I've been working on a new book about pain. "It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life" is coming out this fall. Throughout the process of writing it, I've learned a lot, and want to share a little bit of what I've learned with you. But first, let's get to this week's health headlines ... — Sanjay |
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"Come and help us": Milwaukee parents fire back at White House for withholding federal help amid lead crisis in schools |
Early this week, the library at Starms Discovery Learning Center in Milwaukee was a place to exchange stories — but these stories were about stressed mothers and anxious kids, of graduating fifth-graders missing out on end-of-year celebrations. The stories were about families with a dangerous toxin — lead — in their homes and now in their public schools. Those families shared stories about brain damage and learning disabilities, and about a federal government that has denied them help. Amid an ongoing lead contamination crisis in its public schools, the City of Milwaukee Health Department had been working with experts in the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, when the entire team was laid off in the federal government's Reduction in Force cuts in April. The city had requested that the CDC dispatch disease detectives to help mount a wide-scale blood testing campaign of kids in city schools. That request was also denied, citing the agency's loss of its lead experts. The US Department of Health and Human Services said this week that it had reinstated the CDC's Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, which includes the agency's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. But it's not clear whether its work with Milwaukee will resume. |
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New federal Covid-19 vaccine policies are already keeping some people from getting shots |
After federal health officials made abrupt changes to US Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women last month, there's new confusion and uncertainty about who can get the shots — and some reports that patients were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated. Now, 30 health and medical organizations are pushing for continued access and insurance coverage for the vaccines. "We are deeply concerned about the recently adopted HHS policy to no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy," wrote the organizations — including major professional groups for obstetricians, primary care providers, pediatricians, pharmacists and nurses — in an open letter. "It is vital that we ensure that pregnant women continue to have access to this prevention tool so that they can protect themselves and their young infants, a vulnerable group who is not yet eligible for vaccination." Pregnant women who have Covid-19 are more likely to require care in the ICU or on a ventilator, or to die, the letter said, and they're at higher risk of complications such as cesarean birth, preeclampsia or eclampsia, and blood clots. Infants born after a Covid-19 infection also face increased risks. The American Pharmacists Association, which signed on to the open letter, said it has already received reports of patients being denied Covid-19 vaccines. |
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Kennedy names new members of CDC vaccine advisory panel days after removing previous advisers |
Just two days after retiring the entirety of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several prominent critics of the government's Covid-19 response to that committee. Kennedy said Monday that the previous 17-member panel that makes recommendations on who should get vaccines and when was rife with conflicts of interest and that he would appoint new "highly credentialed" experts in time for the panel's June 25 meeting, at which the members are expected to discuss guidance for Covid-19 and HPV shots, among others. The eight new members include Dr. Robert Malone, a biochemist who made early innovations in the field of messenger RNA but in more recent years has been a vocal critic of mRNA technology in Covid-19 vaccines. Another new member is Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician and epidemiologist who co-authored an October 2020 strategy on herd immunity known as the Great Barrington Declaration with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, now director of the US National Institutes of Health. Although the HHS secretary has the authority to remove and appoint new members to advisory boards, Kennedy's complete overhaul and speedy appointment of new members earned swift rebukes from physicians, nurses and some former health officials. |
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Teen TikTok skin care craze may be harmful — and expensive, study finds |
When Ayva Peña got a phone at age 10, her interest in skin care skyrocketed. At first, she bonded over it with her mother, Giselle Peña. Together, they would have spa days with face masks and take occasional shopping trips to try out new products. But when the Rhode Island mother found a $300 anti-aging face cream in Ayva's medicine drawer, it gave her pause. Peña is among a growing number of parents concerned about how content on social media platforms is influencing children and teens into trying out elaborate, often age-inappropriate skin care products. A new study may confirm those parents' worries. After analyzing beauty routines from 100 TikTok videos by content creators ages 7 through 18, researchers found an average of 11 potentially irritating active ingredients among their regimens, many of which carry a risk of skin allergies and increased sun sensitivity. Only a quarter of the lengthy product lists contained sunscreens, however. Between the dozens of daily serums, moisturizers, toners and cleansers featured in the videos, the average routine was six steps long, costing about $168 — with some more than $500 — for one month's worth of product, according to the study. |
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From Dr. Sanjay Gupta — My mom recently fell. It wasn't a dramatic fall down the stairs or anything like that; she was pushing a suitcase and fell backward, into a sitting position. But she's in her 80s, with more osteoporotic bone, so it led to a pretty significant spine fracture. She developed profound pain that hit her physically, as well as emotionally. At one point, she told me that if the pain continued this way, she thought her "time here was done." It really saddened me to hear that — but it also reminded me how pain can come to define our lives. Unlike other lifelong conditions, pain can be overbearing in a unique way. If you have a condition like diabetes, yes, you have it for the rest of your life, but you're probably not constantly consumed by it. Once you have chronic pain, however, it can become your identity. "How are you doing?" "I'm in pain." You wake up with pain. You go to bed with pain. You can't do certain things in your life because of pain. Your personality can change because of it. Pain can come with baggage. This moment made me want to explore this issue of pain and how we can reduce it in our lives. It's the premise of my new book, "It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life," coming in September. One of the things I've taken away as I've been working on this book is how to prevent pain. It's something I think about a lot as I get older. And although the pain that I think of immediately may not be significant, like my mom's, it's enough to bother me. For example, your body may hurt after you work out or have a really hard day. For me, it helps to use a foam roller to loosen the myofascia, the thick fibrous envelope around my muscles and tendons. As we get older, everything tends to get a little bit tighter. If you have swollen muscles after a long run, they will try to swell against that envelope, and that hurts more. So making sure those muscles are as loose as possible is helpful in preventing injury or pain — or at least easing the intensity of pain. Oftentimes, alleviating pain is about making sure our bodies are prepared to deal with it in the first place. 📕 Pre-order "It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life" |
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| For something that's a universal experience, pain has been pretty hard to measure, treat and even understand. In this episode, Sanjay is switching over to the guest chair to talk about the rise of chronic pain, its mental toll, and the changing approaches to treatment. |
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