Effort to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs, favored by RFK Jr, faced fierce pushback from agency scientists
A plan to give people in the United States easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with its development.
The document posted online on Wednesday by Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) covers a handful of injectable peptides promoted within the wellness industry for building muscle, healing injuries and boosting energy.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow compounding pharmacies to manufacture and sell peptides that have not yet been added to the list of approved substances, advancing access to those championed by the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda. The HHS stated in a notice that it would be practicing enforcement discretion…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow compounding pharmacies to manufacture and sell peptides that have not yet been added to the list of approved substances, advancing access to those championed by the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda. The HHS stated in a notice that it would be practicing enforcement discretion…
Rep. Julia Letlow introduced the Know Your Risk Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a universal breast cancer risk assessment tool.
Rep. Julia Letlow introduced the Know Your Risk Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a universal breast cancer risk assessment tool.
Current and former leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday advised Medicare beneficiaries to pay close attention to their options this year upon reenrolling in plans, as major changes in recent years have only made the landscape more complex. Speaking at The Hill’s “Bang for Your Buck: Get the Most…
Current and former leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday advised Medicare beneficiaries to pay close attention to their options this year upon reenrolling in plans, as major changes in recent years have only made the landscape more complex. Speaking at The Hill’s “Bang for Your Buck: Get the Most…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing backlash for comments he made about Arabs while at a campaign stop in Michigan. “There’s 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don’t produce science, they don’t win the Nobel Prize, they don’t win the Fields prize, they don’t win the Wolf…
Misturar o tradicional creme Nivea da latinha azul com maisena se tornou uma das receitas caseiras de cuidados com a pele divulgadas nas redes sociais. A combinação promete deixar o rosto mais macio, diminuir a oleosidade e melhorar a aparência da pele. Mas será que essa dica realmente funciona?
A receita reúne dois ingredientes com características diferentes. Enquanto o creme ajuda a manter a hidratação, o amido de milho pode absorver parte da umidade superficial.
Apesar disso, não há comprovação científica de que a mistura ofereça benefícios duradouros ou substitua tratamentos dermatológicos.
Como é feita a mistura?
Nas receitas compartilhadas na internet, a proposta é combinar o creme Nivea da latinha azul com amido de milho até formar uma pasta de consistência uniforme. A preparação costuma ser apresentada como uma máscara facial ou uma alternativa caseira para deixar a pele com acabamento menos brilhante.
Embora existam diferentes versões, o procedimento geralmente é descrito da seguinte maneira:
Separar os ingredientes: utilizar uma pequena quantidade do creme hidratante e de amido de milho.
Misturar os produtos: acrescentar o pó ao creme e mexer até obter uma pasta homogênea.
Aplicar no rosto: espalhar uma camada fina sobre a pele, e manter alguns minutos conforme as orientações divulgadas nas receitas caseiras.
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A ideia é aproveitar a ação hidratante do creme e a capacidade do amido de absorver parte da umidade superficial. Porém, não existe uma proporção estabelecida ou um tempo de aplicação clinicamente validado para essa combinação.
A dica é segura?
De acordo com a Academia Americana de Dermatologia (AAD), os cuidados com a pele devem considerar suas características individuais. Por isso, consultar um dermatologista é importante antes de experimentar receitas caseiras, especialmente em casos de acne ou sensibilidade.
A mistura de creme Nivea com maisena não possui segurança e eficácia comprovadas. Além disso, a textura espessa do hidratante pode ser desconfortável para peles oleosas, enquanto a adição do amido modifica a fórmula original.
Também é importante evitar a aplicação perto dos olhos ou sobre áreas inflamadas. Caso surjam vermelhidão, coceira ou ardência, o uso deve ser interrompido. Para tratar manchas, acne ou rugas, o ideal é utilizar produtos específicos, com a orientação de um profissional.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing backlash for comments he made about Arabs while at a campaign stop in Michigan. “There’s 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don’t produce science, they don’t win the Nobel Prize, they don’t win the Fields prize, they don’t win the Wolf…
"We will always protect Social Security, Medicare!" says President Donald Trump.
That would be nice.
