Newer cancer drugs sometimes include a companion diagnostic to determine whether a drug works with an individual patient’s genetics. But 5-FU went on the market in 1962 and sells for about $17 a dose; producers of its generic aren’t seeking approval for toxicity tests, which typically cost hundreds of dollars.
Fox News Digital reached out to UC San Diego Medicine researchers for comment.WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to hundreds of transgender inmates following
that led to a disruption in medical treatment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said ina federal law prohibits prison officials from arbitrarily depriving inmates of medications and other lifestyle accommodations that the bureau's own medical staff has deemed appropriate.
The judge said the transgender inmates who sued to block Trump’s executive order are trying to lessen the personal anguish caused by their gender dysphoria, the distress that a person feels because their assigned gender and gender identity don’t match.“In light of the plaintiffs’ largely personal motives for undergoing gender-affirming care, neither the BOP nor the Executive Order provides any serious explanation as to why the treatment modalities covered by the Executive Order or implementing memoranda should be handled differently than any other mental health intervention,” the judge wrote.
The Bureau of Prisons is providing hormone therapy to more than 600 inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The bureau doesn’t dispute that gender dysphoria can cause severe side effects, including depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, the judge said.
The Republican president’s executive order required the bureau to revise its medical care policies so that federal funds aren’t spent “for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.”that Keeler coauthored, studied restrictive diets supervised by medical professional.
“Therefore, these findings might reflect that unsupervised dieting, which can produce nutritional deficiencies, might not be good for depressive symptoms,” Keeler said.More research and randomized control trials may be needed to fully understand how dieting impacts mental health, Bhat said.
There are several reasons why the calorie restriction seen in the most recent study might be associated with a negative mental health impact.Previous studies, including Keeler’s, found that low-calorie diets that resulted in weight loss for people classified as overweight or obese was associated with reduced depression symptoms.