Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
IVF With Frozen Embryos Tied To Risk Of Hypertensive Issues In Pregnancy
Undergoing in vitro fertilization using frozen embryos is linked to a greater risk of hypertensive disorders, including preeclampsia, during pregnancy, according to research published Monday in the journal Hypertension.聽(Sullivan, 9/26)
In other health and wellness news 鈥
Artificial athletic fields, nearly ubiquitous across big cities and small towns, have weathered a lot over the years and not just the legions of stampeding children. Critics have pointed to the extreme heat they generate on sunny days, when the surface can be more than 60 degrees hotter than the surrounding air or nearby natural grass. Studies have linked the unforgiving turf to a higher incidence of knee, ankle, and foot injuries. And there are a growing number of reports tying chemicals in artificial fields to environmental concerns. (Lazar, 9/24)
As a fifth grader growing up in Stratford, Bridget Phelan-Nelson used to shout the same string of obscenities every morning. 鈥淚 would repeat it over and over on my walk to school so I wouldn鈥檛 say it at school,鈥 recalls Phelan-Nelson, now 39. (Turk, 9/25)
As September marks National Childhood Obesity Month, our country continues to grapple with an issue exacerbated by the aftereffects of overeating during pandemic isolation. The most recently available data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that about 19.7% of adolescents aged 2-19 years in 2017-2021 were classified as obese. In all, about 14.7 million children throughout the nation suffered from obesity during that time period, the CDC concludes. (Trofimuk, 9/25)
Naomi Sanders tried to set up her TikTok account so she wouldn鈥檛 see videos about eating disorders, but she says they鈥檙e impossible to avoid. 鈥淚 still see posts related to eating disorders on my feed at least three times a day,鈥 says the 15-year-old high-school sophomore from Bellingham, Wash., who鈥檚 been struggling with unhealthy eating habits since middle school. Nine months after a Wall Street Journal investigation showed that TikTok鈥檚 algorithms were flooding teens鈥 For You pages with videos encouraging weight loss and disordered eating, there are still plenty of them on the platform.聽(Jargon, 9/24)
Unfortunately, people looking to doctors or health agencies for answers about what to expect post-pox are typically met with an information vacuum. This is the result of the notorious dearth of research conducted prior to the outbreak about a virus that until this spring largely only circulated in western and central Africa. (Ryan, 9/25)
