Starting this week, all mammography reports and result letters sent to patients in the United States will be required to include an assessment of breast density. The US Food and Drug Administration’s final rule requiring that mammography facilities notify patients about the density of their breasts goes into effect Tuesday.
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Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms – shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble breathing while lying down – are easily mistaken for typical pregnancy discomforts. Late-breaking research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress on a Mayo Clinic study showed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual obstetric care and screening. Full study findings are published in Nature Medicine.
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Learn about the disease, the experiences of people living with it, and advances in research and care.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Black adults are nearly twice as likely as white adults to develop type 2 diabetes. This racial disparity has been rising over the last 30 years, creating a disproportionate need for certain medications in communities of color. Despite the FDA’s approval for compounding pharmacies to produce semaglutide, Novo Nordisk, a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company that makes the drug, has targeted these providers in order to protect their profits and eliminate the competition.
Recently, Orlando women met to underscore health disparities in the medical field and reproductive rights of Black women. The women also praised Vice President Kamala Harris for her work in putting forth policies that will reduce racism in the medical field.
Florida missed the Aug. 15 deadline to opt into the Sun Bucks program for 2025. The state opted out of the federal program in 2024, too.
More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a kidney transplant. But an ongoing kidney shortage means a thousand people a month are removed from the waitlist, either because they die while waiting for a kidney or become too sick for a transplant.
Look for airtight and food grade containers. If made from plastic, check for a “BPA-free” label. BPA, or Bisphenol A, is a chemical found in hard plastics and is a known endocrine disruptor, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Many manufacturers have since removed BPA from their products. You should also avoid containers with recycling codes 3, 6 or 7, per the American Academy of Pediatrics‘ recommendations. Containers with these codes contain phthalates, styrene and bisphenols, respectively.
Flu viruses are thought to spread mainly from person to person through droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze, or talk. Less often, a person might get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly eyes. Many other viruses spread the same way. People infected with flu may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick. That means you may be able to spread flu to someone else before you know you are sick as well as while you are sick. Young children, those who are severely ill, and those who have severely weakened immune systems may be able to infect others for longer than 5 to 7 days.
Meet Iris Patterson, the Founder and CEO of Chicago Integrated Health, the newest Black-owned wellness center and medical practice in Matteson, Illinois (just 20 minutes from Chicago). Three generations of Black women are running the company – 43-year-old Iris, who is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist; her mom, 60-year-old Lauren White, who is a Licensed Psychotherapist; and her daughter, 26-year-old Teylor Johnson, who just graduated from DePaul University and will soon be a licensed psychologist.