But when I look at these programs' balance sheets, I don't see how he's protected anything. Both Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money.
Politicians mostly ignore the problem. Worse, progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) say they want to expand Social Security benefits.
That's just irresponsible.
My new video points out what we've known for years: These programs are unsustainable.
The problem is that people like me live longer. We like getting monthly Social Security checks and medical care that appears free.
Since we vote more consistently than others, politicians don't want to make us mad by cutting our handouts.
My fellow geezers say, "Social Security is not a handout! I contributed to the 'trust fund' every year. I'm just getting back what I paid in!"
But that's not true. Today, most of us get back much more than we paid in.
In 1935, politicians created the handout, saying, even if you don't save for retirement, government will save for you.
But that was another political lie. They didn't create individual retirement accounts. They didn't save our Social Security payments. They spend every penny as it comes in.
It's why Social Security is like a Ponzi scheme.
Bernard Madoff went to jail because he used new investors' money to pay old investors. That's exactly what our government does.
Few Americans realize it.
"What happens to the money?" I ask people on the street.
"It's held in trust," said one woman.
It isn't.
When politicians started Social Security, there were enough young workers to tax to cover the cost of sending checks to old people.
But now, since we live longer, there aren't enough young workers to fund our payments.
Social Security's costs exceed its income by billions of dollars.
"There is a plan out there to save it, but it requires some tough choices," says the Cato Institute's Romina Boccia. "Commonsense tweaks we can make."
Those include raising the retirement age, capping checks to the affluent, and letting young people opt out of Social Security. Reforms like that require tradeoffs. But ignoring the problem doesn't make it disappear.
We need to act, says Boccia, because Social Security is like the Titanic—gradually heading for disaster.
"Make reforms now," she says, "we can avoid the iceberg. [But] if we wait until the iceberg is in front of our noses and try to turn the ship, we're going to run right into it."
Medicare will hit its iceberg in 2033; then benefits will automatically be reduced. Social Security will hit it the year before.
At that point, incoming taxes will cover only about 78 percent of promised retirement benefits.
Yet irresponsible Democrats say: Spend even more.
"Human wants and needs are unlimited," replies Boccia. "There's always another program that needs more funding."
Sanders says, pay for it by taxing the rich more.
"There isn't enough money even that the rich would have, to pay for the…unfunded liabilities," Boccia points out.
If only politicians had listened years ago, when Cato and the Heritage Foundation proposed letting workers put some of their Social Security money into personal retirement accounts. Instead of relying on future taxpayers, workers could accumulate real assets that grow over time.
Personal accounts give workers something Social Security doesn't: assets we own.
"Even a conservative portfolio of stocks and bonds that got you a 5 percent annual return would have made you many times more [than Social Security]," says Boccia.
Private accounts helped Chile rise from one of the poorest countries in Latin America to one of the richest. Yet leftists still object to capitalists getting a cut of the pie.
"We lack gratitude for what the free market provides," says Boccia.
We should adjust these programs now.
The longer politicians wait, the worse the choices become.
But today's politicians will probably be gone by then.
Increase will add strain on healthcare system already struggling amid cuts by Trump administration, experts say
The number of people with dementia in the United States is projected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years, which will place increasing strain on a healthcare system already struggling to help them amid cuts by the Trump administration, experts say.
According to a new study in Jama Neurology, the annual incidence of new dementia cases globally will more than double, from 11.4m in 2023 to 24.7m in 2050. In the United States, the number of adults diagnosed with dementia each year will increase from 514,000 in 2020 to 1m by 2060, according to a Jama study published in 2024.
A popular plant-based butter has been recalled due to yeast, mold and E. coli, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now assigned it a risk level.
A popular plant-based butter has been recalled due to yeast, mold and E. coli, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now assigned it a risk level.
But Shahar is angry that most carers hit with unjust overpayments in the past will still have to repay them, for all the promise of a different future. And he notes that the cliff edge remains in place for four more years, potentially catching out more carers.
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the deputy director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is leaving the agency after just four months on the job. Shuford, an infectious disease physician, was a former Texas health commissioner. She was appointed in April as part of a leadership team to support CDC…
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