[Health Care] death watch in private nursing homes

By PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 2:30am |

No joke: an interview on @jonlovett Lovett or Leave it led me to look this up: in nursing homes owned by private equity groups, there is a 10% mortality; in staffing; 50% use of antipsychotic drugs.
Healthcare motivated by profit is not good.https://t.co/f2bUwhj6Oq
— Meena Bewtra (@DrsMeena) June 22, 2022

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fucking polio. Goddamn you anti-vax morons to hell and gone.

First outbreak of highly infectious polio detected in UK since 1984 – the 6 signs to know https://t.co/kLvGnndiMq
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 23, 2022

(will delete from news feed after posting it here)

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 3:21pm

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the ensuing increase in births could strain safety nets.

The red states poised to ban or severely limit abortion already tend to have limited access to health care — and fewer programs in place for mothers. https://t.co/U63NaDGIbb
— Axios (@axios) June 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 12:57pm

Doctors are busy with keeping up with their education credits, though

Words matter. As language evolves, it’s vital that #healthcare providers adapt their practices to recognize and affirm the LBGTQ+ community. @howardbrownhc #PrideMonth https://t.co/9L8FsM3jqr
— AMA Ed Hub™ (@AMAEdHub) June 22, 2022

Really strikes as extra absurd given the current news. It's like: what planet does Gen Z and "justice warriors" live on and why do corporations and institutions pander to them so?

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 1:33pm

It's like in the middle of Covid pandemic freaking out over avocado shortages.
I'm sure it's very important to keep transgenders in mind for the abortion after-effects.
Just like I keep a box of tampons around just in case (though technically I may be in the menopausal stage now, so can relax...)

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 3:07pm

Putting this here because (as is pointed out), it could apply to other meds and devices. Garland says FDA is law of the land, but another AG might say different.

Merrick Garland makes clear DOJ's position that states cannot ban the abortion pill: "the FDA has approved the use of the medication Mifepristone. States may not ban Mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA’s expert judgment about its safety and efficacy."
— julie rovner (@jrovner) June 24, 2022

Post-Roe litigation will swirl around medication abortion, and whether states can ban an FDA-approved drug.

If they can't, abortion pills could be protected nationwide. If they can, states might start restricting other drugs too.

My latest @gridnews https://t.co/aabcykJCz5
— Jonathan Lambert (@evolambert) June 24, 2022

A reminder that the FDA just outlawed Juul everywhere, effective immediately. And some like Orion have argued that SSRI's should be outlawed...

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 2:45pm

The Constitution doesn't mention Mifepristone - what do we do?
Of course it doesn't mention internet and mobile phones either - what will our retard justices do to get through the predicament? I hope they're pulling out their fucking candles so as not to engage in late 1800s technology that the Forefathers never foresaw. And pull down that Edison statue while you're at it.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 3:11pm

Bad side effect of overturning Roe vs. Wade

HIPAA won’t protect you, if prosecutors want your reproductive health records https://t.co/xUnY4XcSOu
— Tamela Hoover (@Tamela_Hoover) June 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/25/2022 - 9:24pm

The Sleep Debt Collector Is Here

Recent studies in humans and mice have shown that late nights and early mornings may cause long lasting damage to your brain.

By Oliver Whang @ NYTimes.com, June 24, 2022

The sleep debt collectors are coming. They want you to know that there is no such thing as forgiveness, only a shifting expectation of how and when you’re going to pay them back. You think of them as you lie in bed at night. How much will they ask for? Are you solvent? You fall asleep, then wake up in a cold sweat an hour later. You fall asleep, then wake up, drifting in and out of consciousness until morning.

As most every human has discovered, a couple nights of bad sleep is often followed by grogginess, difficulty concentrating, irritability, mood swings and sleepiness. For years, it was thought that these effects, accompanied by cognitive impairments like lousy performances on short-term memory tests, could be primarily attributed to a chemical called adenosine, a neurotransmitter that inhibits electrical impulses in the brain. Spikes of adenosine had been consistently observed in sleep-deprived rats and humans.

Adenosine levels can be quickly righted after a few nights of good sleep, however. This gave rise to a scientific consensus that sleep debt could be forgiven with a couple of quality snoozes — as reflected in casual statements like “I’ll catch up on sleep” or “I’ll be more awake tomorrow.”

But a review article published recently in the journal Trends in Neurosciences contends that the folk concept of sleep as something that can be saved up and paid off is bunk. The review, which canvassed the last couple of decades of research on long term neural effects of sleep deprivation in both animals and humans, points to mounting evidence that getting too little sleep most likely leads to long-lasting brain damage and increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.

“This is really, really important in setting the stage for what needs to be done in sleep health and sleep science,” said Mary Ellen Wells, a sleep scientist at the University of North Carolina, who did not contribute to the review.

