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MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn a woman's right to have an abortion marks a "very dark day in health care" that will leave patients at risk and doctors afraid to act, leaders of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) said Friday."It is a dark day indeed for the tens of millions of patients who have suddenly and unfairly lost access to safe, legal and evidence-based abortion care," said ACOG President Dr. Iffath Abbasi Hoskins. "It is dark for the thousands of clinicians who now -- instead of focusing on providing health care to their patients -- have to live with the threat of legal, civil and even professional penalties while providing health care for the patients when they need it most," Hoskins said.ACOG...

MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The spread of monkeypox should be closely monitored, the World Health Organization said on Saturday, but it is not a global emergency at this time. Monkeypox is a long-neglected illness, endemic in some African countries, the WHO emergency committee explained.The current outbreak, involving more than 3,000 people in over 50 countries, is “unusual,” the committee added. The panel was convened by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus amid concerns about spread to countries that had not previously had monkeypox, the Associated Press reported. Just over 200 of those cases had been reported in the United States as of June 24.The committee said that while the outbreak is not yet a health emergency, that decision should be reviewed again...

MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Are you plagued by FOMO -- "fear of missing out"? Then silencing your smartphone may not be the stress-buster you think it is.That's the takeaway from a new study that found many folks check their phones a lot more when they're set to mute or vibrate than when they beep and ring."Without any clear 'buzz' or sound from their phones, individuals with high FOMO might use their phones even more," said study author Mengqi Liao, a doctoral candidate in communications studies at Penn State University.For the study, 42% of 138 iPhone users chose vibration-only mode; 8.7% were on silent mode, and the rest kept their ringers on for four straight days. Before the start, people completed a survey to see if they had FOMO, and they activated the Screen Time...

MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that for now, Juul Labs can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes on the U.S. market.The Friday ruling came in response to the company seeking a temporary emergency hold while it appeals a ban of its products that was issued Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The e-cigarette maker had asked the court to pause what it called an "extraordinary and unlawful action" by the FDA that would have required it to immediately halt its business, the Associated Press reported.When issuing the ban last week, the FDA said Juul's application left regulators with significant questions and didn't include enough information to evaluate any potential health risks. Meanwhile, Juul said it submitted enough...