of the Constitution, and the three liberal justices voting to uphold these policies. This decision not only harms people of color by reducing their ability to attain a higher degree, but it will also adversely affect Black and Latinx people who are impacted by HIV as fewer people of color will be able to enter the fields of medicine, public health, and public policy.
National Cancer Plan: Preventing Cancer
This is the second in a series of articles about the goals of the National Cancer Institute’s National Cancer Plan, designed to support the aims of President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to end cancer as we know it. The plan is split into eight goals, one of which is to prevent cancer. For more, see Part 1: Eliminating Inequities.
Vampire Facials at New Mexico Spa Linked to Another HIV Case
At least one new HIV case has been linked to vampire facials performed at the VIP Beauty Salon and Spa in Albuquerque, which closed nearly five years ago, according to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Health. In 2019, two other HIV cases were traced to the spa.
Reducing Liver Fibrosis Risk in African Americans
A new study encourages health care professionals to provide personalized care to African Americans to help reduce their risk for severe liver fibrosis, or liver scarring, which can give rise to liver failure and the need for a transplant. Conducted by researchers at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago, the...
LGBTQ Cancer Patients, Survivors Concerned About Discrimination in a Health Care
According to a new survey, half of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) cancer patients and survivors report they are concerned they may face discrimination in a health care setting. More than one-third have experienced discrimination in a health care setting due to their sexual orientation or gender identity, and 75% of those who say they experienced discrimination feel it impacted their health care. These concerns and experiences with discrimination are resulting in barriers to receiving timely care that is vital to surviving cancer.
A Simple Test to Detect Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Without Genetic Sequencing?
Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Medical University of Lodz have found a way to detect increased cancer risk associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations without genetic sequencing, according to a new study in Nature Communications. The assessment isn’t based on the presence of BRCA1/2...
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