Genetics
Cures for rare diseases now exist: Employers don't want to pay
As a wave of gene therapies with multimillion-dollar price tags hit the market, many employers are dropping coverage and leaving families in a bind.
Sep 9, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help
Social media's effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood. That hasn't stopped Congress, state legislatures, and the U.S. surgeon general from moving ahead with age bans and warning labels for YouTube, ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Q&A: Public health expert discusses social media's impact on teens
As the United States government considers major policy decisions regarding social media, including a potential forced sale of TikTok and new legislation to protect young users, the comprehensiveness of research informing ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Medications
Study shows most doctors endorsing drugs on X are paid to do so
A team of medical researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found that a high percentage of doctors posting endorsements regarding drugs on the social media site X were paid to do so by the makers of ...
Health
We can all help combat loneliness, surgeon general says in Seattle
Loneliness isn't just a feeling. It's a public health concern, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said May 29 in Seattle.
May 31, 2024
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Other
Q&A: What's at stake with the U.S. Supreme Court case on misinformation?
Concerns over medical misinformation are not new, but the COVID-19 pandemic magnified long-simmering tensions over two fundamental concepts: Freedom of speech and the federal government's responsibility to protect people ...
May 23, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds social-media break has significant impact on young women's body image
There's a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from its addictive nature to disruptions in sleep patterns to effects on body image. Now, a new study ...
May 1, 2024
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Health
Japan health supplements tied to 157 hospitalizations
Japanese dietary supplements at the center of an expanding health scare have now been linked to at least 157 hospitalizations, a health ministry official said Tuesday.
Apr 2, 2024
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Addiction
The Facebook trick that online gambling is using to target Australians
Gambling advertising has long been a contentious issue in Australia, with critics and regulators regularly raising concerns about the intensity and placement of ads in the media.
Feb 5, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Science doesn't yet support broad restrictions on teens' access to social media, experts say
To understand the path forward in regulating social media, it's helpful to look to a transformative technology from the previous century: the car.
Dec 14, 2023
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