It has long been known that intense periods of sleep deprivation are bad for your health. Forced insomnia was used for centuries as punishment and torture. In the first experimental study of sleep deprivation, published in 1894 by the Russian scientist Maria Manasseina, puppies were forced to stay awake through constant stimulation; they died within five days. Examining their bodies afterward, Manasseina observed that “the brain was the site of predilection of the most severe and most irreparable changes.” Blood vessels had hemorrhaged and fatty membranes had degenerated. “The total absence of sleep is more fatal for the animals than the total absence of food,” Manasseina concluded.

But there are many ways to not get enough sleep. [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/26/2022 - 9:31pm

There is a new Canadian research trial looking at patients suffering from post-COVID syndrome — a study that has identified a potential key culprit causing some people to continue experiencing breathing issues months after contracting COVID-19.https://t.co/8rKd12RvhE
— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) June 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/28/2022 - 7:15pm

Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted of over-prescribing pain medications

By HARPER NEIDIG @ TheHill.com - 06/27/22 11:38 AM ET

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with two doctors challenging their convictions on drug distribution charges for over-prescribing opioid medications in a decision that could make it harder for federal prosecutors to prove such cases against licensed physicians.

The court was unanimous in ruling for the two doctors but split 6-3 on narrower legal issues in the decision. The justices stopped short of overturning the convictions, instead sending them back to the lower courts to reexamine the legal challenge in light of Monday’s decision.

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the decision for the majority, ruling that in cases where someone who is authorized to prescribe medication is being prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act, prosecutors must prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knowingly or intentionally acted in an unauthorized manner.”

“We normally would not view such dispensations as inherently illegitimate; we expect, and indeed usually want, doctors to prescribe the medications that their patients need,” Breyer wrote. “In §841 prosecutions, then, it is the fact that the doctor issued an unauthorized prescription that renders his or her conduct wrongful, not the fact of the dispensation itself. In other words, authorization plays a ‘crucial’ role in separating innocent conduct—and, in the case of doctors, socially beneficial conduct—from wrongful conduct.”

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by artappraiser on Tue, 06/28/2022 - 8:57pm

After 5 days of taking Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid to treat Covid, Dr. Anthony Fauci says he rebounded and started testing positive again, experiencing symptoms that were "much worse than in the first go around" https://t.co/T74yX7mTmG pic.twitter.com/eKsngVDSIe
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) June 30, 2022

Anthony Fauci says that he's experienced a rebound in Covid symptoms after taking a course of Pfizer Inc.'s antiviral Paxlovid.

The NIAID director, speaking at #FPGlobalHealth, says he's currently on his second course of the treatment. He tested + then - and then + again.
— Riley Ray Griffin (@rileyraygriffin) June 28, 2022

More detail, here: https://t.co/9aRopp2hc0
— Riley Ray Griffin (@rileyraygriffin) June 29, 2022

After testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he has joined a growing group of people experiencing a Paxlovid rebound. https://t.co/0mFleTYnDr
— ABC News (@ABC) June 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 11:23pm

NYC COVID Positivity Rate at 5-Month Highs as Top Doc Warns of 6th Wave

The BA.5 subvariant of COVID-19 appears to escape immunity and transmit more easily, leading some to call it the "worst version" of omicron yet

@ ABC News NYC, Updated on June 29, 2022 at 12:52 pm WITH VIDEO interview

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/30/2022 - 1:36am

Just in time for the holiday weekend.

“It marks the first time the rate has surpassed 10% since Jan. 22, when the omicron wave was still hammering the Big Apple.”

Omicron subvariants are still hammering away, & they have been for the last 6 months. https://t.co/GAOMLb6CZ5 pic.twitter.com/hi9K282ZQa
— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) July 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 5:44pm

crosslink: THE PRIVATE EQUITY GIANT KKR BOUGHT HUNDREDS OF HOMES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 9:42pm

Today the Guardian ran an article claiming that new research proves breastfeeding causes better development in working class children and, let me tell you, it's a ride in inaccurate, irresponsible health policy journalism! pic.twitter.com/WWT4EOgc3m
— Emma Szewczak (@EmmaSzewczak) July 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 2:16am

In wake of Roe v Wade, Google announces it will immediately delete location history for users who visited places sensitive to their health and wellbeing, including (but not limited to) abortion clinics. https://t.co/X9IHxeY6n0
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) July 1, 2022

Includes: "counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others"
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) July 1, 2022

Apple suggesting it does much of this already, pointing to this policy: https://t.co/VGZ54ldr76
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) July 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 2:38am

Google's been selling Ukrainian location data to Russian advertisers et al - finally realized it was a bad idea a couple months later.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 3:21am

Why is life expectancy in the United States so bad?

