Featured story, from Mary Tuma: “These laws are torturing women, there’s no other way to put it. It is absolutely horrible having to try to help patients get care when the state has barred us from using our best medical judgment.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/republican-abortion-laws-texas-legislature-exceptions/

The Texas Observer · Mar 26Republican Abortion Laws Are 'Torturing Women.' Can the GOP Fix Its Own Crisis?Too late for many pregnant Texans, lawmakers might finally clarify exceptions to the state’s deadly bans—but advocates fear the current bills could also pose a new threat.

#abortion #health #HumanRights

**Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ** @IngridHbn@mastodon.online · 11h *

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Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ @IngridHbn@mastodon.online

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

The Guardian · 18hMajor endometriosis study reveals impact of gluten, coffee, dairy and alcoholBy Guardian staff reporter

**The Xylom** @thexylom@journa.host · 11h

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The Xylom @thexylom@journa.host

Back in 1997, it took months for scientists to confirm the first bird flu death in Hong Kong, our publisher @alexip718's hometown.

Nearly three decades later, is history repeating itself with the current U.S. H5N1 outbreak?

More by Amber Dance, first published by @KnowableMag :

https://www.thexylom.com/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-bird-flu

The Xylom · 2dEverything You Need to Know about Bird FluBy Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine

#science #health #research

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**petersuber** @petersuber@fediscience.org · 13h

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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org

Update. "Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever"
https://www.404media.co/nih-archives-repositories-marked-for-review-for-potential-modification
(#paywalled)

"Almost two dozen repositories of research and public #health #data supported by the #NIH are marked for “review” under the #Trump administration’s direction, and researchers and archivists say the data is at risk of being lost forever if the repositories go down. “The problem with archiving this data is that we can’t,” Lisa Chinn, Head of Research Data Services at the University of Chicago…Unlike other government datasets or web pages, downloading or otherwise archiving NIH data often requires a Data Use Agreement between a researcher institution and the agency, and those agreements are carefully administered through a disclosure risk review process."

404 Media · 1dMassive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost ForeverDays before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine

**Texas Observer** @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social · 13h

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Texas Observer @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

Our top story: The federal Health Resources and Services Administration designates 192 #Texas counties as mental health provider shortage areas. Nolan County, home to Sweetwater, ranks worse than 155 of those. https://www.texasobserver.org/mental-health-crisis-rural-texas/

The Texas Observer · Mar 25'This Town Has Nothing': Rural Texas' Mental Healthcare CrisisAgainst long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural Texas—yet struggles continue.

#MentalHealth #news #politics

**US news | The Guardian** @theguardian_us_news@halo.nu · 14h

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US news | The Guardian @theguardian_us_news@halo.nu

‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/covid-policies-lockdown-masks-liberals-book #Health,mindandbodybooks #PrincetonUniversity #Infectiousdiseases #Politicsbooks #Coronavirus #Republicans #USpolitics #Democrats #Science #USnews #Health #Books

The Guardian · 14h‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?By J Oliver Conroy

**RDN** @rdnielsen@floss.social · 14h

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RDN @rdnielsen@floss.social

Ten days of inactivity increases insulin resistance, reduces brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression (BDNF; a protein that supports growth of neurons), and an increase in markers of Alzheimer's disease.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-reveals-just-10-days-of-inactivity-can-harm-your-brain/

Original paper (not open access): https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00234.2024

#Science #Health #Fitness