buc.ci is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
My cycling session from yesterday
I ride six to seven days a week
This was on the MTB
#Cycling #training #technology #ThreadedRodsForBeginners #Torque #PPE #health #happy
Waste Plastic Turned into Parkinson’s Drug
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/waste-plastic-turned-into-parkinsons-drug/
#goodnews #science #health #medicine #recycling #Scotland #UK
Psychiatrists’ Use of Biomarkers Could Open a New Window Into Mental Health Diagnoses
The world’s largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators can help diagnose and treat mental illness.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/psychiatry-biomarkers-mental-health-diagnoses-dsm/#arizona #georgia #health-care-costs #health-industry #hhs #kentucky #mental-health #pennsylvania #states #texas
"Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an #NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company #Palantir."
"A coalition of #HumanRights, #health and patient organisations, and #unions sent out the plea to NHS trusts by email, out of concern over Palantir’s federated data platform."
'To protect our health and our environment: let's reject the pesticide omnibus project. Support the demands:
Weaker pesticide regulations put our future at risk. Instead, we need real protection of health, water and environment. Pesticides need regular reassessment. Let’s move away from the old chemical age. Towards a new healthy and biodiverse era!'
https://www.pan-europe.info/health-bees-and-farmers?
https://www.pan-europe.info/health-bees-and-farmers?utm_source=Laposta&utm_campaign=Extra+Newsletter+March+2026+%28widget%29&utm_medium=email
#eu #pesticides #pollution #environment #bees #health
19 Cities Including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong Achieve ‘Remarkable Reductions’ in Air Pollution
#goodnews #health #air #pollution #urban #HongKong #London #SanFrancisco
This latest research tells us we are heading to the safe limits of our bodies ability to handle atmospheric CO₂ levels in the next 50 years – by 2079. That’s within the lifetimes of many, and of our children and grandchildren
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#health
In a warming world, playground slides grow too hot for children, a jog becomes punishing for adults trying to get fit and an evening stroll feels unbearable for older adults
Climate change is exacerbating physical inactivity with dire consequences, driving potentially hundreds of thousands of premature deaths worldwide by 2050, according to a study published Monday in Lancet Global Health
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Regular exercise helps keep your brain healthy, helps with learning and wards off dementia.
#health #medical #medmastodon #brain #neurology
https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-triggers-memory-related-brain-ripples-study-finds
US judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood #vaccine policy
#law #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-blocks-efforts-reshape-childhood-vaccine-policy-2026-03-16/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Doctors calling for independent assessment of health impacts from oil and gas industry
Public health physicians in B.C. are calling for an independent assessment of health impacts from the oil and gas industry.
The request comes from the Health Officers’ Council of B.C., who passed a resolution in November 2025 outlining the need for an...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/public-health-physicians-calling-for-independent-assessment-of-health-impacts-oil-and-gas-9.7123030?cmp=rss
Scientists suggest radical new treatment for untreatable childhood brain disease: Viagra - Republicans seen cheering on the streets
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on #WorldBeeSanctuary.
Take a moment.
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#spring #wildflowers
#lessercelandine
#wellness #health
“This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the world’s largest biomedical research funder.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/elizabethginexi/p/i-wrote-research-funding-announcements?r=1j872&utm_medium=ios #science #health #uspol
Doctors say Canadian government’s 🇨🇦 plans to axe prescription software PrescribeIT leaves them in limbo
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/prescribe-it-9.7127925
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Les médecins disent que les plans du gouvernement canadien 🇨🇦 de se départir du logiciel de prescriptions PrescripTIon les laisse dans les limbes
// Article en anglais //
I started wegovy December 26th. Today I hit my first Milestone of losing 20lb.
Examining Ultra-Processed Foods: Health Risks, Policy, And Global Action - Where The Food Comes From
https://wherethefoodcomesfrom.com/examining-ultra-processed-foods-health-risks-policy-and-global-action/
#ultraprocessedfood #health
Why is it so hard to #communicate with #people these days? Everyone has this setting in their #social #psyche where they go from 0 to 100 if the wrong thing is said and I can't help but think these automatic trigger points are so detramental to our #mental #health and well being it's sad.
I really miss the web back in 2016.
> Meet the Horrified Grandparents Fighting for #Vaccines. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-horrified-grandparents-fighting-for-vaccines
So, it's a bit old, but I never saw this coming.
It turns out not all #America #First #people are entirely #senseless when taking into consideration, #serious long term issues.