It seems perverse to be richer than these other countries but falling behind in something as basic as “not dying.” pic.twitter.com/hpjtrzYGig
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 2, 2022

If you decompose by race, Asian Americans live longer than people in Japan or Korea but white Americans die younger than Europeans.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 6:18pm

New study finds cognitive deficits (visuoconstructive) after mild Covid-19, which were associated with changes in brain structure and brain metabolism. #LongCovid https://t.co/LNJ2itkFoX pic.twitter.com/XUJC32tpwN
— Dominique de Quervain (@quervain_de) July 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/03/2022 - 2:55am

HOORAY!

How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public

July 1, 2022 @ npr.org in partnership with Kaiser Health News

this is temporarily going to cause great upheaval to the status quo, which is extremely unfair and horribly convoluted and bureaucratic to boot, but once that settles down it will be much clearer to everyone what has been going on and reform will result!

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/06/2022 - 3:31pm

“It’s taking longer to deploy tweaks to vaccines to deal with new variants than it took to develop the original vaccines from scratch. By the time we get an Omicron-specific vaccine that variant will have disappeared. This is no way to run a civilization.” https://t.co/byTGmmBSM7
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) July 8, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 8:18am

Conor Friedersdort + Nate Silver + Josh Barro agree:

Libertarians have been right about "the invisible graveyard" for decades. Now that it's more visible than ever there are still many who don't get it. So the Covid and formula and Monkeypox fiascos will be followed by more fiascos. https://t.co/VwBlUGqP8y
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) July 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/11/2022 - 9:51pm

Why has California's plan to tax millionaires to fund mental health programs not turned out the way boosters said it would?

I learned a lot from this piece https://t.co/TCS9Zw6sjX
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) July 11, 2022

Nearly two decades ago, California voters passed a landmark tax on millionaires envisioned as a game changer for mental health.
But amid a steadily worsening homeless crisis, the results have fallen far short of the initial promise.https://t.co/EIeJ6xGFlj pic.twitter.com/6IMJvvkqKR
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2022

Supporters promised money from Prop 63 would drastically reduce homelessness and improve access to services for all Californians.

Since voters approved the tax in 2004, it has generated an escalating gusher of money — $29 billion in total.https://t.co/EIeJ6xGFlj pic.twitter.com/XQtCChndRj
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2022

The Mental Health Services Act levies a tax of 1% percent on incomes above $1 million. That money flows from the state to counties for use in 5 program areas:

Community support
Prevention, innovation
Facilities and workforce traininghttps://t.co/EIeJ6xGFlj
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2022

State lawmakers and many local leaders have known about Proposition 63’s shortcomings for years but have taken little action to solve them.

Some advocates say it’s time that California takes another look at how the money is being spent.https://t.co/EIeJ6xGFlj pic.twitter.com/R3HUXdGj9y
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2022

This time may be different.

Homeless encampments — and the dire and visible needs of the increasing numbers of people who live in them — have become among the state’s most potent social and political problems.https://t.co/EIeJ6xGFlj
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2022

Proposition 63 may have fallen short of its promise to transform California’s mental health system, but that doesn’t make it a failure, said Alex Briscoe, the former Alameda County health director.

Read more at https://t.co/EIeJ6xGFlj
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 10, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 7:24pm

Meanwhile, in NYC we're still waiting for the refund of the about a billion DeBlasio's wife spent spreading money suposedly for the mentally ill to all her social worker friends at various city agencies. Run by the mayor’s wife and closest adviser, Chirlane McCray, ThriveNYC sought to tackle issues like substance use, depression and suicide.

Nepotism, it's not something that just the Trumps do, it's an NYC Democratic party tradition. SSShhhush... don't let the taxpayers know....

....POLITICO spoke to more than 16 people, including elected officials, advocates, representatives of community organizations, researchers and consultants who said that although it is crucial for the city to invest in mental health resources, they did not know whether Thrive was successful and said the city has an obligation to publicize its numbers and how it compares to the goals it set out to accomplish. Some requested anonymity for fear of retaliation while others were more vocal in their critiques.....

meantime we still don't have a decent main jail

edit to add the latest news from our state-of-the-art (NOT) jail

NEW: Elijah Muhammad, 31, was already showing signs of rigor mortis when he was found dead in a cell Sunday on Rikers Island. Hrs before his death, officers had a chance to save him when they returned him to his cell barely able to walk + disoriented: https://t.co/tdqVzWz7iP
— Jan Ransom (@Jan_Ransom) July 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 8:11pm

Italy has major interregional disparities in health care funding, especially striking given that they use global budgets and capitation. https://t.co/RciGRjmdTX pic.twitter.com/zOgylMjhSc
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 8:34pm

Bernie:

Can you believe this? The federal government put $2.5 BILLION into Moderna to develop a vaccine and the CEO walked away with a $926 million golden parachute. That is how corrupt and criminal the system is. pic.twitter.com/floiOXLQmS
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 13, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/13/2022 - 2:04pm

Boston Issues New COVID Warning, Urges Return to Indoor Mask Wearing

New infections are driving up the city's positivity rate, which stands at just over 10%https://t.co/f0eO6NXQ0I
— J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) (@jgownder) July 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 1:27am

INCLUDING THE REPLIES this is a great thread of knowledgeable well-vaccinated people sharing their experiences from catching the new covid variant

I have Covid.

