On April 26, 2024 researcher Lazljiv Izgubljenovic published a paper about bixonimania, a disease that causes dark patches on patients’ eyelids. Several weeks later, the same researcher from “Asteria Horizon University” in “Nova City,” California published a second paper on the disease. Almost immediately after the first mention of bixonimania,Continue Reading
South Carolina public health officials reported no new measles cases in their latest weekly update, signaling that the state’s largest outbreak in at least two decades may be nearing its end. Meanwhile, Snohomish County Health Department, in Washington State, declared earlier this week that the outbreak that began in JanuaryContinue Reading
Commonly used laboratory gloves may have contaminated samples and led scientists to overestimate levels of microplastic pollution, according to a new study published this week. The finding emerged unexpectedly. Researchers at the University of Michigan were studying how many microplastic particles locals might be breathing in. The team collected samplesContinue Reading
Exposure to a chemical commonly used in plastic was linked to nearly 2 million preterm births and more than 70,000 newborn deaths worldwide in 2018, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers from New York University analyzed data from 203 countries and territories to estimate the health impact of di-2-ethylhexylphthalate,Continue Reading
Christie Mulholland’s patient was dying. As a palliative care physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, most of her patients come to her in the final stretches of their lives, looking for comfort and a painless end. Mulholland’s patient wanted to leave the hospital and spend her final daysContinue Reading
More than 100,000 babies were born via in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2024, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine reported Tuesday. It was the first year that IVF births surpassed that threshold and the highest number recorded since America’s first IVF baby, Elizabeth Carr, was born in 1981. IVF isContinue Reading
Earlier this month, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced a “transformative breakthrough” in addressing the nation’s chronic disease epidemic: 53 U.S. medical schools would require at least 40 hours of nutrition education for aspiring doctors. In the weeks since, Straight Arrow News surveyed those schools named by the DepartmentContinue Reading