New Drugs for Depression, More Fentanyl, and Parkinson’s Smell Test

Show Notes:

YouTube: Is A Cell Tower Causing Cancer In School Children?

ScienceDaily: Analyzing a Facebook-fueled anti-vaccination attack: ‘It’s not all about autism’

The Verge: Instagram Purges Its Platform of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

CNET: GoFundMe pulls antivaccine campaigns from platform

The Verge: GoFundMe pledges to remove anti-vax campaigns

DailyMail: GoFundMe cracks down on anti-vaxxers, following in the footsteps of Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest – but many campaigns remain live and continue to rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars

NY Times: Unvaccinated Student in Kentucky Sues After Being Barred From Playing Basketball

YouTube: Teen sues for not being allowed to attend class without chicken pox vaccine

YouTube: Are Fetal Cells Used to Make Vaccines?

Ars Technica: Facebook apps logged users’ passwords in plaintext, because why not

NPR: Weekly Wrap: 737 MAXs Grounded, #FacebookDown, Photoshopped College ‘Athletes’

DailyMail: Many common health apps are sharing potentially sensitive medical data with third parties, study finds

ScienceDaily: Unprecedented privacy risk with popular health apps

BMJ: Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis

CNET: FEMA shared personal information of 2.3M disaster victims with contractor

Management Alert – FEMA Did Not Safeguard Disaster Survivors’ Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (REDACTED)

CNN: Hundreds of motel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online

Engadget: The FDA thinks an Xbox game can stop kids smoking

CNET: FDA made a creepy Xbox game to warn teens about the dangers of smoking

DailyMail: How your friends could be making you fatter: Obesity can spread through communities like a ‘social contagion’

DailyMail: The true toll of porn: Girls who hate their bodies and young men who can’t perform in relationships – by a GP who’s seen the harm it does to teens

ScienceDaily: People choose healthy and sustainable lunches if given the green light

DailyMail: The woman who can SNIFF OUT Parkinson’s: ‘Super Smeller’ who can sense a sufferer of the condition based on their scent helps scientists find what causes the odour

BBC: Parkinson’s smell test explained by science

NY Times: Monsanto Weedkiller Roundup Was ‘Substantial Factor’ in Causing Man’s Cancer, Jury Says

BBC: Weedkiller glyphosate a ‘substantial’ cancer factor

CNN: Jurors say Roundup contributed to a 2nd man’s cancer. Now thousands more cases against Monsanto await

YouTube: Jury finds Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer contributed to man’s cancer

Science Daily: Depression in 20s linked to memory loss in 50s

Longitudinal associations of affective symptoms with mid-life cognitive function: evidence from a British birth cohort

NY Times: F.D.A. Approves First Drug for Postpartum Depression

CNN: FDA approves first postpartum depression drug

YouTube: Postpartum Depression Drug Approved By FDA: What To Know | TODAY

DailyMail: Psychedelic drug found in venom of a toad in the US could help battle depression and anxiety through mood-boosting ‘mystical experiences’

Taylor Francis Online: 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) used in a naturalistic group setting is associated with unintended improvements in depression and anxiety

DailyMail: FDA slams breast implant makers in warning letters days before federal hearing that could BAN them from the US market

NY Times: Reports of Breast Implant Illnesses Prompt Federal Review

CNN: Daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks no longer recommended for older adults

DailyMail: Daily low-dose aspirin is no longer recommended as heart attack preventative for older adults under new guidelines

NY Times: Daily Low-Dose Aspirin No Longer Recommended by Doctors, if You’re Healthy

2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

DailyMail: Children’s ball pit play areas contain dozens of killer germs because they ‘can go weeks without being cleaned’

ScienceDaily: Examining ball pits as a playground for pathogenic germs

ScienceDaily: High-fructose corn syrup boosts intestinal tumor growth in mice

NY Times: Sugary Drinks Tied to Shorter Life Span

ScienceDaily: High-fructose corn syrup boosts intestinal tumor growth in mice

AHA Journals: Long-Term Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Mortality in US Adults

DailyMail: The horrific CDC graph that shows how US fentanyl deaths have soared more than 1,000% in six years

CNN: Fentanyl deaths skyrocketed more than 1,000% over six years in the US. Here’s who it’s killing

CNN: Daily or high-potency cannabis increases risk of psychotic disorder, study finds

BBC: Potent cannabis increases risk of serious mental illness, says study

DailyMail: Smoking potent ‘skunk’ cannabis raises the risk of PSYCHOSIS by five times, major study reveals

ScienceDaily: Most teens report using marijuana less often after legalization

BBC: Potent cannabis increases risk of serious mental illness, says study