I am typically quite active on @Twitter, and I hope maybe you've noticed I've been quiet this week. I'd like to let you know about my experience w/ this dangerous illness, and BA.5, what I just suffered and am still recovering from so maybe it'll help you. 1/13
— Andrew JP Carroll, MD (@drcarroll) July 17, 2022

I especially found useful things like the Dr. reacting to the report of Zack Reynolds about his extremely healthy friend just recently dying from it (!!!) by saying that there is probably a genetic component to who gets hit and how hard, and several people sharing their reactions to Paxlovid....

[Threads like this are still a blessing of the internet. And for me a reminder of how horrible it was when it was just you all alone vs. whatever doctors you had (mostly the lousy old-fashioned-arrogant-taught-they-were-gods kind) and whatever medical literature you could dig up.]

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 3:31am

Anti-vax protester Fiona Hine says that last year she introduced Michael Yeadon to a group of cranks who don't believe viruses cause diseases.

Yeadon this week co-signed a letter with them, challenging virologists to prove that viruses are real. pic.twitter.com/8h0p7ccJ4N
— John Bye (@_johnbye) July 16, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 5:59pm

US President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing "mild symptoms," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. Biden, who is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, has started taking Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral drug used to minimize the severity of COVID-19. This is the first time the 79-year-old president has tested positive, according to CNN.

@ Twitter news events 'earlier today

Dad says don't worry everything's under control

Hours after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, President Joe Biden reassured the nation "it’s going to be OK.” https://t.co/xTfMGzDQyR pic.twitter.com/jYglmVZC8S
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 7:03pm

and yes, Lauren, the reason so many people get skin cancer these days as opposed to the good ol days, and why your makeup has sunscreen in it is that the protective ozone layer was degraded by human pollution:

Just to clarify her attempts at distraction through fake news, President Biden is referring to non melanoma skin cancer he had removed prior to the Presidency. #boebertisanodiot #tryingtodistract https://t.co/T40AshT5eJ
— Kenn Cowgill (@bosscowgill) July 21, 2022

ever think that someone in Congress for decades learned a thing or two while there? you should try it!

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/22/2022 - 4:16am

President Biden's physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor says preliminary sequencing results show Biden’s “causative agent” is “most likely” the BA5 Covid-19 variant, which he notes “is responsible for 75-80% of infections in the United States at this time" https://t.co/U11A2glH6r
— Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) July 23, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/24/2022 - 2:48am

The monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said https://t.co/knjO2BySOd pic.twitter.com/vYCLstHhTP
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 23, 2022

more here

WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency as cases surge

An emergency committee from the World Health Organization (WHO) has named the monkeypox outbreak, currently spreading in non-endemic countries, a “public health emergency of international concern” with over 16,000 cases found in 75 countries, including five deaths. In a statement WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "WHO’s assessment is that the risk of #monkeypox is moderate globally and in all regions, except in the European region where we assess the risk as high".

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/23/2022 - 8:54pm

SCOOP: The US lags behind the UK, Canada and Europe in planning clinical trials for the antiviral TPOXX (tecovirimat) to treat #monkeypox. Many people with the virus have endured desperate, frustrating searches for this medication, I report for @NBCNews.https://t.co/CSzb4RjU9M
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) July 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/23/2022 - 8:58pm

Healthcare Prime? Amazon bought medical provider One Medical for almost $4B. If that left you scratching your noggin, @alex, @mirandahalpern and @YourProtagonist have three takes on why and how that makes sense over on @TechCrunchPlus.https://t.co/syh6GuRO6x via @TechCrunch
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@_DrFrusci) July 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/25/2022 - 6:56pm

A very dangerous place to be pregnant in America is getting even scarier

Texas leads the US in maternity ward closures, and nowhere is this more of an issue than in the western part of the state.

