Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

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Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law

Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,500 children off insurance since January

www.theguardian.com

He needs to go. Evil, pure evil.

 

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He needs to go. Evil, pure evil.

Maybe he'll be voted out of office this year, or whenever he up for re-election.

 

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Judge tosses Medicare drug negotiation challenges from Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson

A federal judge on Monday threw out legal challenges to the Medicare negotiation program that had been brought by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson, finding that their claims of uncons…

thehill.com

 

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Sanders Praises FTC Challenge of 'Junk' Patents for Drugs Including Ozempic | Common Dreams

"We can no longer tolerate Novo Nordisk charging the American people $969 for Ozempic when that same exact drug can be purchased for just $155 in Canada and $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to manufacture."

www.commondreams.org

 

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How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning

Are you experiencing unexplained memory lapses or brain fog? Ever considered that you may have mercury poisoning? For RFK Jr. it was worse—he also had a brain parasite. Here’s how to avoid both (extremely rare) predicaments.

www.wired.com

 

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FDA issues recall statement after insulin pump-related iOS app causes injuries

The "Class I" recall, the most severe, comes after 224 injuries were reported

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Discrimination May Cause People To Age Faster—And Affect White People Most, Study Suggests

Black participants experienced more discrimination and had higher rates of aging, but white people were more negatively affected by the impacts of discrimination, though they experienced it less.

www.forbes.com

 

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Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers

Mind-boggling mind research.

www.tomshardware.com

 

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Unfortunately, in this period of high inflation, ultra processed food is what's most affordable, vegetables and fruits and basic meats are what's least affordable.

 

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Parents with private health coverage now face on average more than $3,000 in medical bills related to a pregnancy and childbirth that aren’t covered by insurance, researchers at the University of Michigan found.

Out-of-pocket costs are even higher for families with a newborn who needs to stay in a neonatal ICU, averaging $5,000. And for 1 in 11 of these families, medical bills related to pregnancy and childbirth exceed $10,000, the researchers found.

Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another. | naked capitalism

For millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

 

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Parents with private health coverage now face on average more than $3,000 in medical bills related to a pregnancy and childbirth that aren’t covered by insurance, researchers at the University of Michigan found.

Out-of-pocket costs are even higher for families with a newborn who needs to stay in a neonatal ICU, averaging $5,000. And for 1 in 11 of these families, medical bills related to pregnancy and childbirth exceed $10,000, the researchers found.

Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another. | naked capitalism

For millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

36 years ago when I had my daughter I had no out of pocket expenses. No you pay more for less coverage. What a rip off.

 

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Colorectal cancer has tripled among some young people, but experts still aren't sure why

Colorectal cancer has become far more common among young people in the U.S., but case rates remain low overall.

www.scrippsnews.com

 

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Colorectal cancer has tripled among some young people, but experts still aren't sure why

Colorectal cancer has become far more common among young people in the U.S., but case rates remain low overall.

www.scrippsnews.com

Ultra-processed foods, no doubt.

 

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Authorities seized over 115 million illegal fentanyl pills in 2023

The number of illegal and deadly fentanyl pills taken off the streets by law enforcement has dramatically increased from about 49,700 in 2017 to over 115 million last year.

www.scrippsnews.com

 

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Authorities seized over 115 million illegal fentanyl pills in 2023

The number of illegal and deadly fentanyl pills taken off the streets by law enforcement has dramatically increased from about 49,700 in 2017 to over 115 million last year.

www.scrippsnews.com

Just a tiny fraction of what actually came in the country I'm sure.

 

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There’s an Insidious Legal Movement to Make Pregnant Women Second-Class Citizens

And the Supreme Court is poised to add fuel to the fire.

slate.com

 

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Drug Overdose Deaths in America Have Finally Stopped Climbing

New preliminary data from the CDC shows that total overdose deaths took a slight dip in 2023, but much more progress is needed, experts say.

gizmodo.com

 

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High ratings for nursing homes may not give full story about care problems, deaths

High ratings for nursing homes may not give the full story about care problems. Scripps News investigative correspondent Lori Jane Gliha explains why a 5-star rating doesn't always mean what people think it does.

www.scrippsnews.com

 

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Sanders Warns 'Unjustifiably High' Prices of Weight Loss Drugs Could Bankrupt US Health System | Common Dreams

"There is no rational reason, other than greed, for Novo Nordisk to charge Americans struggling with obesity $1,349 for Wegovy when this exact same product can be purchased for just $186 in Denmark," said the senator.

www.commondreams.org

 

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Autopsy Confirms 14-Year-Old Died From Spicy Chip Challenge

Celebrities like Tony Hawk and Shaquille O’Neal went viral trying the "One Chip Challenge."

gizmodo.com

 

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What can prevent suicide? A place to call home, a person to reach out to

Suicide deaths in the U.S. surpassed 49,000 deaths in 2022, for the second consecutive year.

www.usatoday.com

CDC unveils dashboard to track bird flu as virus spreads among dairy farms

A new dashboard from the CDC aims to help track the spread of bird flu as the federal government looks to monitor and contain the virus.

www.usatoday.com