How weed affects adolescent brains The latest CDC director nominee, the ongoing measles outbreak, and other health news from Morning Rounds

How weed affects adolescent brains www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/h...

New Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer article: "Stem-like PD-1+TCF-1+ CD8+ T cells result from helpless priming and rely on CD4+ T-cell help to complete their cytotoxic effector differentiation" jitc.bmj.com/content/14/4...

Loneliness can affect your memory – but that doesn’t mean it leads to dementia A major new study offers a complicated, but hopeful, answer this question.

Loneliness can affect your memory – but that doesn’t mean it leads to dementia theconversation.com/loneliness-c...

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #loneliness #gerontology #geriatrics

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📍Anna Maria Island, FL
Gulf of Mexico

I FINALLY got a decent shot of a male Eastern #Bluebird. The lighting was marvelous — it electrified this bird’s brilliant iridescent blue plumage.

This fellow was kind enough to pose for a number of photos. I can’t thank him enough 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

#Turdidae
#BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin
#birds

Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"

Pennsylvania court strikes down Medicaid abortion funding ban A court rules the Pennsylvania Constitution protects abortion, striking down a Medicaid funding ban in a win for low-income women.

PA court strikes down decades-old Medicaid abortion funding ban, affirming constitutional right to reproductive autonomy. Low-income women win access to care while outdated restrictions fall. Victory for equity and bodily freedom in Pennsylvania.
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Sea stacks on a sandy beach at low tide, topped with wind-shaped trees and surrounded by cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Proof that I occasionally photograph something other than waterfalls.
#timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography #vancouverisland

Picture (found on pinterest) showing the fuzzy butt & two backlegs haging over the rom of a yellow flower..

Hehe, bumblebutt! 🥰

This Sexually Transmitted Infection Linked To Heart Attack, Stroke FRIDAY, April 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Syphilis is on the rise in the United States, and with it the threat that a long-term untreated infection could pose t

“patients with syphilis had twice the risk of aortic aneurysm..Syphilis patients also had a 92% higher risk of stroke caused by bleeding; a 53% higher risk of stroke caused by blood clots; and a 31% higher risk of heart attack” www.healthday.com/health-news/...

This is a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a form of yeast that can harm humans — and is resistant to the most common antifungal drugs.

Why scientists are nervous about fungi www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117632/f...
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Bone-Strengthening Discovery Could Reverse Osteoporosis A little-known receptor may reshape how scientists approach bone loss.

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Precautionary recall of blood pressure medication after manufacturing error The MHRA has advised pharmacy and healthcare professionals to stop supplying the impacted batch and return all remaining stock to their suppliers.

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Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job (The Atlantic) On Friday, April 10, as FBI Director Kash Patel was preparing to leave work for the weekend, he struggled to log into an internal computer system. He quic...

Read "Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-7yrRd0Pe/x...

Biomarker-based blood test signals Alzheimer’s years before onset A new study suggests blood tests measuring for pTau217 could forecast Alzheimer’s progression years before it is detectable on PET scans. Additionally, it suggests those with very low pTau217 levels a...

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And this is why "wait and see" is not a good medical approach with #LongCOVID.

Think preventive care.

Count Long COVID cases. Monitor Long COVID patients. Treat symptoms asap.

Long COVID is a serious illness, not a belief system. And it's preventable ( #N95).

#Medsky
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This is figure 1, which shows clinical course and treatments administered to the Oslo patient from HIV diagnosis to 48 months post HSCT.

Long-term HIV remission has been achieved in a patient following a stem cell transplant from a sibling carrying a certain genetic mutation, according to research in Nature Microbiology. go.nature.com/4dLAj2L #medsky 🧪

Flowers from my garden

Bluesky, I got you some flowers from my garden, to cheer you up.

You're welcome 🦋💙

Europe Has The Tools To Stop Paediatric RSV. Why Are So Few Countries Using Them? - Health Policy Watch For six decades, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants was a public health problem without a solution.

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Inside the Drug Use That Fueled Nazi Germany | HISTORY An explosive bestseller mined the records of Adolf Hitler’s personal doctor, among other sources, to uncover details ...

Reports are that everyone in the White House is on amphetamines, just like Hitler's leadership cabal

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Quality of Care For Young Adult Patients With Cancer at the End of Life Muth et al1 published in JAMA Oncology a retrospective cohort study of all patients with cancer aged 15 to 39 years who received medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Alberta, Canada, between 2021 and...

“…it is particularly concerning that when they finally requested MAID, more than half died within a week, suggesting that access to MAID was much easier than access to specialist palliative care…”
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RECALL: Cheese pulled from shelves in Ontario and Quebec | insauga Certain cheese that was sold in Ontario and Quebec has been recalled. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a notice Wednesday that it’s being pulled from shelves “due to possible Listeria monoc...

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Scientists Found Human Speech-Like Patterns in Sperm Whale Clicks The staccato clicks of sperm whales may sound like meaningless background noise to human ears, but a new analysis suggests they may be part of a communication system with a level of complexity approac...

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