In rural America, the quality of maternal health care (measured by the number of women who die) is about the same as Syria's. This is the reason why.

https://t.co/XaTitgI9Vi
— Claire Suddath (@clairesuddath) August 4, 2022

Update: this is the feature. If you're currently pregnant read with caution, some if it is pretty rough.https://t.co/GwflBkSPMm
— Claire Suddath (@clairesuddath) August 4, 2022

Please read this incredibly well-researched, thoughtful, and compelling @business story by @clairesuddath about what it's like to give birth and take care of people giving birth in rural West Texas. https://t.co/ph5uyOKRnX
— Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA (@katybkoz) August 4, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/04/2022 - 8:01pm

Yesterday, an abnormal health code case was presented at an IKEA in Shanghai, & the entire mall was suddenly blocked

Some ppl forced their way out for fear of being sent to concentration camps, but there is actually nowhere to escape under #AmazingChina’s digital surveillance pic.twitter.com/MWpbTOJ3kz
— Donna Wong (@DonnaWongHK) August 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/18/2022 - 7:34am

everybody should read this, not just those with hair losses as it will help you understand how if there's no profit in it, medical research doesn't get done and a 'cure' can be sitting there all the while -

If you had a bad experience with a topical hair-loss treatment, there may be an alternative. https://t.co/UcVDJX2EaE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 22, 2022

and things like how your fancy expensive doctor might actually not be the best one. best bet: go with a clinician with a ton of experience treating actual patients with your malady (and the kind that serves like a Medicaid - level clientele is even better if they care and haven't given up.

I argued this back on TPM Cate - that the main problem is not the supposedly evil insurance companies, it's that the profit motive fucks up the practice of medicine all to heck. I spose the profit motive could still be an inspiration of some kind that benefitted patients, but it would have to be a totally new, radically different setup, way beyond my pay grade.

by artappraiser on Mon, 08/22/2022 - 2:19am

Retired boxer recommends the following mind altering treatments:

Exactly.

Everyone wants something for free.

I took less damage than most and I have slight balance and memory issues.

Fortunately, my cognition is still excellent and we have so many treatments and options.

Dihexa and Sermorlin have been great for me. https://t.co/bpWFSdmSlX
— Ed Latimore (@EdLatimore) August 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 12:36pm

"New diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in US youth rose 77% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic over the previous 2 years."https://t.co/rDa6XcRjjD
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 25, 2022

When will there be a federal commission investigating the impact of COVID-19 mitigations? Is anyone going to learn anything from this? pic.twitter.com/BfJa0AAlHh
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 1:06pm

Multi-million dollar treatment of Black lady used to advertise Northwestern medical:

After being hospitalized for 422 days at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 57-year-old Colette Hurd of Chicago is heading home after receiving the first positive crossmatch lung and kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine. https://t.co/H8YQjBtm4T pic.twitter.com/Ig8eSAuMIi
— NM Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery (@NM_Lung) August 29, 2022

Do note that she's 57 years old. What was that about a racist health care system again?

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/09/2022 - 3:31pm

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by artappraiser on Fri, 09/09/2022 - 8:50pm

New York to ramp up polio vaccinations after virus found in wastewater https://t.co/0Zf4iP9DId pic.twitter.com/TATI1ddB0X
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 9, 2022

BREAKING—New York declared a state of emergency over #polio to boost vaccination rates amid evidence that the virus is spreading. Unvaccinated individuals who live, work, go to school or visit NYC metro area are at the highest risk of paralytic disease.https://t.co/lyeodrLRDK
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 9, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/09/2022 - 8:49pm

America’s indifference to its death crisis by @EdwardGLuce in @ft https://t.co/Pd2tOWF9H4
Pairs rather nicely with the last Chartbook Newsletter #148https://t.co/VIWsUtqV54 pic.twitter.com/JqO4eY5UJB
— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) September 9, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 12:14am

following 'protocols' sucks, Chapter 21,543:

Prior authorization is dangerous, plain and simple. #FixPriorAuth https://t.co/Ib1vrWxUVu
— Physicians Grassroots Network (@PhysGrassroots) September 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/12/2022 - 3:29pm

Really wish people would look this up instead of endlessly repeating that Medicare for All would be cheaper than the military. It’s not a constructive contribution to the effort to expand insurance coverage to those who lack it. https://t.co/QXjJG0X06f
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 13, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/12/2022 - 11:01pm

Yes, he's right, it's no different! We've just gotten used to the lefty gaslighting and/or we see it as harmless, are in denial. It's just that Independents don't, they see liars "on both sides".

You mean to tell me that Jamaal Bowman (DSA-NY) is gas-lighting (lying to) the public again? Socialist twitter has reached gas-lighting parity with the GOP.
— Banquo Dyar (@BanquoDyar) September 13, 2022

2018 Socialists: What if we run some socialist candidates and win some House seats?

2022 Socialists: What if we just make shit up and tweet it out? https://t.co/5ZhGIKVxzq
— Banquo Dyar (@BanquoDyar) September 13, 2022

Reminder that Jamaal Bowman is a card carrying member of the tankie organization, Democratic Socialists of America, who notoriously blamed US and NATO for Russia's attack on Ukraine. #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/5ZhGIKVxzq
— Banquo Dyar (@BanquoDyar) September 13, 2022

Where I'd disagree with him is that it's the fault of social media like Twitter. There was PLENTY of this kind of bullshit in the "blogosphere."

