ChrisMayLA6, to random
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar

Another study suggests that your ethnicity has an impact on the healthcare you receive & the likelihood of recovery (this time from heart problems).

Given the continuing racial inequalities in the UK while troubling is not surprising, but the Q. is can the NHS in its currently strained crisis state respond & address these problems.

Where they're attitudinal the costs should be minimal, but equally any system under stars will malfunction in diverse ways!


https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/03/minority-ethnic-heart-failure-patients-36-more-likely-to-die

AceyAngel, to disability
@AceyAngel@disabled.social avatar

Disabled and chronically ill person withbsupport needs is raising money for basic necessities, food and an immigration Visa to remain in partner's country.

$50 of $600 raised!
(We're getting there!, please boost if you cannot donate!)

Cashapp:$AceyAngel
PayPal: @ AddriannaWing1

Can also support by purchasing some art

https://ko-fi.com/spaceyangelacey/goal?g=0

#Disability #Health #Healthcare #ableism #ActuallyAutistic #GravesDisease #CoeliacDisease #POTS #LongCovid

ChrisMayLA6, to random
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar

The number of people with private health insurance has risen to nearly 6m in the UK (the highest since the 2008 financial crisis) and the number of paid-for hospital admissions continues to rise (by 7% last year).

As we always like say... 'follow the money'.

If you want to see the aim of Tory defunding of the NHS & the crisis in public healthcare they have engineered in the last decade... all you need to do is look at who (which companies) are benefitting!

autogestion, to Unions
@autogestion@union.place avatar

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-unionizing-pharmacists/

Burned out #pharmacists seek #union representation as #CVS merges with #Aetna and #Caremark - "you treat your employees a certain way for so long they stop wanting to work for you"

#unions #PharmacistsGuild #Walgreens #VerticalIntegration #safety #HealthCare #capitalism #monopoly #exploitation #ClassWar

markwyner, to random
@markwyner@mas.to avatar

It’s inherently infuriating about having an unmasked healthcare worker ask you if you’ve experienced COVID symptoms while checking you in for an appointment.

Well, for your sake I fucking hope not! Why even ask me?

What if I say “yes”? How will my experience change? Are you gonna send me home? Suddenly put on a mask?

What if I DO have COVID and say “no”? Sucks for you, I guess, because my COVID is flying over to you right now.

or don’t ask.

bespacific, to Medicine
@bespacific@newsie.social avatar

Trial results for new #lungcancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors. More than half of patients with advanced forms of disease who took lorlatinib were still alive after five years with no progression https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/31/trial-results-for-new-lung-cancer-drug-are-off-the-charts-say-doctors #medicine #healthcare

shansterable, to random
@shansterable@c.im avatar

I follow COVID scientists here on Mastodon. I've seen them post links to studies showing waning effectiveness of COVID vaccines after 6 months.

I received the updated booster last October and want to get boosted again prior to some planned travel in July. (Air travel to the MAGA anti-vax cesspool known as Florida)

I have contacted three pharmacies in my area.

One has no COVID vaccines at all and said they won't receive any until fall.

The other two say they will not vaccinate me because they must follow US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines stating that only people 65 years and older should receive boosters at this time.

They won't vaccinate me even if I am willing to pay out of pocket.

Both say I must get a recommendation from my health care provider before they will even consider it.

Less than 20% of people in my state are up to date on their COVID vaccines. For those of us who want to follow the science and not some arbitrary age limitation, why not let us get vaccinated?

bicmay, to random
@bicmay@med-mastodon.com avatar

"Starting Saturday, the cost of inhalers will fall for many Americans, as new out-of-pocket price caps go into effect for the asthma medications from AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim.

Following years of public outcry about the high cost of inhalers, the two drugmakers — along with a third, GlaxoSmithKline — have committed to capping the out-of-pocket cost at $35 a month. GSK’s cap is expected to take effect by Jan. 1."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/drugmakers-cap-cost-asthma-inhalers-35-month-rcna154536

#healthcare #asthma #inhalers #DrugCosts

Fitnessfoundry, to Fitness
@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to avatar

Combo-Exercise of the Day: Single-Leg Deadlift to Row🔥

💪🏾Check out my amazing 65-year-young online client absolutely rocking the single-leg deadlift to row for the first time!

🏋🏽‍♂️This combo-exercise is a fantastic way to:
🎯Build unilateral strength and upper body power
💥Engage your core stabilizers
👣Improve your balance
☯️Master breath control

👊🏽Combats Sarcopenia: Fights muscle loss associated with aging

Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can✨

video/mp4

tomkindlon, to mecfs
@tomkindlon@disabled.social avatar

BMJ e-letter:
"Why I’d rather have a well-researched and well-informed doctor"

Free:
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.n3102/rr-0

"the NHS simply does not offer any kind of useful care" for ME and []


@mecfs
@longcovid

ahimsa_pdx,
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social avatar

Short quote from the letter linked in Tom's post:

"I have sat through countless GP appointments where I have had to explain the basics of Post Exertional Malaise [PEM], the cardinal symptom of ME, before going on to discuss treatment."

I've had similar doctor visits.

It's frightening that so many doctors know so little about ME/CFS.

@mecfs @longcovid

paka, to random
@paka@mastodon.scot avatar

94% of NHS outsourced contracts expire in next parliament

In April Labour pledged to bring our rail services into public ownership as their current private contracts expire

Labour can do the same thing in the

Take 1 minute to send our letter to Labour’s health lead & demand he commit to bring outsourced services back into NHS when contracts expire

is matter, what happens in England affects your nation

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/wes-streeting-commit-bring-nhs-outsourced-services-back-house-their-contracts-end

shekinahcancook, to random
@shekinahcancook@babka.social avatar

A crisis is hitting your local drugstore...

"...But the main problem...is simple: They’re no longer getting paid enough to stay in business. In the multifront battle to cut costs in America’s expensive health care system, pharmacies say they are shouldering a disproportionate...burden.

“That traditional model of that corner drugstore that is just dispensing prescriptions is very difficult, if not impossible, to make work these days,” says Oftebro, adding that at his pharmacies, “reimbursement on the majority of prescriptions is now at or below the acquisition cost of the drugs.”

For this, many blame the middlemen: the pharmacy benefit managers. The three largest PBMs are owned by or affiliated with insurance companies—CVS’s Caremark (which shares a corporate parent with Aetna), UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx, and Cigna’s Express Scripts—and together they control how 80% of all U.S. prescriptions are processed..."

https://fortune.com/2024/06/03/rite-aid-pharmacy-bartells-health-care-retail/

Fitnessfoundry, to Fitness
@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to avatar

👟Fun Fact: Did you know 25% of your bones are in your feet!

🗣️Many of you share my passion for promoting health and wellness. However, access to fitness resources isn't equal for everyone. Socioeconomic factors can create significant barriers.

▶️This short video showcases free, public healthy infrastructure that's accessible to all ages and abilities. Plus, I share more fun facts about physical activity!📚

video/mp4

ProPublica, to mentalhealth
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

This #Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await #MentalHealth Treatment

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto doesn’t have a psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment.

When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for help.

One doctor said that’s “unthinkable.”

#News #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #CriminalJustice #Law

https://www.propublica.org/article/baptist-desoto-hospital-civil-commitment-jail

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

STAT+: HHS: Change Healthcare can make data breach notifications in lieu of hospitals

#healthcare

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/31/change-healthcare-unitedhealth-data-breach-notifications-hipaa-hhs/?utm_campaign=rss

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

Healthcare assistant defrauded vulnerable patients

#defrauded #healthcare

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp4478r2d52o

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