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  • Clyburn: ‘Food Prices Are Up,’ But Medicine Is Down

    02/28/2024 6:32:52 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/28/2024 | IAN HANCHETT
    On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) acknowledged that “food prices are up” under President Joe Biden, but the price of medicine is down, there are jobs being created, and infrastructure improvements. While discussing the campaign, host Chris Cuomo said, “The counterargument is, no, I’m getting killed at the grocery store, Congressman, I’m getting killed at the grocery store on Biden’s watch. I’m getting killed with inflation. And, on the culture side, half your party is crazy. And I feel that so much that I believe I can pick off some of these black...
  • Doctor Mistakenly Accused of Shouting Racist Slurs at Woman

    02/27/2024 1:29:00 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 37 replies
    MEDPAGE TODAY ^ | February 27, 2024 | Kristina Fiore
    — Being the target of social media misinformation "can happen to anybody"Dartmouth Health otolaryngologist Andrew Spector, MD, was in the operating room Friday afternoon when he started getting urgent calls and texts from an administrator. Between cases, he called her back, and she told him people were calling and emailing Dartmouth Health about a TikTok video where a man driving a Toyota yells racist slurs at a woman. Social media had decided it was Spector behind the wheel of that vehicle -- even though it wasn't. "It's not me in the video," Spector told MedPage Today in an interview. "This...
  • Avoid Taking Ibuprofen With This Common Medication At All Costs

    02/27/2024 12:40:35 AM PST · by Jyotishi · 32 replies
    Health Digest ^ | February 26, 2024 | Beth Bradford
    Ibuprofen works wonders for your headaches, joint pain, muscle aches, and menstrual cramps, so it's probably no surprise that it's the second most common over-the-counter (OTC) drug behind paracetamol (Tylenol), according to a 2023 article https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36876700/ in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. You might get a prescription for ibuprofen if you have rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis to reduce the pain and swelling from these conditions. Ibuprofen might also be used for psoriatic arthritis, arthritis of the spine, and gouty arthritis. Like other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ibuprofen works by blocking an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause...
  • Young workers' injuries rise after recreational marijuana sales made legal

    02/25/2024 10:41:06 AM PST · by devane617 · 27 replies
    medicalxpress ^ | 02/25/2024
    After states legalize the sale of weed for recreational use, on-the-job injuries rise among younger workers, new research shows. U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics for 2006 through 2020 show that legal "recreational marijuana sales were associated with a 10% increase in workplace injuries among individuals aged 20 to 34 years," the study authors concluded. They note that prior research involving older workers did not show this effect. In fact, older workers' injury rates typically decline after recreational weed is made legal in their state, perhaps because older folk are only using their marijuana to ease pain. In contrast, the rise...
  • Neuralink First Human Patient Reportedly Makes ‘Full Recovery’, Musk Says Patient Can Control Computer Mouse With Thoughts

    02/22/2024 4:22:22 PM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 28 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | 2/21/24 | Danielle
    The first human patient for Neuralink implanted with a brain chip appears to have made a ‘full recovery,’ according to Elon Musk. “Progress is good and the patient seems to have made a full recovery, with neural effects that we are aware of,” Musk said in a Spaces event on X, according to the Daily Mail. “Patient is able to move a mouse around the screen by just thinking,” he reportedly added.
  • Disease X: Is World Ready for the Next Pandemic?

    02/07/2024 3:00:45 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 40 replies
    The National ^ | Jan 19, 2024 | Daniel Bardsley
    A pathogen that is not yet known to cause disease in people could begin infecting humans in vast numbers, say expertsIt is just over four years since the novel coronavirus – which came to be known as Covid-19 – first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The rapid outbreak of the disease sparked a pandemic, claiming millions of lives and devastating economies the world over. Now experts are working to prevent a future global health crisis by sharpening their focus on an as yet unknown threat, often termed as Disease X. At a World Economic Forum discussion in Davos...
  • Candida Auris Unleashed: A Silent Menace with a 60% Fatality Rate Spreads Rapidly Across the US

    02/06/2024 5:25:37 AM PST · by davikkm · 91 replies
    In the shadows of the ongoing health challenges, a silent but deadly adversary is swiftly making its presence known across the United States: Candida auris. This rare and drug-resistant fungal infection, marked by a chilling 60% fatality rate, is sending shockwaves through the healthcare community due to its rapid spread and defiance against traditional antifungal treatments. Recent reports confirm its arrival in Washington State, underscoring the urgent need for proactive measures. With a death rate as high as 60%, Candida auris has become a formidable adversary in the realm of infectious diseases.
  • Globalists Will Use Carbon Controls to Stop You From Growing Your Own Food

    02/02/2024 5:35:57 AM PST · by Red Badger · 41 replies
    Discern Report ^ | February 2, 2024 | Brandon Smith
    In early 2020 in the midst of the covid lockdowns, blue states run by leftist governors pursued mandates with extreme prejudice. In red states like Montana, after the first month or two most of us simply ignored the restrictions and went on with life as usual. It was clear that covid was not the threat federal authorities made it out to be. However, in states like Michigan the vice was squeezed tighter and tighter under the direction of shady leaders like Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer used covid as an opportunity to institute some bizarre limitations on the public, including a mandate...
  • Thread about well-funded coalition working to bring trans-movement to S. Dakota a DISTURBING must-read