But yeah, he's doing a 'Sister Souljah' on Jamaal. Unforttunately he's nobody in the Dem party.

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/12/2022 - 11:24pm

As usual, the profit motive is the problem here and anyone who wants medicine to help, not hurt them, will seek out doctors who do not fall prey to the profit motive NOR are subject to falling for marketing fads but treat every patient as a individual

The consensus that this was a totally fine free lunch felt fake and manufactured https://t.co/faFY0SDmd5
— Coddled affluent professional (@feelsdesperate) September 16, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 3:27am

Funny, I'm talking to such a research program (even though without THC) - first thing they mention "high content" as if that's the goal. But somehow we knew as kids that pot wasn't always equally benign. Condense it to pure form and you've got a decent weapon.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 6:08am

speaking of the profit motive in medicine:

Vanderbilt opened its trans clinic in 2018. During a lecture the same year, Dr. Shayne Taylor explained how she convinced Nashville to get into the gender transition game. She emphasized that it's a "big money maker," especially because the surgeries require a lot of "follow ups" pic.twitter.com/zedM7HBCBe
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 11:40pm

current NYTimes headlines - they are promoting a new project, PROFITS OFF PATIENTS, showing how "nonprofit" is not always the answer to our health care system problems -

They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay.

With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care

One of the largest nonprofit hospital chains in the U.S. trained staff to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care

Many nonprofit hospitals have strayed from their charitable missions. A Times investigation found that the consequences have been stark

14 minute read

How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits

Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program

14 minute read

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/24/2022 - 4:22pm

^ BTW, this is what is known as "social work". My point: whatever your system, there are bad apples, and sometimes the bad apples infect the system and grow. Now look again at the supposed/purported systemic problems with police in the U.S. Is it real or are you falling for narratives based on your own prejudices? How many bad apples are in policing compared to good apples? Are the bad apples usually investigated and punished by the system itself? Or is it perpetuated and spreads unless journalism uncovers it?

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/24/2022 - 4:30pm

A Rural Doctor Gave Her All. Then Her Heart Broke.

Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.

By Oliver Whang, Photographs by Maddie McGarvey @NYTimes.com, Sept. 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/24/2022 - 4:59pm

Finally, some good news on Alzheimer's treatments https://t.co/x9YpglCgwg via @opinion
— Bloomberg (@business) October 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 5:36pm

As the world pretends the pandemic is over, at least a half-million children in the U.S. are struggling with long Covid https://t.co/chB3GVf0He
— Bloomberg (@business) October 2, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 10:02pm

Two vaccines being developed to treat the type of Ebola that’s killed 29 people in Uganda may start clinical trials in the coming weeks, the WHO said https://t.co/Fx4kPDNW9K
— Bloomberg (@business) October 5, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 2:06pm

This is a huge deal for so, so, so, so many Americans.

Per NIH... https://t.co/CzEUlBjdD6

...nearly 30 million Americans could benefit from hearing aids. And they're *so* expensive!

Making them available over-the-counter will be a game-changing thing for so many families. https://t.co/r0cTG8hXnq
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/18/2022 - 3:46am

Medicare Overpaid Maryland Company Nearly $1M, Federal Judge Rules https://t.co/DwjxngrpN4
— Law.com (@lawdotcom) October 24, 2022

don't matter - a million here, a million there - it's peanuts, especially if you count the shit they denied!

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 7:53pm

Everyone's a scientist now

They ate more? Are you crazy? This is a comparison from just 20 years ago, let alone 50! Also, anxiety will make you overeat and smoking helps with anxiety. As for exercises, there was less automation and computer based jobs back then, so people moved around more. pic.twitter.com/Y5QpDCCxng
— Daniel Monge (@MongeMkt) October 24, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 3:13am

White people are now more likely to die of covid than Black people. Here’s why the pandemic shifted.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost 46 minutes ago @ Twitter

The imbalance in death rates among the nation’s racial and ethnic groups has been a defining part of the pandemic since the start. To see the pattern, The Washington Post analyzed every covid-19 death during more than two years of the pandemic.

The imbalance in death rates among the nation’s racial and ethnic groups has been a defining part of the pandemic.

A Post analysis reveals a changing pattern in covid deaths. https://t.co/YcmRBCToZn pic.twitter.com/2G5S5LLFyu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

At the start of the crisis, Black people were more than three times as likely to die of covid as White people.

As 2020 progressed, death rates narrowed, but not because fewer Black people were dying. White people began dying at unimaginable numbers, too. https://t.co/YcmRBCClXn pic.twitter.com/ALOQBEgpT1
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

In summer 2021, the nation saw some of the pandemic’s lowest death rates, as vaccines, shoring up the body’s immune response, became widely available.

Then came the delta variant. The virus mutated, able to spread among the vaccinated. https://t.co/YcmRBCToZn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

An erosion of trust in government and in medicine slowed vaccination rates, stymieing the protection afforded by vaccines against severe illness and death.

