Long-term malnutrition might at first seem like a medical condition with an easy fix: access to a wholesome diet rich in calories and nutrients. But many of the children on the receiving end of such interventions still struggle to grow. Even when given enough to eat, they end up shorter than their peers and are…
In the pediatric clinic where I worked for many years in Boston, each room held a clear plastic bowl full of brightly colored condoms. They were there on display, vivid and eye-catching, and part of my job — every provider’s job — was to offer them cheerfully and matter-of-factly and above all non-judgmentally to adolescents…
Meditation may be linked to a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests. Researchers used data from a national survey conducted annually by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, identifying all patients with high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, stroke and coronary artery disease and any who reported that they meditated. Of 61,267 people…
A Pfizer laboratory in Pearl River, N.Y. Pfizer, along with a smaller drugmaker, has entered into a contract with the U.S. government to provide millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine still under development.Credit…Pfizer, via Reuters The Trump administration’s commitment on Wednesday to purchase 100 million doses of a not-yet-finished vaccine is unusual in two…
Several studies have found that living near oil and gas wells is associated with an increased risk for preterm birth. Now a new study has found one possible reason: flaring of natural gas. Natural gas, a byproduct of oil extraction, may be flared, or burned off, to quickly reduce pressure in the well or because…
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. The pandemic, an unemployment surge and unrest over racial inequality have made more Americans feel isolated, anxious or depressed. Psychological distress could prove temporary, but the hurt and the ripple effects are serious nevertheless. Now here’s some…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageA testing site in Milwaukee on Friday.Credit…Joshua Lott for The New York Times The U.S. announces a nearly $2 billion contract for millions of doses of a potential vaccine aimed for December. The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a nearly $2 billion contract with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and…
While plenty of New Yorkers have formed families by gestational surrogacy, they almost certainly worked with carriers living elsewhere. Because until early April, paying a surrogate to carry a pregnancy was illegal in New York state. The change to the law, which happened quietly in the midst of the state’s effort to contain the coronavirus,…
In an interesting new study of overweight adults, those who donned a weighted garment for three weeks dropped pounds, without consciously changing their diets, moving more or otherwise altering their lives. The study, which grew out of related research with rodents, suggests that our bodies are capable of judging how much we should weigh and,…
DETROIT – A partnership among Altimetrik, a Southfield-based fast-growing global business transformation company, the 501(c)(3) Vattikuti Foundation, Henry Ford Health System and the City of Detroit has provided more than 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to residents in 163 of Detroit’s senior and congregate living facilities, as well as the city’s first responders and essential workers.…