Obesity-Related Healthcare Spending Up 29 Percent Since 2001, Study Suggests.

reports a study from Cornell University found that US medical expenditures “focused on obesity-related procedures and therapies for adults” increased 29 percent from 2001 to 2015, although the percentages varied by state. The study’s co-author, John Cawley, said, “We have, for the first time, estimated the percentage of health care spending that is devoted to obesity, using microdata for each state.” For instance, over 20 percent of Medicaid spending in Kentucky and Wisconsin is for obesity-related illnesses, compared to 10.9 percent in New York. http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/u-s-healthcare-costs-29-obesity-article-1.3816398

How Viruses Disarm the Immune System

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E-cigarette Flavors Toxic to White Blood Cells

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People Often Overdo it with NSAIDS Report shows 15% of users exceed the recommended dose

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Cheese triggers the same part of the brain as hard drugs, say scientists

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/foodanddrink/cheese-triggers-the-same-part-of-the-brain-as-hard-drugs-say-scientists-a3141936.html

Medicaid Skimps on Hepatitis C Treatment in Many States Report finds restrictions based on liver disease severity, sobriety, and type of provider

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Scientists Say They Have Grown Human Eggs To Full Maturity In A Lab.

reports that scientists have, for the first time, grown human eggs in a laboratory from the “earliest stages in ovarian tissue all the way to full maturity.” The scientists from two research hospitals in Edinburgh and the Center for Human Reproduction in New York published their results in the journal Molecular Human Reproduction Friday. Professor Evelyn Telfer, one of the leaders of the study, said, “Being able to fully develop human eggs in the lab could widen the scope of available fertility treatments.” Independent experts praised the work as “an impressive technical achievement.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-human-eggs/scientists-grow-human-eggs-to-full-maturity-in-a-lab-idUSKBN1FT00P