After delta’s peak in September 2021, the racial differences in covid deaths started eroding. https://t.co/YcmRBCToZn pic.twitter.com/DZzIaxcBDm
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

The Post analysis found that Black deaths declined, while White deaths never eased until the mortality gap flipped.

From the end of October through the end of December 2021, White people died at a higher rate than Black people did, The Post found. https://t.co/YcmRBCClXn pic.twitter.com/Kxqm1EOOFj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

So what contributed to the recent variation in death rates? And why?

The Post interviewed historians and researchers who study the effects of White racial politics and social inequality on health. https://t.co/YcmRBCToZn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

What emerged is a story about how long-standing issues of race and class interacted with the physical and psychological toll of mass illness and death, unprecedented social upheaval, public policies — and public opinion. https://t.co/YcmRBCClXn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 3:46pm

Brings to mind this facetious saying: I'm from the Federal government and I'm here to help

Rural hospitals plan to reject Congress’ program

By DANIEL PAYNE and KRISTA MAHR @ Politico.com, 10/27/2022 10:00 AM EDT

THE TROUBLE WITH REH — A new payment model for rural hospitals will take effect in January, but many hospitals aren’t interested.

The Rural Emergency Hospital designation would offer a new way for rural hospitals to be paid, but many rural hospitals and communities are put off by the requirements, including ceasing inpatient services, Daniel reports.

Amid a growing wave of closures in the last decade (and fears of more on the way), rural hospitals were hopeful the program would provide them with a solution that would help them survive.

But the law that was passed, and the rules proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, surprised many hospital administrators, who said the program wouldn’t work for their facilities.

Rural hospitals sometimes find their inpatient services key to gaining community trust — and revenue. And states often found them pivotal in handling waves of Covid-19 patients over the past two years.

But lawmakers said the REH model will work as intended by creating a new option for hospitals on the brink of closure.

It will effectively allow an emergency room to exist where any hospital wouldn’t have previously been able to survive.

That still leaves most rural hospitals, an increasingly endangered group, without a bigger fix.

Staffing issues, increasing costs and unsustainable reimbursements will continue to keep most rural facilities worried about their future financial viability.

But Congress isn’t expected to release a more comprehensive solution anytime soon, according to staffers on the Hill [....]

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 11:04am

DOH

Shouldn't medicine be about individuals, not ideology?@StandUptoWoke explains how wokeism is antithetical to care, as it demands we all become collectivists. pic.twitter.com/7KjO1TW9tQ
— The New Culture Forum (@NewCultureForum) October 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 2:38pm

just a reminder of some things Dems did:

Thanks President Biden for allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.

Thanks Joe Biden for:
- Extending ACA Premium Subsidies
- Capping Seniors Insulin Costs to $35/Month
- Setting a $2,000 Annual Limit for out of Pocket Costs

Thanks President Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/y1D6R7lVJH
— Tony #BlueWave (@TonyHussein4) October 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/29/2022 - 3:25pm

U.S. CDC director experiences COVID rebound after taking Pfizer's Paxlovid https://t.co/d2ukj6mfNy pic.twitter.com/QmeQFRVFuJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 31, 2022

Wish her a speedy recovery

I have no idea why a 53yo healthy person who took 5 vaccine doses would take Paxlovid

Level of evidence: total guess/ no RCT

Biden needs new COVID advisors who understand EBM https://t.co/d8926wWXm9
— Vinay Prasad MD MPH (@VPrasadMDMPH) October 31, 2022

BREAKING—@CDCDirector has a Paxlovid #COVID rebound , just like Fauci and Biden had—continues to work remote. I warned this was common—and even argued (via insider) with CDC & FDA on this. FDA insisted it’s 1-2% “rare”. Such nonsense—data refutes that!https://t.co/HcWMuzdaV4
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 31, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 6:40pm

Biden:

Let’s be crystal clear on what repealing the Inflation Reduction Act means.

The power we gave Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices? Gone.

The $2,000 cap on prescription drugs for seniors? Gone.

The $35-a-month cap on insulin for folks on Medicare? Gone.
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 7:07pm

a tragic example of why I say one should never trust medical practitioners completely - the one who really knows your body best is you (and it's not hypochondria to pay attention to symptomes, that's very rare, and just because you have a high voice doesn't mean your complaints are silly and you are a weakling, and "mind over matter' is mostly bogus)

Julie Powell, the blogger of "Julie & Julia" fame, tweeted this and died the next day. She was 49.

Her husband said it was from a heart attack. But her Twitter feed shows she had COVID in September and had been feeling ill ever since.