Specifically, things like a #environment #risk regarding #plastic and its more aptly named #microplastic variants.
According to this #research, the #science is saying that we have to take this a lot more seriously.
Now I am no #alarmist, but I do believe in medium term #red #alerts and this seems to be very much like one.
So were all the #climate #activist types right after all about an aggressive #carbon push to reduce it?
If the leading #might is #right voices are now admitting that this #doctrine as a #regime is now failing, with multiple levels of the #deception revealing and unveiling themselves piece by piece. We now stand at a very significant #crossroads as such.
As far as I know, #news wise this post is a bit old, but still highly relevant in the scientific discussion around #health and human well being. A topic of conversation that sstill peaks my #interest no matter who strategizes new theories upon it to date.
I'm all for saving the #planet but can we please agree to go all the way, and not say it's fine if we only do so in part?
https://www.infowars.com/posts/jagged-little-pills-why-microplastic-research-needs-to-get-real/
Rising CO₂ levels are reflected in human blood. Scientists don't know what it means
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-human-blood-scientists-dont.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Wenn sich selbst schon Drachen darüber Gedanken machen.. oder vielleicht mehr Gedanken machen als wir.. dann sind wir echt am Arsch....
🇨🇦 Alberta Won’t Budge on Charging Indigenous People for COVID Vaccines
Though health advocates argue the province's $100 fee amounts to a treaty violation, the federal government rebuffed a request to step in, pointing out it's still free on reserves (leaving out 67% of Indigenous )
#Alberta #Canada #Indigenous #Abpoli #Canpoli #Health
https://pressprogress.ca/alberta-charging-indigenous-people-for-covid-vaccines/
#
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
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Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Florida #Law #Pregnancy #Medicine #Doctors #Courts #Legal
🫁🦴 Scientists are using a #technology called Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography to create the most detailed #3D maps of human organs ever made.
By scanning donated organs at a particle accelerator, researchers can now see the delicate structures of our lungs, kidneys, and hearts in a way that was previously impossible.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/health/human-organ-atlas/
#biology #science #tech #anatomy #health #STEM #medicine #research #data
From @theguardian.com: "Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single #oil shock and bring #health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s #climate advisers have forecast."
#climateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/reaching-net-zero-by-2050-cheaper-for-uk-than-one-fossil-fuel-crisis
The Guardian: Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
"...Experts aren’t yet sure why colorectal cancer has risen in younger people, but Siegel said it’s an example of the “birth cohort effect”. That people born after the 1950s face heightened risk “tells us that there was some exposure, some risk factor that was introduced in the middle of the 20th century that’s increasing our risk of this disease”, Siegel said, “and it’s increasing the risk more and more with every subsequent generation.”..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/colon-cancer-leading-deaths
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
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Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Military #Army #Veterans #MentalHealth #PTSD #Health #Psychology #Psychiatry #SocialWork #Trump
"A Marion County Superior Court judge has handed down a ruling that prevents the state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban against women who say the procedure is a requirement of their religious beliefs.
... Judge Christina Klineman issued a permanent injunction, concluding that the state’s 2022 abortion law violates Indiana’s own Religious Freedom Restoration Act"
https://wibc.com/880543/judge-blocks-state-from-enforcing-abortion-ban-against-religious-objectors/
#Women #Health #Abortion #HumanRights #WomensRights #Freedom #Law #News #Indiana #US #USA #America
Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds | New Scientist
18 Feb 2026
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/
Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, the school is acknowledging a culture of silence that allowed the abuse to continue and some school administrators are finally facing consequences.
#News #Columbia #University #Doctors #Health #Women #Medicine #SexualAbuse #Education #HigherEd
Columbia's report was prompted by a 2023 ProPublica investigation that revealed how the university protected a predator who abused more than 1,000 patients during his nearly 25-year career.
#Columbia #University #Doctor #Health #Medicine #Women #SexualAbuse #Education #HigherEd
Yes, but are any Westralians on Mastodon? My son lives there but not here. And again with the coconut...
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Food Recall Alert - Datah International - Vadilal Grated Coconut 624g
Datah International (Aust) Pty Ltd are conducting a recall of the above product. The product has been available for sale in independent supermarkets in WA.
Date Marking: JUL 2027
Batch Number: 003OUY0B
Problem:
The presence of a viral (Hepatitis A) contamination.
the best non-medical feature about West Coast General Hospital is definitely the atrium/waiting room.
Nice natural light. Running water. Naturally planted foliage. Calming, quiet and comfortable even though all around the edges it is go go go.
