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Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who’s seeking a warning about unproven side effects of antidepressants
The Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who wants the agency to add new warnings to antidepressants about unproven pregnancy risks, The Associated Press has learned. Dr. Adam Urato, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and critic of antidepressant safety, is pressing the FDA to add a boxed warning…
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Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who’s seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who wants the agency to add new warnings to antidepressants about unproven pregnancy risks, The Associated Press has learned. Dr. Adam Urato, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and critic of antidepressant safety, is pressing the FDA to add…
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BrightSpring Health Services Touts 2026 Growth, EBITDA $760M-$790M at TD Cowen Health Care Conference
BrightSpring Health Services logo BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) executives outlined expectations for another year of broad-based growth and margin expansion during a presentation at TD Cowen’s 46th Annual Health Care Conference, with CFO Jennifer Phipps highlighting volume growth, operational efficiency initiatives, and a shifting mix in both the company’s pharmacy and provider services businesses. Phipps said the company expects “another…
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A 110-year-old LA County mental health complex is getting new life – Daily Breeze
Six decaying, vacant buildings on the site of the 162-acre Metropolitan State Hospital grounds in Norwalk are being turned into a mental health treatment village with 162 beds for troubled youth and those experiencing homelessness. The long-empty buildings, part of a 110-year-old state mental hospital complex, will not be demolished but instead are being remodeled as new housing that combines…
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Leucovorin prescriptions surged after the White House touted the medication for autism. Now parents are scrambling to find it
Meagan Johnson recently spent four days calling dozens of pharmacies across the Austin area, trying to fill a prescription for her son, Jack. Jack has autism. At age 3, most kids have a vocabulary of 500 to 1,000 words. Jack can say about 20, Johnson said, “and most of those 20, only I can understand.” Johnson hopes her son could…
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UW Foster’s Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge Awards $38,500 To Student Healthcare Startups
A student from LegUp Prosthetics demonstrates a prototype at his team’s booth for judges during the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, where student teams pitched healthcare innovations ranging from medical devices to AI-powered tools. Entrepreneurship often begins with a problem or pain point. For one team of University of Washington students,…
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Buck Institute launches a new initiative to measure and extend human healthspan
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: The Buck Institute for Research on Aging today announced the launch of Healthspan Horizons, a new initiative designed to address one of the most urgent challenges in modern medicine: how to measure, understand, and extend healthspan-the years…
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Austin can’t leave the house without carrying life-saving medication
For 26-year-old Austin Tattersall, every exit from his Victorian home requires a silent check of an essential companion he can never leave behind. It’s a bit bulky, so he usually puts it in his girlfriend’s handbag or a backpack, or places it in his pants pocket if they’re “deep enough”. Tattersall, 26, lives with severe food allergies, also known as…
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‘Health Not War!’: Ex-RFK Advisors, MAHA Call For US to End Iran Strikes
Charles Eisenstein was an advisor to and chief speechwriter for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 presidential campaign. Now, he and others who support the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement are speaking out against the Iran war. Eisenstein and colleagues, some of whom worked alongside the current Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary during his independent presidential campaign the last…
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COVID-19 lockdown timing tied to changes in executive function
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A longitudinal study tracking UK children from toddlerhood to early school age reveals how the timing of pandemic disruption shaped the development and stability of executive function during such a critical window of cognitive growth. Study:…
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