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Latest comic: The Wellness Charlatan's Guide to Longevity
#healthcare #science #health #medicine #healthinsurance #EconomicInequality #SocialMedia #influencers
Four female patients complained to the state medical commission about alleged sexual misconduct by Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 to 2024.
The board waited until April 2025 to file a formal statement of charges.
propublica.org/article/mark-mu…
#News #Washington #Health #Women #SexualAssault #Medicine #Seattle
An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The first accusation against Dr. Mark Mulholland came in January 2022. Two more arrived in 2023 and a fourth in 2024 before the board took action against his license last year. Then even more patients came forward.shoshana.gordon@propublica.org (ProPublica)
AP:It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns
"Medical mistrust is spreading beyond vaccines: Refusals of vitamin K shots for newborns have nearly doubled since 2017, alarming doctors nationwide.
Newborns without the shot are 81 times more likely to suffer potentially deadly bleeding, a preventable complication that once affected 1 in 60 babies."
(Better, non paywall link! Thanks Denise!)
apnews.com/article/babies-newb…
US judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood #vaccine policy
#law #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories
reuters.com/world/us-judge-blo…
🥕 Need a little more motivation to get a vegetable garden going this summer? How about better mental and physical health?
Katherine Alaimo, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University says
✅ "...when you grow more produce, you eat more produce."
✅ "...gardening also connects people with nature, provides a sense of responsibility and accomplishment and encourages sharing harvests with friends. All of that can contribute to reduced stress, lower blood pressure and higher energy."
Who doesn't need all that?
More here: 🥬 🫛 🫘
apnews.com/article/backyard-ve…
👉 Don't forget, you have many experienced, friendly, and exceptionally helpful gardeners in the Fediverse.
Potentially good news for sleep apnea sufferers from the field of medicine. Participants in a clinical drug trial who took the highest daily dose of an epilepsy drug had nearly 50 percent fewer breathing interruptions while sleeping. @ScienceAlert has more:
#Science #Health #SleepHealth #SleepApnea #Humans
Repurposed Drug Improves Sleep Apnea by Up to 50% in Clinical Trial : ScienceAlert
Sleeping with a clunky breathing machine is a problem for many with sleep apnea, but a more comfortable alternative is on the horizon.Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert)
Demenz: 20 Jahre später messbar – wie Gehirntraining das Demenzrisiko senkte - Deutschland
Die Auswertung einer US-Langzeitstudie zu Gehirntrainings ergab, dass Teilnehmer noch 20 Jahre später ein bis zu 25 Prozent reduziertes Alzheimer-RisikoDeutschland
A new study shows that higher doses of buprenorphine keep people in opioid use disorder on treatment significantly longer, helping them kick opioid addiction.
Patients on 17-24 milligrams averaged 190 days in care versus 90 days for those on lower doses.
theconversation.com/higher-bup…
#health
Higher buprenorphine doses help patients stay in opioid use disorder treatment, new study finds
Black patients were less likely to receive higher doses. This may reflect inequities in health care or misconceptions among patients that higher doses are unsafe.The Conversation
WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.
But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.
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#Documentary #Video #Healthcare #Georgia #Medicaid #Health #Insurance #BlackMastodon #Family #Journalism
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GLP-1 medications may also fight addiction, says Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly whose team researched trends from GLP-1 use in 600,000 people (he's a medical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis and the St. Louis VA).
People taking the medication type had:
- 50% fewer substance-related deaths.
- 39% fewer drug overdoses.
- Lower risk of developing alcohol, opioid, cocaine, cannabis or nicotine addiction.
theconversation.com/glp-1-drug…
#health #news
GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people
GLP-1 drugs are the first medication to show promise for treating addiction to a wide range of substances.The Conversation
The utter disregard of the #US government for the #environment and their peoples #health always leaves me speechless.
Dumping 17,000 tons of unspent WW1 chemical weapons in front of your shores, & never recovering it, what could go wrong?
"ocean drift, storms, and offshore industries, sea-disposed CWMs locations are largely unknown"
"While tossing the munitions back into the sea raises the risk that they’ll simply be dredged up again ... appears to be the safest way"
arstechnica.com/health/2026/03…
Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons
Fishing crews face horrifying burns from dredging the dumped chemical weapons.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
This is a long, detailed (and disturbing) article. Here's a #GiftArticle #GiftLink so that you can read it for yourself, even if you do not have a subscription:
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…
Here's an #archive version you can also access without a subscription:
archive.is/xpJEb
#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
"Epstein rewarded his preferred doctors with hefty payments, Apple Watches, introductions to celebrities and vacations on his private island and his #NewMexico ranch. One cash-strapped dermatologist asked the sexual predator to co-sign his car lease."
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…
#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Health #Healthcare #Corruption #Politics #Trump #News #Press #Florida #USA #US #UnitedStates #America
"He directed women to get pelvic exams, liposuction & mole removals...
some of his #doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.
One sent Epstein’s sexual partners elsewhere for gonorrhea treatment so that when their cases were reported to #PublicHealth authorities, they wouldn’t be tied to #Epstein. Some doctors shared patients’ private #health information with him"
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…
#Healthcare #Corruption #EpsteinFiles #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates
"A plastic surgeon... closed a young woman’s head wound with 35 stitches on #JeffreyEpstein ’s dining room table.
An internist... ordered a blood test... then reported the abnormal results back to Epstein.
A dentist... asked Epstein how much work he wanted done on a “girl”...
These providers were part of a small stable of loyal #medical specialists cultivated and rewarded by #Epstein, the convicted sex offender"
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeff…
#Health #EpsteinFiles #Pedophiles #Corruption #News #US