I am waiting for Tree to finish her MRI. It is a mobile unit that attends WCGH for three weeks, then goes to other hospitals for 7 weeks i think, on a rotation. It is not fancy. you have to go outside to access it which really sucks in the cold and rain.
But it is there and makes a big difference.
Harm reduction saves lives by reducing overdoses, preventing disease, and connecting people to care. Abstinence-only fails substance users, with higher rates of illness, overdose, and relapse.
#HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #SubstanceUse #Substances #Drugs #Health #Healthcare #Canada #Politics #CdnPoli
#israel #palestine : #war / #genozide / #blockade / #aidrestrictions / #wastedisposal / #hygiene
„More than two million people in the Gaza Strip are struggling to protect their #health as they live near piles of trash mixed with dirt and debris across the enclave, with limited resources to clear what were once vibrant, densely populated areas filled with bustling markets.“
Three research teams recently reached the same conclusion — the brain has natural defenses against Alzheimer's we're only just understanding. Worth paying attention to. #Alzheimers #science #medicine #health https://ziply.pk/7OGzH3 https://ziply.pk/Q9Yfkc https://ziply.pk/rcNiT4
Measles cases in Alberta are going up this week, again
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-measles-cases-9.7123474
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Les cas de rougeole en Alberta sont en augmentation cette semaine, encore
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2236640/cas-rougeole-hausse-alberta
The Trump administration has ordered federal prisons to begin tapering hormone therapy for incarcerated transgender people. Physicians say that it could inflict immediate psychological distress and long-term medical harm on a vulnerable population.
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The guidance, issued February 19 by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, outlines how the federal prison system will treat incarcerated people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. It bars the agency from initiating hormone therapy for inmates who were not already receiving it and instructs clinicians to develop tapering plans that could ultimately discontinue treatment for prisoners who currently rely on hormones as part of their medical care.
Related: Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as court blocks Trump order
To physicians who treat transgender patients, the directive reads less like clinical guidance than a political decision overriding established medical practice.
“From a medical point of view, this is alarming because it's essentially saying that a form of evidence-based care will no longer be provided to people under the purview of the Bureau of Prisons,” Dr. Carl Streed, a Boston primary care physician and one of the country’s leading researchers on transgender health, told The Advocate in an interview. “That means the policy runs counter to best practices and arguably probably the law in terms of providing care to inmates because it’s setting up a different standard for them versus the standard out in the community.”
The policy follows a January 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump barring federal funds from being used for medical treatments intended to align a person’s physical characteristics with a gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth.
But hormone therapy is not cosmetic medicine, clinicians say. It is a core treatment for gender dysphoria, widely recognized by major medical organizations and incorporated into clinical standards of care.
Removing it can have immediate, destabilizing effects. “People are going to have changes in cognition. They’re going to experience mood changes. They're going to see brain fog issues, difficulty concentrating,” Streed said.
Such symptoms can arise quickly when hormone levels suddenly drop, because those hormones help regulate mood, cognition, metabolism, and cardiovascular health. Over time, the consequences may become more serious.
“We’re going to see an increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease events,” Streed said, as well as bone metabolism problems and metabolic illnesses such as diabetes if hormone therapy is withdrawn. The danger may be especially acute for incarcerated people who have undergone gender-confirmation surgeries affecting the body’s ability to produce hormones naturally.
Related: Judge rules against gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners
“They no longer produce adequate endogenous hormones to a level that would be good for their health if we were to take away their exogenous hormones,” Streed said. “Now we're going to take away hormone therapy for them — they are put at much greater risk than anybody else.”
For clinicians inside federal prisons, the policy also presents an ethical dilemma.
“This definitely poses a challenge for clinicians because it's taking away one of their treatment options for folks,” Streed said. The decision, he added, collides with one of medicine’s oldest principles. “One of our main tenets in medical ethics is non-maleficence — do no harm,” Streed said. “And this is going to have direct harm on people.”
The policy arrives amid a broader political push by the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers to restrict gender-affirming care nationwide.
Streed and colleagues recently warned in a New England Journal of Medicine perspective that transgender people are incarcerated at more than four times the rate of the general population and that denying medically indicated gender-affirming care in prison can violate the constitutional requirement that incarcerated people receive adequate health care. Courts have repeatedly held that deliberate indifference to serious medical needs violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Advocacy groups say the Bureau’s new guidance may also worsen conditions for transgender people already at heightened risk of violence behind bars.
