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Healthy Recipe: Warm Chickpea Salad
This Warm Chickpea Salad is great on its own as an appetizer, or as a side dish with meat or fish. I have even used it as a sauce for spaghetti, and as a topper for toasted whole-wheat baguette slices. Every which way, it’s good. Cooked tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which has been linked to risk reduction for prostate cancer (AICR), and chickpeas are nutritious little powerhouses, rich in phytonutrients, minerals and the fiber that we all need to keep our systems healthy. If you can, try this recipe with homecooked chickpeas. If you are using canned chickpeas make sure to rinse them off to get rid of extra sodium.
$5M Grant to Address Health Disparities in NJ Latinos
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (an RWJBarnabas Health facility) a $5 million grant to implement its Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program in Newark and five other counties over a five-year period, according to New Jersey Business Magazine. The program aims to reduce health disparities among Latino and Black communities.
Generic Daily HIV Prevention Pill for Young Gay Men Could Save Lives, Lower Costs
Science Update: Generic daily HIV prevention pill for young men who have sex with men could save lives, lower costs, NIH-funded study suggests. Compared to annual HIV screening alone, generic daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with HIV screening every three months would result in fewer HIV acquisitions, longer life expectancy, and fewer HIV-associated costs among young men who have sex with men in the United States. These predictions, which come from a simulation study supported by the National Institutes of Health, illustrate the value of promoting PrEP use in this population.
People Who Inject Drugs Can Be Linked to Hepatitis C Treatment During Hospitalization
Starting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) during hospitalization, with follow-up care via telehealth, increased the likelihood that people who use drugs would complete the course of therapy and be cured, according to study findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. “This model was successful in engaging...
A Simple and Inexpensive Way to Reduce a Major Chemotherapy Side-Effect
New research in the November 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggests that patients who have insufficient levels of vitamin D before starting paclitaxel treatment are more likely to experience peripheral neuropathy. According to an analysis of 1,191 patients with early-stage breast cancer—using data collected...
Ohio Voted on Abortion. Next Year, 11 More States Might, Too.
As activists parse the results of Tuesday’s vote to protect abortion rights in Ohio, Jamie Corley is already well on her way to putting a similar measure in front of Missouri voters next year. Corley, a former Republican congressional staffer, filed not one, but six potential ballot measures in...
Diabetes Predicts Loss of Liver Function in People With NAFLD
People who have both non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes have a significantly higher risk of liver failure and liver cancer compared to those without diabetes, according to study results reported in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Arising from the accumulation of fat in the liver, NAFLD...
U.S. to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs for Older Americans
A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by offering free preventive medication, the latest effort to catch up to much of Europe and Africa in stemming the spread of the virus. Under the plan from the Biden administration, Medicare would cover patients’ full cost of...
Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli as National Institutes of Health Director
On October 7, the Senate confirmed Monica Bertagnolli, MD, as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will take over the job formerly held by Francis Collins, who stepped down in December 2021; Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD, has been serving as acting director since then. “As...
Let’s Have an Honest Conversation About What to Expect as You Age
How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and minds change as we grow older and how to adapt to those differences?. Creating a work of this kind is challenging. For one thing, aging gradually alters people over decades, a long period shaped by individuals’ economic and social circumstances, their behaviors, their neighborhoods, and other factors. Also, while people experience common physiological issues in later life, they don’t follow a well-charted, developmentally predetermined path.
Are We Having a Moral Panic Over Misinformation?
In 2020,as the Covid-19 pandemic rampaged across the globe, the World Health Organization declared that we had plunged into a second, simultaneous catastrophe: an infodemic. This global crisis was characterized by the rapid spread of false information, or misinformation, mostly in digital spaces. The fear was that such inaccuracies would leave the public unmoored, adrift in a sea of untruth. Eventually, this mass disorientation would cause people to harm themselves and one another.
‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States
More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn’t get cut off from Medicaid. Callers in Missouri and Florida reported waiting on hold for more than two hours on hotlines to renew their Medicaid coverage. The...
Novel Antibiotic Is Safe and Effective for Gonorrhea Treatment
NIH Statement on Preliminary Efficacy Results of First-in-Class Gonorrhea Antibiotic Developed Through Public-Private Partnership. A single dose of a novel oral antibiotic called zoliflodacin has been found to be as safe and effective as standard therapy for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea in an international Phase 3 non-inferiority clinical trial, according to the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), the study sponsor.
U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase
The Centers for Disease COntrol and Prevention (CDC) is recommending concerted action to stop the increase of newborn syphilis cases and continues to sound the alarm about the consequences of a rapidly accelerating epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Syphilis during pregnancy can cause tragic outcomes, like...
Hepatitis B Vaccine May Work Better After Hepatitis C Cure
People successfully treated for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who have a past history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine failure are more responsive to another round of vaccination, according to study findings were published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. With their immune system thrown into disarray, people with...
Healthy Recipe: Eggs in Tomato Sauce With Herbed Yogurt
If you’ve never tried Greek yogurt in savory recipes, then this is a great introduction. Eggs steamed in tomato sauce is a fool-proof classic, and offers up a lot of protein and lycopene to get your day started. 2 servings. 11 ingredients. 5 min prep. Ingredients. 1 tablespoon olive...
Jamie Lee Curtis and Ryan Murphy to Bring an AIDS Story to the Screen
Jamie Lee Curtis, who won an Oscar this year for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, is currently gracing the cover of the national LGBTQ publication The Advocate for a profile titled “A Mother’s Nature: Jamie Lee Curtis Is Our Advocate of the Year.” The obvious reason for the accolade is that Curtis, 64, has been a vocal champion of her trans daughter, Ruby, and the transgender community. But read the interview and you’ll learn that Curtis has a long history of supporting the HIV and LGBTQ communities.
$3M Grant to Reduce Diabetes in Latino Community
November marks the start of National Diabetes Awareness Month. To address and prevent diabetes in the Latino community, the United Health Foundation announced a three-year $3 million grant partnership with the Hispanic Federation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the Latino community. The partnership will fund a program that will support...
American Cancer Society Expands Lung Cancer Screening Recommendation
As Lung Cancer Awareness Month begins, the American Society (ACS) recommends that more people should be screened for the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and worldwide. The updated recommendation, which calls for annual CT screening starting at age 50 for people who have a smoking history of 20 pack-years or more, is expected to make 5 million more people eligible. The biggest change is that screening is now recommended even for people who quit smoking many years ago.
A Proclamation on National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, 2023
This year, nearly 250,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. During National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the resilient people who have faced this diagnosis, the loved ones who rally to their side, and the medical professionals who do all they can to help patients survive and heal. We recommit to ending cancer as we know it by investing in new, affordable ways to prevent, detect, and treat this deadly disease.
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