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Potentially good news for people with osteoporosis. Scientists from the University of Leipzig in Germany and Shandong University in China identified the cell receptor GPR133 (also known as ADGRD1) as being crucial to bone density. @ScienceAlert shares what they discovered after running some tests on mice:
#Science #Health #Osteoporosis #Humans #Research
Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis : ScienceAlert
Research points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.David Nield (ScienceAlert)
The agency’s proposed rule would loosen limits on #EthyleneOxide #emissions from around 90 commercial sterilization facilities across the country. Roughly 2.3 million people live within two miles of these facilities in what are often #LowIncome neighborhoods or #CommunitiesOfColor, according to an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental group.
#Trump #EPA #law #EnvironmentalLaw #GeographicInequality #regulations #health #PublicHealth #safety
The move revived a long-running debate about the paradoxical effects of #EthyleneOxide on #PublicHealth. While it plays a crucial role in sterilizing lifesaving medical devices like pacemakers & syringes, long-term exposure can cause #leukemia & other types of #cancer among people who #work in or #live near medical sterilization facilities.
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#Trump #EPA Moves to Weaken Limits on a #Cancer Causing #Gas
The gas, #EthyleneOxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer & other ailments.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #health #PublicHealth #safety
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US judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood #vaccine policy
#law #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories
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Need more reasons? Age, weak immune system, parental choices regarding vaccines...
And yes, the "stuff I found" that lead me to making this meme was my own boss 😠
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Solidarity with all who have been affected by (long) COVID on today's Long Covid Awareness Day ✊
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#covid #LongCovid #health #PublicHealth #LongCovidAwareness #LongCovidAwarenessDay
Nevada Regulators Fine Peptide Providers at Anti-Aging Festival Where Two Women Became Critically Ill
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Three individuals, along with the group accused of supplying the peptides, were fined between $5,000 and $10,000 for their involvement in an incident at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival in Las Vegas last summer.
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Israeli rockets kill 12 healthcare workers in southern Lebanon
The facility was attacked on Friday night, bringing the toll of medical staff to 31 killed in past 12 daysWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
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.
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#News #Women #Health #Florida #Law #Pregnancy #Medicine #Doctors #Courts #Legal
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.”..."
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Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50Hannah Harris Green (The Guardian)
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Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline, improved memory formation in aging mice
Aging causes changes in gut bacteria in mice, which hampers communication between the intestines and the brain. Restoring this connection helped old mice form memories as well as young animals.News
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.
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#News #Military #Army #Veterans #MentalHealth #PTSD #Health #Psychology #Psychiatry #SocialWork #Trump
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.
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How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More Than 20 Years
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.Hannah Whitaker (ProPublica)
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.
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Report Confirms Columbia Ignored Decades of Doctor’s Sexual Abuse
Columbia commissioned the report after ProPublica’s investigation into how the university protected former OB-GYN Robert Hadden. The school also announced the resignation of two top doctors who were involved in allowing Hadden to continue practicing.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.
But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.
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He Promised His Mother He’d Keep the Family Healthy. In Albany, Georgia, That’s Not Easy.
Clifford Thomas and his family lost four relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, including his beloved mother, Beverly. A middle school teacher, Beverly had ...YouTube