Kennedy Forum, Third Horizon and AMA launch Mental Health Parity Index
A pair of Chicago-based organizations partnered with the Kennedy Forum to recently launch a new interactive tool that tracks data from commercial insurers in Illinois.
Why do some people get headaches from drinking red wine?
A red wine may pair nicely with the upcoming Thanksgiving meal. But for some people, drinking red wine even in small amounts causes a headache. Typically, a “red wine headache” can occur within 30 minutes to three hours after drinking as little as a small glass of wine. What in wine causes headaches? In a […]
Long COVID Rare in U.S. Kids, Has Affected 7% of Adults
Long COVID in the U.S. is rare among children and has affected roughly one in 14 adults, according to a pair of data briefs from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Overall, in 2022, an estimated 1.3% of children in the U.S. ever had long COVID, and 0.5% currently had long COVID, reported […]
Novel Anti-HER2 Drugs ‘Impressive’ in Advanced Biliary Cancer
CHICAGO — In a pair of mid-stage trials, newer targeted therapies demonstrated meaningful levels of activity against HER2-positive biliary tract cancers in pretreated patients with advanced disease. Cohort 1 of the global HERIZON-BTC-01 study, which included 80 treatment-refractory patients, showed that 41.3% (95% CI 30.4-52.8) responded to zanidatamab, an investigational bispecific monoclonal antibody that targets […]
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 […]
Doc Couple Tried to Slip Americans’ Health Info to Russia, DOJ Says
A pair of physician spouses are facing federal charges of conspiracy and handing over confidential health information of Americans in order to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Anna Gabrielian, MD, and her spouse, Jamie Lee Henry, MD, both of Rockville, Maryland, were charged […]
The pair of Orcas deterring Great White Sharks: New findings add to an understanding of how Great Whites use their ‘flight’ instincts to avoid predators for the long-term and en masse
A pair of Orca (Killer Whales) that have been terrorizing and killing Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017 has managed to drive large numbers of the sharks from their natural aggregation site. A new study, published today in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, uses long-term sightings and tagging […]
Compounds derived from hops show promise as treatment for common liver disease
Research by Oregon State University suggests a pair of compounds originating from hops can help thwart a dangerous buildup of fat in the liver known as hepatic steatosis. The findings, published today in eLife, are important because the condition affects roughly one-fourth of people in the United States and Europe. While heavy drinking is often […]
Engineers discover method to create upward water fountain in deep water: Fountain created by lasers, Marangoni Effect is the cause
A pair of University of Houston engineers has discovered that they can create upward fountains in water by shining laser beams on the water’s surface. Jiming Bao, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH, and his postdoctoral student Feng Lin, attribute the finding to a phenomenon known as the Marangoni effect, which causes convection […]