🌎 Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

[blueharvest]

America is incredibly polarized. It’s bad for our health.

Could RFK Jr.’s ascent change anything?

www.vox.com

 

[blueharvest]

West Virginia residents struggle to afford GLP-1 weight loss drugs after state ends subsidy program

In 2020, West Virginia launched a pilot program to subsidize GLP-1 drugs for public employees, but the program was shuttered in March.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Formaldehyde Increases Your Cancer Risk No Matter Where you Live

The Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform are all but guaranteed to hit a dead end under Trump.

www.propublica.org

 

[blueharvest]

Doulas test ways to curb Memphis’ Black maternal, infant deaths

Research shows they are key to better health outcomes. Several efforts, including the city’s first doula support center, are tapping into that.

19thnews.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Lead Exposure Drove a Hidden Mental Health Crisis in the U.S., Study Reveals

New research estimates that lead exposure from gasoline has significantly affected Americans' mental health for the worse during the 20th century.

gizmodo.com

 

[blueharvest]

High Blood Sugar Impacts Brain Health, Even Without Diabetes - Neuroscience News

New research reveals that elevated blood sugar levels may harm brain health, even in people without diabetes.

neurosciencenews.com

 

[blueharvest]

This weight loss drug helped people shed more pounds than Wegovy, new trial results show

Patients who got weekly injections of Zepbound had achieved, on average, more weight loss than those who got Wegovy after 72 weeks.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

US trails developed democracies in healthcare costs for older adults

Report comparing 10 peer countries shows how holes in Medicare coverage lead to Americans skipping care

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

This weight loss drug helped people shed more pounds than Wegovy, new trial results show

Patients who got weekly injections of Zepbound had achieved, on average, more weight loss than those who got Wegovy after 72 weeks.

www.nbcnews.com

But everything has a price. I fail to see how long term use isn't going to be harmful.

 

[squeekness]

US trails developed democracies in healthcare costs for older adults

Report comparing 10 peer countries shows how holes in Medicare coverage lead to Americans skipping care

www.theguardian.com

Healthcare should never be for profit.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Raw milk recall in California expands after tests detect more bird flu virus

A California farm has expanded a recall of raw milk sold in stores and has halted production. State health and agriculture officials say they found bird flu virus in additional samples of milk from Raw Farm of Fresno.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Healthcare should never be for profit.

It's always been for profit in America.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Ironfan72]

My girlfriend is an RN at Childrens hospital, she is concerned what nightmare Trump, republicans and RFK have planned for the healthcare here, she isnt optimistic things will improve

 

[blueharvest]

My girlfriend is an RN at Childrens hospital, she is concerned what nightmare Trump, republicans and RFK have planned for the healthcare here, she isnt optimistic things will improve

With Trump on charge of this country again, things definitely won't improve at all over the next four years, whether RFK Jr becomes the head of Health and Human Services or not.

 

[blueharvest]

If Trump Makes Cuts to Medicaid, Texas Officials Could Seize the Opportunity to Further Slash the Program

State leaders have shown a decadeslong antipathy toward the health insurance program. If Trump makes severe reductions, it’s unlikely leaders would have the political will to make up any lost federal funds with state money, experts say.

www.propublica.org

 

[Ironfan72]

With Trump on charge of this country again, things definitely won't improve at all over the next four years, whether RFK Jr becomes the head of Health and Human Services or not.

We know that Speaker Johnson said their priority was to make massive changes to the affordable healthcare act, i am sure making things much harder on average americans, with threats to eliminate both social security and Medicare as well as more deregulations in healthcare as the promised national abortion ban that we have already seen a massive spike in women dying due to hospitals and doctors refusing to help, and rumored cuts to the VA which will affect millions on veterans, our healthcare here will plumit

 

[blueharvest]

How U.S. dietary guidelines might change under Trump

Saturated fats, seed oils, carbohydrates and essential nutrients could all get rethought in next year's Dietary Guidelines.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

This is only the beginning, they’re gonna be going full hog in mud the next years.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Because he believes fake things are real I seriously doubt it.

 

[squeekness]

I'm even more convinced this is the motive for the shooting.

 

[Sithborg]

It absolutely was.

 

[blueharvest]

Lung cancer ‘could be detected by world-first urine test’

Scientists hope for earlier detection after creating injectable sensor that releases compound into urine

www.theguardian.com