“The devastating health effects of discontinuing hormone therapy for incarcerated transgender people are well-documented,” Jesse Lerner-Kinglake, communications director at Just Detention International, said in a statement to The Advocate. “People will suffer, just so that this administration can carry out its anti-trans agenda. The new BOP policies are an act of overt bigotry against the incarcerated transgender community, and place them directly in harm’s way.”
Removing gender-affirming care, Lerner-Kinglake added, could increase vulnerability to abuse in a prison system where transgender people already face disproportionate violence.
“By eliminating gender-affirming care, prison officials are sending a very clear signal that they don’t care about the safety and dignity of incarcerated transgender people,” they said. “They already had a bullseye on their back — and the federal government knows it. The rates of sexual abuse facing the transgender community were astronomical before these new policies. It’s hard to imagine this already abysmal situation getting worse. And yet it will.”
Related: Democrats introduce bill to expand gender-affirming care access to mark Trans Day of Visibility
Related: Transgender youth who receive hormone therapy are less suicidal: study
Legal advocates say the new policy may also conflict with ongoing federal litigation.
The case, Kingdom v. Trump, was filed in 2025 by three transgender people incarcerated in federal prisons who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria and had been prescribed hormone therapy by prison medical providers but were told their treatment would be stopped under the administration’s policy.
The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Transgender Law Center, challenges the administration’s attempt to end gender-affirming medical care in federal custody. A federal judge later issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Bureau of Prisons to continue providing hormone therapy to incarcerated transgender people while the case proceeds.
“The February 19 guidance from the Bureau of Prisons directing tapering of hormone therapy for transgender people in custody is a direct violation of the injunction in Kingdom v. Trump, which requires the BOP to continue providing hormones to people in custody with a gender dysphoria diagnosis,” said Shayna Medley, senior litigation staff attorney at Advocates for Trans Equality.
“Our view is that this guidance is currently enjoined by the existing injunction in the Kingdom v. Trump litigation,” Medley said. “Implementation would be in direct violation of the federal court’s order to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people in BOP custody with a gender dysphoria diagnosis.”
The Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to The Advocate’s request for comment.
Federal prisons house roughly 150,000 people nationwide. Only a small fraction identify as transgender, but physicians and advocates say policies governing their medical care can have profound consequences.
For Streed, the stakes of the new guidance are difficult to overstate.
“Withdrawing hormone therapy,” he said, “is a dangerous thing to do.”
Canadian Cancer Society urges to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45 from 50
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/11/lower-colorectal-cancer-screening-age-to-45-from-50-canadian-cancer-society-urges/
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La Société canadienne du cancer urge de réduire l’âge de dépistage du cancer colorectal de 50 ans à 45.
Lesson from an ER⚕️ Trip:
1: No visible bruising does Not mean no broken ribs
2: When you feel/hear a bone go "clunk" and feel intense pain don't brush it off as "no big deal, I will get over this"
3: Ignoring a broken rib or two is foolish because over time you develop bacterial pneumonia -and coughing nonstop is painful with broken ribs!
4: Being overly independent* is just plain stupid
*not sure of the cure for that problem🤦 🙄
Scientists in Sweden have created a cartilage scaffold that guides the body to regrow bone. This is almost exactly how I imagined limb regeneration working in my books. One of the amazing things in writing #SciFi is that sometimes what you dream up actually becomes reality. #science #medicine #health
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223231.htm
RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/116200640492149003
Brought to you by the "My ignorance is as good as your knowledge", "It's a conspiracy to sell vaccine" and "It's God's will" crowds:
AodeRelay boostedShe’s hearing from people sick with the virus, as well as their caregivers, that “measles is so much worse than what they expected.”
“A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn’t realize how bad it was,” Nolen said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-worse-expected-utah-officials-say-rcna262087
#PublicHealth #measles #vaccines #immunizations #prevention #outbreak #utah #ChildrensHealth #PrimaryCare
🇨🇱 LockBit 5.0 has now published all the information from Clínica Dávila (http://davila.cl). Remember that this medical institution was attacked by the Devman ransomware back in December last year. It appears that Devman sold a portion of the data to LockBit.
Now the question that arises: Has Clínica Dávila individually notified each patient about the attack it suffered from Devman back in December last year?
https://www.security-chu.com/2026/03/lockbit-filtra-los-datos-de-la-clinica-davila.html
#cybersecurity #ransomware #Chile #databreach #health #healthcare #lockbit #devman #research
"A bill expanding Oregon’s shield laws that protect doctors, nurses, midwives, and others who provide abortions and gender-affirming care to out of state patients has passed both chambers in the Oregon Legislature."