This. Is. Not. Normal.#RIP https://t.co/6foaBiyTal
— segacs (@segacs) November 1, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/01/2022 - 8:14pm

Background on Covid black fungus

Kathleen Schrieber @schri16
Replying to @licjulie

I remembered this being a huge problem in India in people with Covid. I found this article and it says it can be fatal if not treated. https://pfizer.com/news/articles/the_truth_about_covid_19_and_black_fungus

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 2:02pm

good on you for remembering that (obviously her doc didn't - I get angry about this shit, it's personal, makes me want to become a health care torts lawyer)

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 2:45pm

BOOM—Supreme Court rules: The TSA does have the authority to require mask wearing in a new ruling that allows TSA to require masks to be worn on public transportation, including planes, trains, and buses. 59% of public supports it. Let’s #BringBackMasks https://t.co/QALO7Gakv1
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) November 2, 2022

so even THIS Supreme Court believes some things need to be federally regulated, go figure. The extreme libertarian believers in letting the herd cull itself with diseases are at the end of the line; they are just going to have to walk sometimes or take their own personal horse and buggy...

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 12:37am

Here's a scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) & life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries (lines = averages).

One country sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher spending and below-average life expectancy.

Source: https://t.co/wXD39dYf8I pic.twitter.com/qpwsomg6ov
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) November 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/25/2022 - 8:30pm

A bill to rescind the COVID vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and to provide nearly $858 billion for national defense passed the Senate on Thursday and is headed to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.https://t.co/EEWynhyxNJ
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) December 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/17/2022 - 12:21am

I saw what Ted Lieu did there

Donald Trump was right to invest significant government resources to jumpstart vaccines. The vaccines have worked as intended by reducing risk of hospitalization or death from COVID.

If you are not yet vaccinated, talk to your doctor. Or read what AMA has said about vaccines. https://t.co/8ATYkIYV3u
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/17/2022 - 1:38pm

Even tho Truman came up with the Marshall Plan, he named it after Marshall so Republicans wouldn't shit on it (as much)

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 12/17/2022 - 2:39pm

Japan approves one of the world’s first blood test kit to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease https://t.co/t7Pyjit3Hn
— Bloomberg (@business) December 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 3:02am

"People with shingles have an approximately 80% higher risk of stroke.. this risk stays elevated for up to a year.. Stroke risk is nearly doubled for those with the rash on their face, and tripled for those under the age of 40."https://t.co/llQm7S6YWf
— Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) (@Yash25571056) December 21, 2022

Another example of natural infection having craptastic, yes I said craptastic, consequences https://t.co/AarjMw8HMo
— Samira Jeimy (@DrSamiraJeimy) December 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 7:00pm

Gut microbiome in zebrafish influences pruning of neurons in the brain and impacts social behavior. This may translate to humans and speak to the already established connection between autism and the GI system.

Preliminary but interesting research! https://t.co/9aClEHWwEL
— SASSNA (@SacAutSpeNeedAl) November 2, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:51am

In the 90's I used to see an allergist/immunologist in Manhattan who was also a pediatric specialist and the last hope of many autistic parents, very much known as an expert on autism in children. Was a rare bird at the time as he maintained full respect of traditional western medicine, with full teaching position at Mt. Sinai hospital, but also totally open to all kinds of environmental and alternative medicine. He would be totally excited by this! In absence of answers from traditional medicine, he was a major promoter of diet, diet, diet - food allergy, elimination diets to find things irritating the gut, creating a healthy gut biome. I remember he was working with an UES pharmacy to provide decent live acidophilus for patients - he knew that connection was of great importance.

Also I do recall that he bought into the immunization factor a little bit, as he felt that there was something there in some kids reactions to the thimersol preservative that was being used, tiny though the dose might be (the whole mercury thing - and how some people's illness improved when metal dental fillings with mercury were removed, etc.)

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 1:25am

The guy who referenced this mentioned Wakefield of MMR vaccine fame, and said it was more noting MMR vaccine affecting the gut fauna which had knockon effects, not a chemical poisonous reaction to low-level mercury/thimerosol. I'll have to re-read.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 4:57am

in case you've not been paying attention, that's the number HOSPITALIZED

BREAKING: Number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 rises to 45,279, the highest since February
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 31, 2022

Recap why #XBB15 (storming &) is a super variant:

among most immunity-evasive ‘escape variants’ to date

one of the best variants for invading human cells via ACE2.

Spreads much faster than old XBB or BQ

Causes hospitalizations wherever dominant (NY CT MA NJ) pic.twitter.com/n655wzvEHw
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 31, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/01/2023 - 11:44pm

He's got the BEST graph to use to respond to any anti-Covid-vax afficianado:

Sadly many who think like you are no longer here to tell the tale. There’s a whole subreddit called Herman Cain Awards of people flaunting the unvaccinated status before succumbing to the virus. Sad. pic.twitter.com/EGTQLUR4sH
— Alexander (@alexanderlyceum) January 6, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 5:25pm

[Health Care] death watch in private nursing homes

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