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Lean People With NAFLD May Have Higher Risk of Death
Despite having fewer metabolic comorbidities, lean people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) appear to have a higher risk of death than those with overweight or obesity, according to findings published in Alimhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apt.17424entary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Arising from the accumulation of fat in the liver, NAFLD and its more severe...
Healthy Recipe: Quinoa Breakfast Porridge
This quick-and-easy porridge is a great alternative to oatmeal, and it packs in a lot of protein. If you have leftover quinoa, re-heat it with milk and continue to Step 2. For a non-dairy version, you can substitute soy, coconut, or almond milk. Feel free to use any topping you’d like.
CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing funding to states for child vaccination programs, according to an agency email obtained by KFF Health News. The funding cut “is a significant change to your budget,” said the email to immunization managers, dated June 27 and signed by two CDC officials.
Walmart Opens 70 More HIV-Focused Pharmacies
Last month, Walmart opened a total of 70 specialty HIV pharmacies in Colorado, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Florida. By the close of 2023, the retail giant will have opened more than 80 such pharmacies in 11 states, according to a Walmart press statement, which refers to the pharmacies as “specialty pharmacies of the community.”
National Cancer Plan: Eliminating Inequities
This is the first 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 eliminate inequities.
How Medicaid Expansion Helped Young Women With Breast Cancer
New Study Shows Medicaid Expansion Improved Treatment and Survival for Young Women with Breast Cancer. In a new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was associated with an increased receipt of timely, guideline-based treatment and improved two-year survival among young women newly diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer. The findings [were presented] at this year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, June 2-6.
Watch Three Black Cancer Survivors Share Their Stories of Resilience
In honor of National Cancer Survivor Month, marked annually in June, Stories From the Stage, a series of live storytelling events broadcast on PBS and online, highlighted a handful of storytellers who beat cancer. The episode “Beyond Cancer” dived into the experiences and advocacy of three Black survivor-advocates—Megan-Claire Chase, Dwayne Brown and Erinn Budd. View their inspiring stories here and in the PBS video below.
Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision Must Not Erase Years of Progress
The American Cancer Society strongly believes that the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action must not erase the years of progress that has been made to improve diversity within the U.S. medical student population. Diversifying our nation’s oncology health care and clinical research workforce is imperative to dismantle the...
E-Cigs Are Still Flooding the US, Addicting Teens With Higher Nicotine Doses
When the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get rid of vapes with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bears, and Froot Loops that appeal to kids. Instead, the FDA allowed all e-cigarettes already on the market to stay while...
Tranquilizer Drug Found in More Than 1 in 10 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
In June 2022, xylazine, an animal sedative commonly called “tranq,” was present in more than one in ten fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States, according a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. The report found that nearly 11% of fentanyl overdose deaths contained xylazine,...
HIV Drugmakers Gilead and Teva Didn’t Pay to Delay Drugs, Rules Jury
“Verdict is in for Gilead/Teva pay-for-delay case,” tweeted AIDS activist Peter Staley on Friday, June 30. “We’re heading into the courtroom soon to hear it. Watch my tweets for the verdict.”. Next came a two-word tweet: “We lost.”. Indeed, a federal court jury found that HIV...
Changes in Human Microbiome Precede Alzheimer’s Cognitive Declines
In people with Alzheimer’s disease, the underlying changes in the brain associated with dementia typically begin many years—or even decades—before a diagnosis. While pinpointing the exact causes of Alzheimer’s remains a major research challenge, they likely involve a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Now an NIH-funded study elucidates the role of another likely culprit that you may not have considered: the human gut microbiome, the trillions of diverse bacteria and other microbes that live primarily in our intestines.
Need to Get Plan B or an HIV Test Online? Facebook May Know About It
Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS’ website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed. And CVS is...
Black, Rural Southern Women at Gravest Risk From Pregnancy Miss Out on Maternal Health Aid
As maternal mortality skyrockets in the United States, a federal program created to improve rural maternity care has bypassed Black mothers, who are at the highest risk of complications and death related to pregnancy. The grant-funded initiative, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, began rolling out four years...
Most People Who Need Hepatitis C Treatment Aren’t Getting It
Today’s hepatitis C medications are highly effective, but only a third of people with the virus have been diagnosed and successfully treated, hampering efforts to eliminate the life-threatening disease, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The numbers are even worse for young people and those without health insurance.
Healthy Recipe: Cheesy Swiss Chard & Egg Breakfast Tacos
This recipe for our protein-packed Cheesy Swiss Chard Breakfast Tacos starts with prepping swiss chard from scratch, but the truth of the matter is that this tasty breakfast sandwich is a great way to use up leftover steamed or sautéed greens. 4 servings. 20 minute prep. 9 ingredients. Ingredients.
HIV Cases Will Spike if Health Care Doesn’t Cover Prevention, Warn Experts
Nearly 30 groups representing the HIV community and health care providers filed briefs urging a U.S. Court of Appeals not to end the requirement that health care insurers must cover certain preventive services without cost sharing, notably pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the daily pills and long-acting injectables that prevent HIV. Other preventive care is at stake as well, including diabetes and cancer screenings and HIV and hepatitis tests.
Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate Could Be the First in 100 Years
LONDON and SEATTLE (June 28, 2023) – Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, M72/AS01E (M72), through a Phase III clinical trial. If proven effective, M72 could potentially become the first new vaccine to help prevent pulmonary TB, a form of active TB, in more than 100 years.
Potential Treatment for Rare Autoimmune Disorder Adapted From CAR-T Therapy
Evidence from a small-scale clinical trial suggests that a variation of the advanced blood cancer immunotherapy known as CAR-T could be adapted to treat myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder of the nervous system. The modified CAR-T therapy, short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, used by scientists offers the potential for...
Is On-Demand PrEP Feasible for Young Gay Men?
Young gay and bisexual men may have difficulty predicting when they’re likely to have sex, which could make it challenging to use on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to study findings published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. “[W]e found that although there was an association between the...
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