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Does Cannabis Protect or Harm the Brains of People With HIV?
How does cannabis affect the brains of people living with HIV? A federal grant of $11.6 million over five years will help researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine find out. It’s possible that cannabis—including marijuana and other products made from the plant—may help protect the brain against the damage of HIV. But it’s also possible that cannabis may exacerbate HIV’s negative effects.
As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls for not completing paperwork. Under normal circumstances, states review their Medicaid enrollment lists regularly to ensure every...
Study Finds High Rates of Persistent Chronic Pain Among U.S. Adults
A study from the National Institutes of Health shows that new cases of chronic pain occur more often among U.S. adults than new cases of several other common conditions, including diabetes, depression, and high blood pressure. Among people who have chronic pain, almost two-thirds still suffer from it a year later.
Risk-Based Lung Cancer Screening Is More Cost-Effective
Lung cancer screening models that select people for screening on the basis of their individual risk are more cost-effective than categorical recommendations based solely on age and smoking history, according to study findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “Our model shows that personal risk-based screening for lung cancer is...
Metabolic Conditions Worsen Risk for People With Chronic Hepatitis B
Diabetes, excess weight and other metabolic comorbidities increase the risk for adverse liver-related outcomes, such as liver cancer and transplantation among people living with chronic hepatitis B, according to findings published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. What’s more, people with two or more of these conditions fared even worse.
Tina Turner, Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll, Cause of Death Revealed
Tina Turner, the legendary rock and soul singer dubbed the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll, died last week in her home in Zurich, according to a statement issued by her family. She was 83. Representatives said the singer who in more recent years had survived a stroke, a...
AIDS Foundation Houston Has a New Home and Name: Allies in Hope
The more things change for AIDS Foundation Houston, the more they stay the same. The HIV service provider moved to a larger location, added a mobile testing unit and changed its name to Allies in Hope. Yet after more than 40 years of service, the organization’s focus remains unaltered. “Our...
PBMs, the Brokers Who Control Drug Prices, Finally Get Washington’s Attention
For two decades, patients and physicians eagerly awaited a lower-cost version of the world’s bestselling drug, Humira, while its maker, AbbVie, fought off potential competitors by building a wall of more than 250 patents around it. When the first Humira biosimilar — essentially a generic version — finally hit...
Healthy Recipe: Maple-Apple Scones
The crisp apples at the start of the season are perfect for these scones. Make them with sweet Golden Delicious or Gala, or with tart Braeburn or Granny Smith — whichever you prefer. Go easy with the cinnamon when using it, so that the taste doesn’t take over.
Legal Pot Is More Potent Than Ever — And Still Largely Unregulated
Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available. Although decades ago the THC content of weed was commonly less than 1.5%, some products on the market today are more than 90%...
AIDS Walk New York 2023 Raises Over $2.1 Million
It is known as “the world’s largest and most visible HIV/AIDS fundraising event” for a reason. AIDS Walk New York, now in its 38th year, raised $2,102,534 during its Sunday, May 21, event—and donations are still coming in. Over 10,000 people converged in Manhattan’s iconic Central...
Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years
Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published Tuesday in JAMA, casts the nation’s racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades.
How to Grow Your Social Network as You Age
Friends sitting around a table, talking and laughing. A touch on the arm, as one of them leans over to make a confiding comment. A round of hugs before walking out the door. For years, Carole Leskin, 78, enjoyed this close camaraderie with five women in Moorestown, New Jersey, a group that took classes together, gathered for lunch several times a week, celebrated holidays with one another, and socialized frequently at their local synagogue.
Large Study Provides Deeper Insight Into Long COVID Symptoms
Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly every tissue and organ in the body. Clinical symptoms can vary and include fatigue, brain fog, and dizziness, and last for months or years after a person has COVID-19. The research team, funded by the National Institutes of Health, also found that long COVID was more common and severe in study participants infected before the 2021 Omicron variant.
1.6M Excess Black Lives Lost Over Two Decades
Black Americans lead sicker lives and die younger compared with white people, according to a study from the Yale School of Medicine. Published in JAMA Network, the study revealed that between 1999 and 2020, there were 1.63 million excess deaths in the U.S. Black population compared with white people, according to a Yale Medicine news release. This high mortality rate resulted in more than 80 million excess years of potential life lost.
Folks With HIV Enjoy the Benefits of Yoga at a Dallas Nonprofit
Along with providing a range of traditional HIV-related services for its African-American clients in the Dallas area, nonprofit Abounding Prosperity also offers yoga classes. “[I] let my hair down, and feel the tension relieve,” participant Aileene Williams tells the Dallas Morning News in a profile on the yoga sessions. “It was like a whole load lifted up off of me.”
Mortality Rates for Most Major Cancers Are Decreasing Globally
New Study Shows Mortality Rates for All Major Cancers Decreasing Globally, Except Liver Cancer in Men and Lung Cancer in Women Increasing. A new study conducted by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center reveals recent mortality rates for all major cancers decreased in most of the studied countries except lung cancer in females and liver cancer in males, where increasing rates were observed in most countries.
Highlighting Racial Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Risk
A new Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center study in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology investigated how endometriosis, uterine leiomyomas (also known as fibroids) and a common intervention for these conditions—hysterectomy—changed ovarian cancer risk in Black and white women. Scientists found fibroids were associated with an increased risk of ovarian...
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