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Emeritus cancer center director, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Former CEO, City of Hope; Former acting commissioner, FDA; Former associate director, NCI
The Supreme Court last week upended one of the underpinnings of administrative law by weakening the authority of federal health agencies to rely on technical expertise as they regulate medical products, issue coverage decisions, and respond to public health crises.
The Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine, removing one of the foundational principles of administrative law and upending the way federal agencies rely on technical subject-matter expertise. What comes next?
Unquestionably, a child’s cancer diagnosis weighs heavily on the parents’ minds. But now, an analysis of nearly 30,000 U.S. families has quantified how often parents of children with cancer use mental health services.
Over 18 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States and approximately 50% report clinical levels of depression and/or anxiety, pain, and/or fatigue. xxx:more
The Association of Community Cancer Centers—with its partners, the Association of Oncology Social Work and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society—is calling for sweeping improvements to mental health care services and support for patients, caregivers, and mental health care professionals experiencing psychological distress.
Depression and anxiety are thought to increase a person’s risk of developing cancer, but research results have been inconclusive. In an analysis of multiple studies from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Canada, investigators found that depression and anxiety are not linked to higher risks for most types of cancer among this population. The analysis is published in Cancer.
Emeritus cancer center director, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Former CEO, City of Hope; Former acting commissioner, FDA; Former associate director, NCI
A modest proposal from a former FDA commissioner: Add antidepressants to the nation’s water supply
Warning: This is not a public health recommendation. Do not implement.
Sometimes profoundly important public health opportunities are discovered by accident.
Warning: This is not a public health recommendation. Do not implement.
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