Major #endometriosis study reveals impact of gluten, coffee, dairy & alcohol

“Foods that contain refined sugars, carbohydrates, unhealthy fats, dairy, red and processed meats … can create inflammation in the body. I would advise keeping a food and symptom diary, which will help to identify any food triggers that could be flaring symptoms such as constipation and bloating, which make pain worse.”

#health #pain #women #disease #foods #dairy #meat #plantbased #endometriose
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/05/major-endometriosis-study-reveals-impact-of-gluten-coffee-dairy-and-alcohol?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Importance Score: 78 / 100

Concerns Mount Over Potential Measles Resurgence in the United States
Public health experts are increasingly worried that the United States may...
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Could the #shingles vaccine protect against #dementia? If so, this makes it even more important for our elders. https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1082&view=getnewpost #vaccine #vaccination #disease #study #research #science

#Trump layoffs begin to erode #FDA drug review system

The Trump admin's #MassFirings at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new #medicines, setting back years of effort to bring promising #treatments to #patients more quickly.

The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of #HHS #RFKJr's massive *restructuring* of US #health agencies….

#NIH #CDC #FDA #PublicHealth #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #research #disease #ethics #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/

#RFKJr Is Out for Revenge

By Nicholas Florko

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally getting his wish of sucker-punching the federal #health agencies. This week, Kennedy began the process of firing some 10k employees working under the #HHS umbrella.

#GiftArticle #PublicHealth #AntiVaxxer #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #research #disease #ethics #Trump #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-end-game/682276/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcSBkUX6DzVli5zuhIWDVp0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Saskatchewan Health Authority reports 6th measles case in province’s southwest
The most recent case was found in southwest Saskatchewan and involves an unvaccinated adult who travelled from Mexico and the United States.
#health #travel #disease #Saskatchewan #Mexico #UnitedStates
https://globalnews.ca/news/11114966/saskatchewan-health-authority-measles-april-3/

Everything you need to know about bird flu, from @KnowableMag

https://flip.it/1GV8XI

Plus, @CBSNews reports on the FDA firing its bird flu leadership: https://flip.it/3IYlnx

Strategies for improving #chronic #kidney #disease screening in primary care (from a presentation I gave to the #project #ECHO today).
#nephrology
Our own research (last slide) shows that patients are empowered when we communicate screening results to them!

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s #Health , Critics Say

#Protesters attended a candlelight vigil outside an entrance to the campus of the Centers for #Disease Control and #Prevention in #Atlanta last week.
#cdc #takedown

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html

Using the health records of more than 280,000 older adults in Wales, researchers found those who received the shingles vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.
#science #vaccines #BrainScience #neurobiology #neuroscience #neurology #pathology #disease
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/shingles-vaccine-dementia-wales-1.7500368

#FYI #US #USA #disease #diseases #AMA #AmericanMedicalAssociation #AndreaGarcia #ToddUnger #typhus #murinetyphus #measles #vaccine #covid19 #covid #longcovid #sarscov2 #influenza #flu

"How do you get typhus? Can you die from typhus? What age do you get the measles vaccine? Are people still getting COVID? When does flu season end 2025?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU-jMNALtDI

#Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Cmte Chair #BillCassidy (R) & Ranking Member #BernieSanders (I) sent #RFKJr a joint letter asking him to testify at an April 10 hearing to explain his "proposed reorganization" of #HHS.