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/05/oregon-gender-affirming-care-transgender-abortion/
Yo-Yo Dieting May Actually be Good for You, Suggests New Study
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/yo-yo-dieting-may-actually-be-good-for-you-suggests-new-study/
The rise of weight-loss drugs is in danger of turning a public-health issue (the 'obesity crisis') into a consumer choice issue and is a dangerous shift (not least as the drugs have unwelcome side-effects).
We should be focussed on people's health & well-being, and while that may involve some weight loss, a focus on attaining some ultra thin emerging norm is dangerous & driven not by health concerns but by pharmaceutical profits.
From Public Health Watch: More than 26,000 #workers — an average of seven per day — suffered workplace amputations from 2015 through 2024. Texas led the nation in worker amputations by a wide margin, with more than 3,900 reported in the 10-year period. https://www.texasobserver.org/workplace-amputations-on-the-rise/
Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone
Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation’s ability to respond to illness.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nih-national-institutes-of-health-scientist-exodus-disease-treatments/#audio #health-industry #maryland #montana #multimedia #nih #states #trump-administration #virginia
Ohio’s annual abortion report attributes telehealth to rise in abortions
The number of abortions rose in Ohio in 2025 with low rates of complications amid a 15% increase compared to the year before,
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/06/ohios-annual-abortion-report-attributes-telehealth-to-rise-in-abortions/#2026-midterm-election #abortion #abortion-policy #health-care #ohio-department-of-health #ohio-jon-husted #politics-&-gov #telehealth-abortion-access #trend-–-abortion
"British governments have made choices that mean poorer children get old sooner and die earlier than richer children. The fact our healthy lives are now getting shorter is also a political choice. Much of the choosing was done by George Osborne and David Cameron, by Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander, who imposed year after year of spending cuts."
"This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"
#UKpol #health #inequality
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/06/uk-death-healthy-life-expectancy-decline-state?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
👩 "For decades, differences in pain between men and women have often been attributed to psychological, emotional or social factors. Because of that, persistent pain in women is often overlooked in care."
"But it may last longer in women than in men, making women more likely to develop chronic pain."
Read why here:
https://www.livescience.com/health/pain-lasts-longer-in-women-and-immune-cells-may-the-culprit
Parkinson’s disease is linked to a wide range of risk factors, and new research suggests plastic could be part of the problem. @ScienceAlert has more, including how microplastics and nanoplastics may be disrupting some of the brain processes associated with the neurological disease.
76-year-old Musk supporter Eddie is about to find out that his hero doesn't give a fuck about his #health, or his suggestions.
»Some Southaven residents might take issue with Musselwhite’s framing that their critiques are politically motivated. The 76-year-old Eddie Gossett, who lives on the same road as the xAI facility, supported Musk’s initiatives to slash federal spending through DOGE. But even he complains that he can’t sleep because of the roar of the turbines.
Gossett had a suggestion for Musk: “You need to come over and stay at my house for a week,” he told NBC.«
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-ai-facility-mordor
🇨🇦 ‘A constant stream’ of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead in Alberta [and more across Canada bc of a mismatched flu vaccine]
MASK UP
Dr. gave me a pill and I grew a new liver
#stem #engineering #health #medicine #research #interesting #Massachusetts
> Racism is hazardous to Kentuckians’ health
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/03/racism-is-hazardous-to-kentuckians-health/
Translation: for KY legislators and the people who elect them, if a medical doctor is not white, it ain't right.
And while in KY legislators would "prefer" white medical doctors, another issue is keeping those, along with others, in the US.
> Waves of American doctors and nurses leave their practices and head to Canada to avoid U.S. political climate https://irjci.blogspot.com/2026/03/waves-of-american-doctors-and-nurses.html
Axios: Exclusive: Researchers trick a bot that prescribes meds
"Security researchers used relatively simple jailbreaking techniques to trick the AI system powering Utah's new prescription refill bot.
Researchers were able to make the bot spread vaccine conspiracy theories, triple a patient's prescribed pain medication dosage, and recommend methamphetamine as treatment."
