(2022-07-24). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…
(2022-07-24). WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox. tribune.com.pk 
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. | "I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference. | He said a committee of experts who met on Thursday was unable to reach a consensus, so it fell on him to decide whether to trigger the highest alert possible. | "WHO's assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and…
(2022-07-24). Planned Parenthood workers in 5 states unionize. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 21, 435 Planned Parenthood workers from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska joined the Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa (SEIU HCMN&IA) in a resounding 90.1% yes vote. 238 workers voted to join the union, and only 26 voted not to. | The Planned Parenthood workers began working with organizers at SEIU HCMN&IA in early summer of 2021. Over the next year they built an organizing committee among their coworkers with workers from all five states represented on the committee and wide representation from the 28 locations involved. | In May…
(2022-07-24). Xi sends message of sympathy to Biden over COVID-19 infection. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message of sympathy to U.S. President Joe Biden over the latter's COVID-19 infection.
(2022-07-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: 'Forever chemicals' found in thousands of household products may affect women's heart health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Thousands of household products that you may use every day contain human-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They're also known as "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly over time. Studies have found that even small exposures to these per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances pose a health risk. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. DeLisa Fairweather, explains how these forever chemicals affect women's heart health. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/nR0lvK9LkTM Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…
(2022-07-24). China holds int'l travel fair after one-year pause. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Travel Mart (CITM) kicked off Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, after a hiatus of one year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
(2022-07-24). University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Mayo Clinic Health System enter student health services agreement. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LA CROSSE, Wis. ‚Äï Starting this fall, the Student Health Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will look a little different. A new health services agreement between Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will bring Mayo Clinic care directly to students. The agreement, signed Wednesday, July 20, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, enhances student health services, with on-campus access to Mayo Clinic services and expertise. "Convenience and…
(2022-07-24). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: BA.5 omicron variant fueling latest COVID-19 surge. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The BA.5 omicron variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S., and it is leading to a new wave of COVID-19 infections. BA.5 was responsible for nearly 54% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and BA.4, a similar variant, accounted for another 17%, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts are concerned because this particular variant appears to be good at evading the immune system. "This BA.5…
(2022-07-24). What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cases of COVID-19 are once again surging in the U.S., and the BA.5 omicron variant is fueling this latest wave, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. A new study published in Nature found the variant was four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines than earlier strains of…
(2022-07-24). Medical reform in China eases financial burdens for patients. ecns.cn China's medical reform in the past ten years has significantly eased the financial burdens for patients, according to the National Health Commission.
(2022-07-24). Pandemics Are Prosperity, Sickness Is Health, Ignorance Is Strength. indybay.org The Pandemic and Social Collapse…
(2022-07-24). Lisa Health launches Midday, an app leveraging AI to personalize the menopause journey, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org OAKLAND, Calif. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Today, Lisa Health, a digital health company creating advanced technology solutions for menopause and healthy aging, launched Midday: an app that leverages AI, sensor technology, and digital therapeutics to support women on their menopause journey. Midday is a personalized digital health solution that illuminates what is happening physically and emotionally during menopause and provides the right intervention at the right time to promote healthy aging. As part of a…
(2022-07-24). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.
(2022-07-24). Mobile app for improving heart health among African Americans shows promise, Mayo study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mobile apps are popular tools for people looking to improve their health, but are they effective? They can be if the app is culturally tailored to the needs of its users. In a study published on Monday, July 18, in Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a culturally relevant mobile app designed to improve heart health among African Americans in faith communities. The researchers found that people who participated in…
(2022-07-24). AI applied to prediagnostic CTs may help diagnose pancreatic cancer at earlier, more treatable stage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study published in Gastroenterology finds that radiomics-based machine learning models may detect pancreatic cancer on prediagnostic CT scans substantially earlier than current methods for clinical diagnosis. "Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease and a leading cause of cancer-related death," says Ajit Goenka, M.D., a Mayo Clinic diagnostic radiologist and the study's senior author. Dr. Goenka says that while early detection enhances the chances for successful treatment, standard imaging cannot detect early…
(2022-07-23). The pandemic in Russia and the bankruptcy of national-chauvinist politics. wsws.org The pandemic continues to exact a terrible toll in Russia. Since the invasion of Ukraine, efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have been abandoned. This essay has been submitted to the WSWS by the Young Guard of Bolshevik Leninists, an organization of Trotskyist youth in Russia.
(2022-07-23). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Indian public sector insurance workers hold national strike; Andhra Pradesh rural health workers demand minimum wage; Sri Lankan teachers and health workers protest fuel shortages; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers to strike again…
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Towards preventive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. thelancet.com Prevention of rheumatoid arthritis is an ambitious therapeutic goal. Once it has developed, rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by high chronicity and often requires lifelong treatment.1,2 Sustained drug-free remission is rare, especially in seropositive disease, which is defined by the presence of rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA).3 Onset of rheumatoid arthritis, characterised by joint swelling, is preceded by a pre-arthritis phase, in which patients show discrete symptoms (eg, pain), presence of autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor and ACPA), and subclinical signs of inflammation…
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Contraceptive mix and informed choice. thelancet.com Contraceptive use is associated with economic development, improved maternal and child health, education, and the empowerment of women and their family planning needs.1 These gains can also reduce poverty and slow population growth.2—3 Access to contraception supports the quest for gender equity4 and human rights,5 and represents a strategy to reduce health system and household costs.6 Measuring progress toward satisfying the need for family planning entails assessing the general contraceptive prevalence and unmet demand and the range and types of contraceptive procedures employed.
