ICYMI news for women - Aug 24

No TL;DR. Just the facts, ma'am. 60+ new articles in the last week alone that matter to women. Click your picks, ignore the bricks. We watch the news so you can enjoy the last days of summer!

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In the news this week for women: CT scans and cancer. Summer cold or the new COVID variant? RFK Jr. fighting everyone…when will he become more of a problem for the administration than entertainment? The latest on sugar subs—not all good news. Don’t drink from that plastic bottle you left in the car. WalMart’s radio-active shrimp. It may not be the blue screen keeping us up at night; wearables headed for a welcome dent in the overpriced medical device market. Biomarker testing as Western medicine deals with not-invented-here integrative and functional medicine. Mississippi remains one of the most dangerous places to have a baby in the world. Women’s healthcare funding goes [more] political. GLP-1s and good cancer news, lower cash costs, but…Ozempic teeth. How abortion bans negatively affect pregnancy care. Menopause: GMS and tinnitus. Medical guidelines still act like race is biology; it’s not—it’s a social construct and guesswork. Vag estrogen doesn’t cause stroke, and stroke odds decrease with higher brain health scores. Dementia, women, and fatty acids, hearing loss link. Complete women’s health profiles for every state—terrific resource! Rabies, malaria and plague make summer COVID increase look boring. Femtech news and much more.