🌎 Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

[squeekness]

Sad. Very sad.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Independent.ie (Ireland) - Teenage boys struggle to control gambling habits as link seen between betting and heavy drinking

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Millions of Americans have nicotine in their body and don't know it

Millions of Americans are being exposed to toxic secondhand smoke and have a byproduct of nicotine in their blood without even knowing it, a new study suggests.

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores - KFF Health News

The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.

kffhealthnews.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US

Multiple rats in Atlanta test positive for calamitous, rapidly spreading parasite.

arstechnica.com

 

[squeekness]

Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US

Multiple rats in Atlanta test positive for calamitous, rapidly spreading parasite.

arstechnica.com

Well doesn't that sound like fun.....

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

As Americans age, in-home care worker shortage grows

The aging U.S. population drives higher in-home care demand, but a shortage of workers is a key challenge.

scrippsnews.com

 

[squeekness]

As Americans age, in-home care worker shortage grows

The aging U.S. population drives higher in-home care demand, but a shortage of workers is a key challenge.

scrippsnews.com

I'm getting up there myself so this worries me.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

Yes they do.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Report says TikTok steroid videos pull millions of views, target teens

TikTok videos promoting and glorifying steroids and other performance enhancement products are pulling in hundreds of millions of views, and sometimes teenagers are the target audience, according to a new report.

scrippsnews.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Manchin family in shambles.

 

[squeekness]

Hope this goes through.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

Nice! Good news for a change!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Study finds steep increase in gun, drug poisoning deaths among youths

A new study found that as nonfatal injuries declined, fatal injuries among children increased from 2011 through 2021.

scrippsnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Study finds steep increase in gun, drug poisoning deaths among youths

A new study found that as nonfatal injuries declined, fatal injuries among children increased from 2011 through 2021.

scrippsnews.com

Just watching the news could make anyone want to commit suicide these days. Not much hope going around.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

Sounds great! Hope it's successful so the rest of us do it.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The data and puzzling history behind California’s new red food dye ban

The risk of red dye No. 3 is considered low, but its regulation is a head-scratcher.

arstechnica.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Hopefully they find a buyer that’s not some vulture private equity firm or one of their chain rivals.

Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy (Published 2023)

The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.

www.nytimes.com

Debt-ridden Rite Aid files for bankruptcy, will close more stores

Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. filed for bankruptcy Sunday, as it faces billions of dollars of debt related to opioid lawsuits.

www.marketwatch.com

 

[squeekness]

The Rite-Aid here in town was taken over by Walgreens so it's not looking good.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]