Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

[blueharvest]

Pharmacy middlemen are driving up costs for respiratory medicines — it’s time to act

Patients living with chronic respiratory illnesses, including my family and myself, need relief from high health care costs now.

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

Pharmacy middlemen are driving up costs for respiratory medicines — it’s time to act

Patients living with chronic respiratory illnesses, including my family and myself, need relief from high health care costs now.

thehill.com

They must be thrilled air pollution is making more people sick each year.

 

[blueharvest]

Lawler criticizes GOP approach to IVF and abortion: ‘People want reasonableness’

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the GOP’s approach to reproductive rights and said the party should work harder to understand where average Americans stand on these issues. In an int…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Public schools wasted COVID funds, Biden’s education budget tacitly admits

Nearly three years after Biden signed ARP, students still aren’t caught up, despite a federal windfall. Indeed, academic recovery hasn’t been a priority for many public schools across the country.…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

House Republicans Use a Big Lie to Stand Up for Big Pharma

Republicans rely on the wrong data to try to justify repealing Biden’s Medicare drug negotiation plan.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Controversial Scientist Back at Work After Jail Time for Creating Genetically Modified Babies

He Jiankui is reportedly once again editing the genes of human embryos in the lab, but he claims his experiments will now follow the rules.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Trump Built His Brand Bashing Obamacare. Now it’s More Popular Than Him

Trump built his brand bashing the Affordable Care Act. Now it’s more popular than him, which explains why he now claims he doesn't want to kill it.

time.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Vaping linked to 19% higher risk of heart failure, study finds

People who use vapes have a 19% higher risk of heart failure compared to those who have never used them.

scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Biden, Sanders to take victory lap after drugmakers cap cost of inhalers

President Biden on Wednesday will tout Democrats’ efforts to lower the cost of inhalers after drugmakers announced plans to cap prices. The president, alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-V…

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

Trump Built His Brand Bashing Obamacare. Now it’s More Popular Than Him

Trump built his brand bashing the Affordable Care Act. Now it’s more popular than him, which explains why he now claims he doesn't want to kill it.

time.com

Hope it costs him the election.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice​

General Mills warns of ‘food shaming’; dietitian influencers promote junk foods and discourage weight loss efforts​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/

The Post and The Examination analyzed more than 6,000 social media posts by 68 registered dietitians with at least 10,000 followers. The analysis showed that roughly 40 percent of these influencers, with a combined reach of over 9 million followers, repeatedly used anti-diet language.

The majority of the influencers who used anti-diet language also were paid to promote products from food, beverage and supplement companies, the analysis found

 

[squeekness]

Kind of like cigarette companies saying cigarettes aren't addictive.

 

[Teelie]

Also, cigarettes are good for your health. Just like all those fats, salts and sugars.

 

[blueharvest]

White House warns House conservatives’ budget could hurt opioid epidemic fight

The White House called out the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) budget proposal for potentially cutting funding of programs addressing the opioid crisis. In a new fact sheet first obtained by The…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden reverses a Trump-era policy on cheap but limited short-term health insurance

The Biden administration plans to roll back a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump's health policy agenda − short-term health insurance.

www.usatoday.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback in the U.S.

There were nearly 10,000 documented cases of tuberculosis in 2023, the third straight year of increased cases.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Study says prostate cancer rates expected to double worldwide by 2040

Researchers are warning global prostate cancer cases are set to double. So why the rise? One reason: More of our population is aging.

scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

CDC issues bird flu infection health alert

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Friday to inform healthcare centers and the public of a confirmed human infection of the bird flu. A farm worker on a comm…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Experimental treatment would help patients grow new livers

Researchers began their first test on humans in late March, injecting the therapy into 12 patients.

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

Researchers have found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not deliver on their early promise.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

Researchers have found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not deliver on their early promise.

apnews.com

Well that blows. We need good cancer meds.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

More than 200 women and several men accuse doctor in lawsuit of sexual abuse, unnecessary exams

More than 200 women and several men have joined a consolidated lawsuit against Todd in Massachusetts’ Suffolk Superior Court.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Bird flu: Scientists watching migratory birds, seals amid outbreak

Scientists are watching migratory birds, cattle and marine mammals across the Americas amid an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) that has infected at least one person. Last week, a dai…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Young adults who started vaping as teens still can't shake the habit​

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/09/1243472523/vaping-vapes-young-adults-college-quitting-health-effects