Health

This Pride Month, as states across the country move to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary Americans, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed an Executive Order that protects healthcare access for trans people. “I just signed Executive Order 32 to protect access to gender-affirming health …

About half of all adults in the U.S. experience some degree of musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, which affects the bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons, per the Cleveland Clinic’s website.  It can be sharp, acute pain that flares up suddenly, or the pain can be chronic and long-lasting. While some cases …

When Ryan Hampton was recovering from opioid addiction in 2015, he remembers turning on the television at the recovery house where he was staying and seeing something remarkable: A rally, called “Unite to Face Addiction,” drew hundreds of organizations and advocates for people who use drugs to the National Mall …

Peru’s worst dengue outbreak on record could intensify further as an El Niño climate phenomenon brings torrential rains and mosquitoes, driving the death toll this year past 200 with over 130,000 recorded cases, the health ministry said on Thursday. Dengue fever is an aedes aegypti mosquito-borne tropical disease that can …

The thick smoke and haze that turned the New York City skyline orange and brought some of the worst air quality levels the Northeast has seen in decades was spawned by a series of wildfires burning in Canada.  The fires, which began in early June and have affected Ontario and …

People are turning to ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot from OpenAI, for everything from meal plans to medical information — but experts say it falls short in some areas, including its responses to appeals for help with health crises. A study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open found …

A deep learning model predicts preterm births by analyzing electrical activity in the woman’s uterus during pregnancy. Click the article to learn more. (iStock) OH, BABY! – New AI technology could help ensure healthier preterm births. Continue reading… AI FAIL – Find out how a chatbot flunked a public health …

An ongoing shortage of the cancer treatment drugs carboplatin and cisplatin is forcing American doctors to delay or modify treatment plans – or in some cases, try alternative medications altogether.  The head of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is calling the matter an “unacceptable situation.”  “We are hearing from …

The thick, hazardous haze that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada, blotting out skylines and turning skies orange, should persist well into Thursday and possibly the weekend, experts say. Weather systems are hardly expected to budge, so the smoky blanket billowing from wildfires in …

Sucralose, a chemical found in the popular zero-calorie sweetener Splenda, has been shown to cause damage to DNA, raise the risk of cancer and cause leaks in the gut lining, according to a new study from North Carolina State University. Splenda is used as a sugar substitute in thousands of …