National News Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month highlights importance of dialogue Waleed Alamleh
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — June marks Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, emphasizing the importance of conversations about emotional struggles—a topic often sidelined in the past. Talking openly about one’s emotional battles can be crucial for mental well-being, as underscored by advocates and professionals in the field. Rick DeVault, a mental health advocate with the “I […]
Opinion | Primordial Prevention Can Protect Black Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Osude is a cardiology fellow. The U.S. kicked off its 60th annual American Heart Month with the sobering news that Black women who have high blood pressure by age 35 face up to triple the risk of a stroke by the time they reach middle age compared with their peers without hypertension. What’s more, Black […]
Study Pinpoints Growing Use of Cannabis to Manage Menopause Symptoms
PHILADELPHIA — One in 10 midlife women said they used cannabis in the past month, some of which was to manage menopausal symptoms, a researcher reported here. In a nationally representative sample of U.S. women, ages 45 to 64, 42% said they had ever used cannabis either recreationally or for medical purposes in their lifetime, […]
Medicare to Start Taking Applications Next Month for a New Primary-Care Focused ACO
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin accepting applications next month for a new type of accountable care organization (ACO) that is aimed at attracting primary care physicians who have not participated in an ACO before. “Access to high-quality primary care is associated with better health outcomes and equity for people and […]
How To Help De-Escalate Bad Situations When You’re In Public
This month, demonstrators have taken to the streets and subway stations in New York City to protest the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old man who was choked to death by another passenger on a train in Manhattan on May 1. Many have suggested that Neely, who was experiencing homelessness, could have been in a […]
What Next After Early End of MOSAICO HIV Vaccine Trial?
SEATTLE — The abrupt and early end of the MOSAICO HIV vaccine trial, announced last month, was the topic of a special session at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections here. Results of the 3,800-participant trial were negative, with an identical 113 individuals in the vaccine regimen and placebo groups becoming infected with HIV […]
California’s Medical Misinformation Law Facing Legal Challenges
Late last month, a federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction in a pair of related lawsuits filed in opposition to the state’s new medical misinformation law, which took effect January 1. The move temporarily blocks enforcement of the law for individual physicians who are plaintiffs in the suits as well as physicians who […]
Opinion | Tony Fauci’s True Legacy
This month brings the end to the remarkable federal tenure of Anthony Stephen Fauci, MD. Tony, as we’ve all come to know him, is one of our nation’s most accomplished physician scientists. His 54 years as a clinician and scientist at the NIH was marked by an extraordinary research career coupled with leadership positions in […]
Opinion | Tony Fauci’s True Legacy
This month brings the end to the remarkable federal tenure of Anthony Stephen Fauci, MD. Tony, as we’ve all come to know him, is one of our nation’s most accomplished physician scientists. His 54 years as a clinician and scientist at the NIH was marked by an extraordinary research career coupled with leadership positions in […]
Advocates Fear The Impact of NYC’s Involuntary Hospitalization Plan
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan last month to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people with mental illnesses, raising alarm for disability and mental health advocates. Under the new policy, law enforcement, as well as medical workers, will be authorized to remove and involuntarily hospitalize any individual who “appears to be mentally ill” or […]