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Don’t serve disordered eating to your teens this holiday season | CNN
Editor’s Note: Katie Hurley, author of “No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident and Compassionate Girls,” is a child and adolescent psychotherapist in Los Angeles. She specializes in work with tweens, teens and young adults. CNN — “I have a couple of spots for anyone who wants…
Opioid Crisis Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated 9.2 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2021, including 8.7 million prescription pain reliever abusers and 1.1 million heroin users. Opioids are drugs…
Getting prescription meds via telehealth might change soon. Here’s how to prepare | CNN
Update: The DEA has released a statement saying, “We recognize the importance of telemedicine in providing Americans with access to needed medications, and we have decided to extend the current flexibilities while we work to find a way forward to give Americans that access with appropriate safeguards.” CNN is working…
Maternity units are closing across America, forcing expectant mothers to hit the road | CNN
CNN — In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child. Wright is due in August, but three weeks ago, the hospital where she had planned to deliver, Bonner General Health, announced that it would be suspending its labor and delivery services in May. Now,…
Most Americans are uncomfortable with artificial intelligence in health care, survey finds | CNN
CNN — Most Americans feel “significant discomfort” about the idea of their doctors using artificial intelligence to help manage their health, a new survey finds, but they generally acknowledge AI’s potential to reduce medical mistakes and to eliminate some of the problems doctors may have with racial bias. Artificial intelligence…
A childbirth myth is spreading on TikTok. Doctors say the truth is different | CNN
CNN — Ashley Martinez has four sons and is pregnant with the daughter she’s wanted for years. Last month, she posted a video online imploring doctors to prioritize her life, not the life of her unborn baby, if complications arise when she is in labor and it comes down to…
First on CNN: HHS secretary sends letter to state governors on what’s to come when Covid-19 public health emergency ends | CNN
CNN — Plans are moving forward at the US Department of Health and Human Services to prepare for the end of the nation’s Covid-19 public health emergency declaration in May. On Thursday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter and fact sheet to state governors detailing what exactly the end…
Lovie Smith said the NFL had ‘a problem’ about Black coaches. A year later he was fired and the league is being criticized yet again about its lack of diversity | CNN
CNN — When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach, he said the NFL had “a problem” with hiring Black coaches and diversity. “I realize the amount of Black head coaches there are in the National Football League,” Smith told…
Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab receives accelerated approval amid safety concerns | CNN
CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval Friday for the Alzheimer’s disease drug lecanemab, one of the first experimental dementia drugs to appear to slow the progression of cognitive decline. “Alzheimer’s disease immeasurably incapacitates the lives of those who suffer from it and has devastating effects…