🌎 Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

[squeekness]

Wish more states would do this.

 

[blueharvest]

Weight-loss drugs ‘slow down the ageing process’, scientists suggest

Semaglutide – contained in Ozempic and Wegovy – has ‘far-reaching benefits’, with people dying at lower rate from all causes

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Weight-loss drugs ‘slow down the ageing process’, scientists suggest

Semaglutide – contained in Ozempic and Wegovy – has ‘far-reaching benefits’, with people dying at lower rate from all causes

www.theguardian.com

These drugs sound too good to be true.

 

[Lily Adler]

Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social)

When the Times is great, it's great. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

bsky.app

This is why people are scared to reveal their mental illness or get treatment.

 

[blueharvest]

Sunscreen warning issued as boomers ignoring risks

Common misconceptions, like not needing sunscreen on cloudy days or indoors, are leading to generational divide in sun protection.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Teelie]

You mean the demographic least likely to believe in climate change doesn't believe in sunscreen either?

 

[Lily Adler]

You mean the demographic least likely to believe in climate change doesn't believe in sunscreen either?

***** bye, got mine!

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Obamacare/ Affordable Care Act. People are stupid.

 

[blueharvest]

People with greater mental resilience may live longer, study finds

Peer-reviewed study finds link between higher mental resilience and lower risk of death, especially in women

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Americans without health insurance rose by 2 million under Trump: Report

The report looked at the U.S. Census data and showed that the national uninsured rate dropped by 1.2 percent under Biden.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $81.3 Million in Funding to Further Advance the President’s Unity Agenda

Funding to Further Advance the President’s Unity Agenda

www.hhs.gov

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sweeping Review Finds No Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer

The theory that holding a radiation-emitting device to your ear for hours could cause cancer certainly feels true, but decades of study has found no link.

gizmodo.com

 

[Teelie]

If that were even remotely true then cancers in the head would have sky-rocketed by now and they haven't.

 

[blueharvest]

Scientists reveal invisible threat to male fertility

"If validated by future prospective work then this association has striking implications for fertility," expert Jill Belch said.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Southern California high school football player dies from injuries suffered in game

A 16-year-old Los Angeles County boy has died nearly two weeks after suffering a major injury in a high school football game, according to reports. The boy, identified in an online fundraiser as Ch…

ktla.com

 

[blueharvest]

Light pollution at night may increase risk of Alzheimer’s, study finds

Research says outdoor light exposure in evening increases prevalence of the disease, especially in people under age 65

www.theguardian.com

 

[Teelie]

Scientists reveal invisible threat to male fertility

"If validated by future prospective work then this association has striking implications for fertility," expert Jill Belch said.

www.newsweek.com

Republicans want more (white) children being born but are against fertility treatments and against pollution laws (as well as child care or anything else that helps) and still expect to see results.

 

[blueharvest]

This Major Health Care Initiative Is In Peril If Trump Wins — And No One's Talking About It

No, it's not just the Affordable Care Act at risk this time.

www.huffpost.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Yes, this should be all over the news -- assuming it's true.

 

[blueharvest]

Pandemic fears as dozens of "high risk" viruses found in China's fur farms

A new study has identified 36 previously unknown species, many of which were found to already be jumping species.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]