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/04/doctronic-utah-prescriptions-ai-jailbreak
"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"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/jeffrey-epstein-doctors.html
A Japanese panel of experts gave the green light for the health minister to approve the production and sale of Daiichi Sankyo's vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/03/japan/science-health/mmr-vaccine-ok-expert-panel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #daiichisankyo #vaccinations #health #covid19 #medicine
#Measles outbreaks are costing the U.S. millions of dollars. The true losses can't be counted. As vaccination rates decline, the economic consequences will increase.
"MAHA" sounds like it's supposed to be funny.
#medicine #health #news #medicalNews #healthNews #epidemiology
Cover of the Feb 28, 2026 issue of The Lancet (one of the world's leading medical journals, published weekly since 1823) has this sentence as the main body of the page -
"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm."
Same could be said for science in general under trump.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol407no10531/PIIS0140-6736(26)X2006-2#closeFullCover
Full editorial at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00414-9/fulltext
#UsPol #Health
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44% of Montréal’s paramedics are planning to leave the profession in the next five years
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/half-paramedics-to-quit-montreal/
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44 des ambulanciers•ières paramédicaux•ales planifient quitter la profession dans les cinq prochaines années
// Article en anglais //
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@Robbins/116141623052461665
A reminder that the workforce planning problems in health care & social care have not just arrived....
Most health care services in the U.S. cost at least twice what they do in other countries, and sometimes up to ten times as much.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/here-s-why-healthcare-is-so-expensive-in-the-u-s
#KUOW #News #HealthCare #Health #Economy #HealthCare
Shingrix not only prevents shingles most of the time, but all of the most recent studies show it strongly reduces the chance of getting dementia, which is an excellent free gift from the scientists to the public. So go out & make sure you get vaxxed
Responding to the DEFRA wood burning consultation
Mums for Lungs
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
#LungHealth #Health
🆘 #WoodBurningStoves 🆘
💨🔥💨🤢💨🔥💨
https://www.mumsforlungs.org/news/responding-to-the-defra-wood-burning-consultation
Consultation on solid fuel burning - taking action to reduce fine particulate matter and smoke emissions
#AirPollution #LungHealth
#WoodBurning #Health
#WoodBurningStoves #HealthRisk
💨🔥💨🤢💨🔥💨
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/domestic-burning/consultation-on-solid-fuel-burning/
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Eine Braut verwandelt lebensnotwendige Behandlung in eine Botschaft der Resilienz und Freude.
Bride Goes Viral on Wedding Night Dancing While Doing Vital Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
This madness:
Wes Streeting is going to set the NHS in England targets for getting people back to work - this is going to distort behaviour in the health service, and of course requires the NHS to work to a data point (employment) over which they have absolutely no influence.
It might look good in terms of spreadsheet policy making but will be at best a diversion and at worse a major problem for both patients & health service staff.
Misguided & wrong-headed!
As More Americans Embrace Anxiety Treatment, MAHA Derides Medications
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the broadening use of anxiety medications, claiming they’re harmful. Doctors and researchers say the MAHA movement is misrepresenting drugs...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/anxiety-medications-ssris-prozac-zoloft-lexapro-maha-kennedy-rfk-jr/#california #health-industry #hhs #mental-health #multimedia #new-york #pharmaceuticals #prescription-drugs #trump-administration
State Lawmakers Seek Restraints on Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt
At least eight states are considering legislation to curtail wage garnishment over unpaid medical bills, as health care costs rise and more people become underinsured.
Archive...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medical-debt-wage-garnishment-state-legislation-patient-protection/#arizona #colorado #diagnosis-debt #florida #hawaii #health-care-costs #health-industry #indiana #legislation #maine #michigan #ohio #rural-health #states #tennessee #washington
Trump’s Transparent Hospital Pricing Pays Off for Industry — But Not So Much for Patients
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/the-week-in-brief-hospital-price-transparency-tools/#health-care-costs #health-industry #hospitals #the-week-in-brief #trump-administration
Fact: More U.S. military personnel have died from PTSD than in the line of fire. Human beings were never designed to withstand such physical and mental anguish, especially without good reason.
So my question is: Who is this rogue U.S. army ready to invade the planet without Congressional approval?
#US #Corruption #Autocracy #Tyranny #Dictatorship #NoKings #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Nazi #Fascism #Iran #Venezuela #Greenland #Iceland
#PTSD #Mental #Health #StopWar
🧠🐦 It turns out #birding is more than just a quiet hobby – it’s a high-intensity workout for your #brain.
Scientists found that the expert knowledge needed to tell similar #birds apart creates a "mental scaffolding" that strengthens your memory and might even help protect your brain from aging.
