Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia. All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal …

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Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely

Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely

By now, Ora Larson recognizes what’s happening. “It feels like you’re shaking inside,” she said. “I’m speeded up. I’m anxious.” If someone asks whether she would like a salad for lunch, she doesn’t know how to respond. She has had several such episodes this year, and they seem to be …

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Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety

Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety

In recent years, the Food and Drug Administration hired experts in surgical robots and pioneers in artificial intelligence. It scooped up food chemists, lab-safety monitors and diabetes specialists who helped make needle pricks and test strips relics of the past. Trying to keep up with breakneck advances in medical technology …

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R.F.K. Jr., in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism and More

R.F.K. Jr., in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism and More

At Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings, beginning on Wednesday, senators are expected to question him closely about his controversial views on vaccines. For years Mr. Kennedy has questioned the safety of vaccines, including those for polio and measles, two diseases that continue to harm children. More recently, he has …

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Insulin Prices Dropped. But Some Poor Patients Are Paying More.

Insulin Prices Dropped. But Some Poor Patients Are Paying More.

Maricruz Salgado was bringing her diabetes under control. Thanks to a federal program that allowed health clinics that serve poor people to buy drugs at steeply discounted prices, she was able to pay less than $75 for all five of her diabetes medications every three months. But in July, the …

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F.D.A. Proposes New Food Labels to Detail Sugar, Fat and Salt Content

F.D.A. Proposes New Food Labels to Detail Sugar, Fat and Salt Content

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products, a long-awaited move aimed at changing eating habits associated with soaring rates of obesity and diet-related illness that are responsible for a million deaths each year. The new label, a …

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