Health
US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs—but apparently not smoking.
Mar 17, 2022
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Research says fad diets don't work: Why are they so popular?
Two years into a pandemic that landed people in their living rooms, generating countless hours of television binging and stress eating, the nation has a new problem to worry about: Nearly half of U.S. adults, many already ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Patients' groups, progressives square off over Medicare Alzheimer's decision
Advocates on both sides of a debate over dramatically restricting Medicare's coverage of an expensive and controversial Alzheimer's treatment are waging competing campaigns to influence a final decision in April.
Feb 16, 2022
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Genetics
Gene-based embryo selection: Are 'designer babies' on the horizon?
The notion of parents picking out genetically perfect babies may seem like science fiction, but bioethicists warn in a new report that some companies have already started to offer couples going through in vitro fertilization ...
Jul 1, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Experts urge FDA to allow over-the-counter hearing aids
Hearing loss experts at Mass Eye and Ear are advocating for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a law passed by Congress permitting the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids.
Nov 18, 2020
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Health
Kid influencers are promoting junk food brands on YouTube—garnering more than a billion views
Kids with wildly popular YouTube channels are frequently promoting unhealthy food and drinks in their videos, warn researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine in a new study published ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Medical research
Bioethicist calls out unproven and unlicensed 'stem cell treatments' for COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third month, businesses in the United States are marketing unlicensed and unproven stem-cell-based "therapies" and exosome products that claim to prevent or treat the disease. In Cell Stem ...
May 7, 2020
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Medical economics
Why aren't there enough ventilators and hospital beds? Anti-trust laws have a lot to do with it.
Around the world, ventilators—a life-saving medical device that keeps air flowing into the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe—are a scarce resource in hospitals and clinics where they're used to treat those infected ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When corporate acquisitions mean fewer ventilators
Research by Yale SOM's Florian Ederer and Song Ma has shown that companies often purchase competitors, not to acquire their ideas and products, but to shut them down—a phenomenon that they have dubbed "killer acquisitions." ...
Apr 6, 2020
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US trade watchdog sues over $13 bn Altria-Juul vaping deal
The US trade watchdog said Wednesday it had sued Altria and Juul over a $12.8 billion e-cigarette deal which allegedly breached antitrust laws.
Apr 2, 2020
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