#neuroscience #birdwatching #health #science #nature #biology #education
’Some of them have accuracy that’s close to zero’: Experts unpack the promise and pitfalls of genetic tests aimed at consumers
The past decade ushered in a surge of discovery in the field of human genetics—and simultaneously,...
https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/some-of-them-have-accuracy-thats-close-to-zero-experts-unpack-the-promise-and-pitfalls-of-genetic-tests-aimed-at-consumers#genetics #health
Looking out the window right now, I can say this weather forecast is 100% accurate.
High winds, snow blowing sideways, and near zero visibility.
After work, I will probably go snowshoeing in the woods in these conditions for fun.
#winter #snow #blizzard #Massachusetts #storm #fun #snowshoeing #exercise #health
The Trump administration eliminated a nutrition education program that saved more money on healthcare costs than it spent, even as government agencies stress getting Americans to eat healthier.
https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-axed-nutrition-education-program-that-saved-more-money-than-it-cost-even-as-government-encourages-healthier-eating-272002
#MAHA #health
#NuestraAméricaFlotilla
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol #Cuba #HealthCare #blockade #health
Cuba's health care system pushed to the brink by US fuel blockade, Cuban minister says
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-health-care-us-energy-embargo-crisis-33ad8447dc4b442ea9b614eb91392be5?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypubPosted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
Principles of Natural Running with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella
NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments"
This is both so logical and yet absurdly like a science fiction story ...
Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno has claimed the ACA didn’t save money. But is that true?
Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno has recently called the Affordable Care Act an
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/19/ohio-republican-u-s-sen-bernie-moreno-has-claimed-the-aca-didnt-save-money-but-is-that-true/#abortion-policy #affordability #affordable-care-act-insurance-exchanges #bernie-moreno-health-care #donald-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-act #health-care #ohio-aca-subsidies
NEW: South Carolina, which doesn’t require hospitals to disclose measles-related admissions, has reported only 20 such hospitalizations since Oct. 2.
That leaves doctors with an incomplete picture of how the outbreak is affecting the community.
Update. #Trump decided to support #glyphosate and force #RFKJr (who built his career opposing it) to bow.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/trump-boost-weedkiller.html
PS: On the minus side, we'll have more glyphosate ruining our #health and poisoning our #environment. On the plus side, we'll have more #MAHA acolytes denouncing Trump and RFKJr. The Times article quotes a good number of them.
New comic is up and you can read it FOR FREE from Tapastic - please share, and go subscribe to support my one-human operation to spread awareness of a rare neurological sleep disorder #IdiopathicHypersomnia
and what life with it is like.
Tapastic: https://tapas.io/episode/3814431
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#disability #disabledartist #comic #webcomic #disabilitycomic #sleepdisorder #sleep #health #art #digitalart #awareness #share
Fact check: A remedy for pancreatic cancer? Not really
// Article in French //
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Vérification des faits: un remède contre le cancer du pancréas? Pas tout à fait
Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It’s the Industry Using the Data.
Politicians have pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it’s mostly health systems and insu...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/price-transparency-trump-hospitals-insurers-health-care-costs/#cms #cost-transparency #health-care-costs #health-industry #hospitals #insurance #medicaid #medicare #minnesota #trump-administration
Nurses at a Tacoma hospital allege that ICE agents have repeatedly ignored practices safeguarding detainee patients’ privacy, health, and safety.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/ice-agents-often-ignore-safety-and-privacy-practices-for-detainee-patients-tacoma-nurses-say
#KUOW #News #Health
NEW: For years, the #FDA website warned of products and remedies claiming to treat #autism that were being marketed deceptively and can be harmful.
Just a few:
•hyperbaric oxygen therapies
•chlorine dioxide
•raw camel milk.
Now, under RFK Jr, that advisory is gone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-fda-removes-autism-treatments-warning
Why is health care (amongst so much else) going down the toilet in Ontario?
Because our premier is an ignorant floater already swirling in the bowl and he wants everyone down there with him.
'Now that OSAP was cut, Nusir said he may not be able to afford to go to medical school, which he hopes to get into in his fourth year of university. '
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-osap-cuts-9.7094009'
9yo boy left a little short by nature gets stretched out by farking magnets. Because they work
I haven’t slept well for 26 yrs. I’ve seen every doctor known to man except a witch doctor (couldn’t find one) about it. Anyways, 11 yrs ago I was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea. The doctor I saw seemed to only want to sell cpac machines and didn’t help me. Fast forward to today and last night I slept for 7 hrs on a cpac. Is this what people feel like every day? Refreshed and full of energy? I haven’t felt like this in a lot of years. On a related note the lady who set me up with the machine told me that not too long ago it was believed women couldn’t get sleep apnea only men. Ugh.