(2022-07-23). Global Unions Demand Immediate Release of Syrian Journalist Kidnapped by SDF. orinocotribune.com By Steve Sweeney Jul 19, 2022 | SYRIAN journalist Mohammad al-Saghir must be released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), global unions said today as he started a hunger strike in protest against his treatment. | The correspondent for the al-Ikhbariyah news channel has been held by the Kurdish-led authorities in Syria's Hasakah province since June 2019 when it is alleged he was abducted. | Fears have been raised over his health with his colleagues concerned over his safety while his family say he has suffered a number of strokes while in jail. | Friends and colleagues have alleged that Mr Saghir has been…
(2022-07-23). Amazon joins the Medicare privatization spree. mronline.org 
The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.
(2022-07-23). 'Mothers Of Gynecology' Monument Exposes Horrors Of Slavery. popularresistance.org A righteous tidal wave of anger followed people seeing the nine-minutes-plus videotaped police lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis late May 2020. Racist monuments glorifying the slave-owning Confederacy came tumbling down, especially in the Deep South. These acts to take down the statues were part of historic mass protests that swept the country during the summer of 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Two years earlier the monument paying homage to J. Marion Sims, once praised as the "father of modern gynecology," was removed from Central Park in New York City, following many years of protest.
(2022-07-23). Cuba reporta 114 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 65 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este viernes 22 de julio, Cuba reportó 114 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 65 altas médicas. Actualmente hay 424 casos activos, informó el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap) en su parte diario este sábado.
(2022-07-23). Biden Must Do More to Protect Medication Abortion in the Post-Roe South. commondreams.org By declaring a public health emergency under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, the Biden administration could "enable out-of-state prescribing and dispensing of medications for abortion for those in states with abortion bans."
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Atopic dermatitis: time for tailored therapy. thelancet.com Atopic dermatitis represents the most frequent chronic inflammatory skin disease, affecting up to 7% of adults and 25% of children.1 The pathogenesis includes inflammation, skin barrier dysfunction, dysbiosis, and modulation by environmental and genetic factors. Patients generally present with erythema, xerosis, excoriations, lichenification, and pruritus. It affects the quality of life of both patients and family members, and patients with atopic dermatitis are at higher risk for allergic comorbidities.
(2022-07-23). [Articles] Intervention with methotrexate in patients with arthralgia at risk of rheumatoid arthritis to reduce the development of persistent arthritis and its disease burden (TREAT EARLIER): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept trial. thelancet.com Methotrexate, the cornerstone treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, initiated at the pre-arthritis stage of symptoms and subclinical inflammation, did not prevent the development of clinical arthritis, but modified the disease course as shown by sustained improvement in MRI-detected inflammation, related symptoms, and impairments compared with placebo.
(2022-07-23). [Articles] Measuring contraceptive method mix, prevalence, and demand satisfied by age and marital status in 204 countries and territories, 1970—2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. thelancet.com The dominance of one contraceptive method in some locations raises the question of whether family planning policies should aim to expand method mix or invest in making existing methods more accessible. Lower rates of demand satisfied among women aged 15—24 years are also concerning because unintended pregnancies before age 25 years can forestall or eliminate education and employment opportunities that lead to social and economic empowerment. Policy makers should strive to tailor family planning programmes to the preferences of the groups with the most need, while maintaining the programmes used by existing…
(2022-07-23). [Articles] Efficacy and safety of abrocitinib versus dupilumab in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis: a randomised, double-blind, multicentre phase 3 trial. thelancet.com Abrocitinib 200 mg per day was more efficacious than dupilumab in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis on background topical therapy in inducing early reductions of itch and atopic dermatitis disease signs. Both treatments were well tolerated over 26 weeks.
(2022-07-23). The Heat: Global Food Insecurity. america.cgtn.com A combination of factors is driving millions around the world into food insecurity conditions. And, the crisis is causing hunger and death. Part of the surge is caused by economic woes made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic that countries are still dealing with. Add …
(2022-07-23). More statements in defence of Zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger. wsws.org The WSWS is continuing to receive statements supporting Dr. David Berger, a dedicated Zero-COVID advocate, who has been ordered by the Australia Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority to undertake a special "education program" or be deregistered.
(2022-07-23). [World Report] Tackling heroin use in Mozambique. thelancet.com Heroin use has spiked in Mozambique, but harm-reduction programmes are being expanded in the hope of improving health. Sophie Cousins reports.
(2022-07-23). Hotel workers in British Columbia win historic fight for jobs. liberationnews.org 
On May 11, workers at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, in Vancouver British Columbia, represented by Unite Here Local 40, prevailed against their employer in ending a 391-day lockout and securing a new collective bargaining agreement. This protracted labor dispute began during the coronavirus pandemic, when 97 unionized workers were terminated with no rights to recall or reinstatement. When the workers insisted that those who were fired be brought back during the course of contract negotiations, the hotel responded on April 15, 2021 by locking out all employees, resulting in the longest lockout in BC history. | De…
(2022-07-23). Oregon Nurses Association forces through sellout contract at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. wsws.org The sellout contract pre-empts a unified struggle of all Providence nurses for safe staffing, decent wages and affordable health care. Nurses had no time to review the contents of the agreement.
(2022-07-23). Coronavirus outbreak at children's summer camp in Germany. wsws.org The case is symbolic of the federal and state government's policy of mass infection and their propagation of "living with the virus" in Germany.
(2022-07-23). [Obituary] Colin Brian Blakemore. thelancet.com Neurobiologist and public intellectual of science. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, on June 1, 1944 and died of motor neuron disease in Oxford, UK, on June 27, 2022 aged 78 years.