#Health #WomensHealth #Sleep #SleepApnea
"FDA⚡agrees to review #Moderna #flu #vaccine application, splitting review into standard approval for: <65 & accellerated approproval for: 65+."
-M Herper
"Chaos🚨at #FDA is bad for patients. How is anyone supposed to know what the rules are & plan accordingly?🚨What about the small companies who don’t have the comms team Moderna has to make a stink?🚨What happens to their products when FDA makes a mistake?"
-S Despres
#Health #HHS #AntiVax #RFKJr #Eugenics #Protest #USPol
https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/fda-moderna-reverse-course-flu-vaccine/
Health officials warn explosive global measles outbreaks pose risk to Canadian 🇨🇦 travellers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/measles-global-travel-risks-9.7093765
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Les autorités en santé avertissent que les éclosions mondiales explosives de la rougeole posent des risques aux voyageurs canadiens 🇨🇦
// Article en anglais //
Then: if you're at least middle aged, your spine MRI may show some asymptomatic herniated discs. Now: if you're at least middle aged, your shoulder MRI is almost guaranteed to show rotator cuff abnormalities.
Nanoplastics sneak into brain cells, disrupting puberty and fertility hormones, new study finds https://usrtk.org/healthwire/nanoplastics-brain-disrupting-puberty-and-fertility-hormones/
#environment #plastic #nanoplastics #PlasticPollution #health #BrainHealth
The cause of an extremely rare side effect of one type of COVID vaccine has been identified which will lead to a better vaccine, in other news yes COVID is still a thing and the vaccines are safe
Previously: In a world run by #science, the government would respond to a Texas measles outbreak by increasing vaccination rates.
But today, our government is controlled by dysfunctional, radical idealists like RFK, Jr. https://www.texasobserver.org/dysfunctional-government-rfk-trump-v-slaughter/
#RFKJr #Trump #fascism #politics #USpol #health #news #Texas #OpEd
☕🧠 Researchers at #Harvard followed 130,000 people for over 40 years to find that moderate #coffee or #tea intake is linked to an 18% lower risk of #dementia.
The long-term study suggests #caffeine may help preserve neural networks and reduce #brain inflammation as we age.
The challenges of healthy living. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/
The ongoing #genocide in #Gaza is part of the war industry’s pillage of taxpayer dollars to enrich themselves at the expense of our #health , #education , social services & #democracy . There is a direct line from the terror we inflict abroad to the terror inflicted at home
https://chuffed.org/project/disarmgenocide
#DonaldTrump #fascism #imperialism #plutocracy #billionaires
#GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #Minnesota #ICE #AbolishIce #immigration #poverty #labor #labour #union @workersrights @democracy @politics
New Spray-on Powder Instantly Seals Life-Threatening Wounds in Battle or During Disasters
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-spray-on-powder-instantly-seals-life-threatening-wounds/
#goodnews #health #invention #medical #prevention #SouthKorea
@dyckron “#Alberta is the first #Canadian province to introduce two-tier legislation and encourage a private #health insurance market for services covered under the Canada Health Act. This is a decisive shift towards U.S. health care based on greed and profit-taking, not “European” #healthcare based largely on principles of social solidarity and universality,” Exactly! And here in the #NWT where our system is interlinked with Alberta's, we are about to be pushed over the cliff.
As if to prove the World Health Organisation right, there is now a growing cluster of measles infections in Enfield in London - vaccine scepticism has been growing in London for years & now the level of vaccination is low enough to see an outbreak like this.
Its a classic effect of medical misinformation, with parents' mistaken anxiety about the children's wellbeing, now putting their children at risk from the return of measles.
RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them.
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine researc...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rfk-jr-robert-kennedy-vaccines-broken-promises-senators-cassidy/#autism #childrens-health #health-industry #hhs #misinformation #public-health #trump-administration #vaccines
Clinics Sour on CMS After Agency Scraps 10-Year Primary Care Program Only Months In
A planned 10-year federal program called Making Care Primary was supposed to help primary care doctors by easing administrative burdens, allowing them to focus on...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cms-mcp-lead-primary-care-model-canceled-rural-health-north-carolina/#cms #health-industry #north-carolina #rural-health #states