    01/05/2023 3:53:37 PM PST · by NetAddicted · 19 replies
    Twitchy.com ^ | 1/5/2023 | Sam J.
    Ultimately, they want to take down red America – duh. This thread from Nate Hochman is very long, very disturbing, and a total must-read. Yeah, we know, the words ‘MUST-READ-thread’ can sound sorta clickbaity but this time around, it’s just us being honest. It’s easy to take a red state for granted because in a red state you can typically make some general assumptions, especially a red state like South Dakota. Except folks, that’s not always the case. Grab a snack, get comfy, and take a gander at this: A powerful, well-funded coalition is working to bring the transgender movement...
  • Life-Threatening STIs Are Spiking Across the US, Per CDC Data: ‘Out of Control’

    02/01/2024 7:05:12 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 68 replies
    New York Post ^ | Feb. 1, 2024 | Adriana Diaz
    Health officials are warning that the rise of life-threatening sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is “out of control.” According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, STIs are on a worrying rise putting millions of people’s lives at risk from entirely preventable infections. “STIs must be a public health priority,” the CDC warned on Tuesday. The health agency noted that “the most alarming concerns” revolve around syphilis cases — which are at the highest level they’ve been in more than seven decades. Reported chlamydia cases have remained at a record high level but gonorrhea cases did decline...
  • Massive Study Finds Cannabis Users Had Better Covid-19 Outcomes

    01/13/2024 3:15:27 AM PST · by guinness4strength · 41 replies
    Forbes ^ | 10-13-23 | A.J. Herrington
    Cannabis users who contracted Covid-19 had better outcomes and reduced mortality compared to people who do not use marijuana, according to new research presented at a conference in Hawaii this week. A presentation on the study, which was conducted through a review of the medical records of more than 320,000 individuals, was delivered on Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) in Honolulu. “Marijuana smokers had better outcomes and mortality compared to non-users,” the authors of the study wrote in their conclusion. “The beneficial effect of marijuana use may be attributed to its potential...
  • Italian Hospitals Collapse: Over 1,100 Patients Waiting to be Admitted in Rome

    01/05/2024 1:12:19 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 41 replies
    Euronews ^ | 05/01/2024
    The worst situation is in Rome and its region, where more than 1,100 patients are waiting to be admitted, according to the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care. Just a few days ago, ambulances were queuing outside hospitals in Rome. In other regions, such as Lombardy, patients are crammed into waiting rooms until a bed becomes available. In cities such as Turin, hospital overcrowding has even led to a shortage of stretchers for patients. Emergency departments in Italian hospitals are in chaos and on the verge of collapse. The worst situation is in Rome and its region, where...
  • Florida Is First State Allowed to Import Drugs From Canada in Bid to Reduce Costs

    01/05/2024 1:10:38 PM PST · by NautiNurse · 21 replies
    WSJ ^ | 5 January 2024 | Liz Essley Whyte
    FDA’s decision could change the way Americans obtain prescription medicinesThe Food and Drug Administration has decided to allow the first state to import drugs from Canada, a milestone in efforts to reduce the cost of medicines that could change the way Americans fill prescriptions. The agency said Friday it would allow Florida to import prescription drugs from Canada. Several other states have filed similar requests with the agency. The approval opens the door to a new, lower-cost source of prescription drugs, beyond the retail and mail-order pharmacies—and the U.S. supply chain they are part of—that Americans have relied on for...
  • MSNBC Guest Says Individuals Only ‘About 20%’ Responsible For Their Own Health, ‘Structural Racism’ The ‘Most Significant’ Factor

    01/04/2024 11:35:53 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 21 replies
    Mediaite ^ | 12 30 2023 | Caleb Howe
    A person is only about 20% responsible for their own relative healthiness, MSNBC guest Dr. Uché Blackstock told host Charles Coleman Jr. on Saturday’s Velshi. The rest of what affects an individual’s health is decided by systemic factors such as the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Dr. Blackstock joined Dr. L. Ebony Boulware on for a discussion Saturday on Boulware’s recently published study on the “strong link between racism and chronic poor health conditions for Black and Brown communities in America.” “This study, it defines structural racism as the means by which societies perpetuate discrimination through interconnected systems,” said...
  • Critical Drug Shortages Plague US Amid Unabated Reliance On China

    12/28/2023 10:33:32 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 12/28/2023 | Autumn Spedemann
    The ongoing scarcity of critical medications has trapped Americans between a rock and a hard place.Active national drug shortages hit a 10-year high this year, leaving many health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals without enough life-saving and supportive medications, according to data collected by the University of Utah Drug Information Service.A survey by the same university in July found that 99 percent of the 1,123 pharmacists who responded—many of whom work in hospitals—reported shortages. One-third of the pharmacists listed the shortages as "critically impactful," which is defined as being forced to ration medication or delay or even cancel medical treatments.The...
  • Ketamine Expert Claims Matthew Perry ‘Did Himself In’ Prior To Death

    12/18/2023 12:38:09 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 16 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 12/18/23 | Kelly Coffey-Behrens
    A ketamine specialist is weighing in on Matthew Perry's cause of death, claiming the actor "did himself in." Matthew Perry had a large amount of the drug ketamine in his system at the time of death -- the same amount that would be used in general anesthesia. Toxicology testing found that ketamine levels in Perry's system were at 3540 ng/ml. For context, the report, obtained by The Blast, reads, “In monitored surgical-anesthesiology care, levels of general anesthesia are typically in the 1000-6000 ng/ml range.” In other words, he had a large amount of the drug in his system, enough to...
  • Biden administration moves to boost health care to the homeless

    10/16/2023 3:49:56 PM PDT · by devane617 · 28 replies
    medicalxpress ^ | 10/16/2023
    A new rule allows health care providers to be reimbursed for treating homeless people wherever they are, rather than just in hospitals or clinics. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began allowing this change for both public and private insurers on Oct. 1, KFF Health News reported. "The Biden-Harris administration has been focused on expanding access to health care across the country," CMS spokesperson Sara Lonardo told KFF Health News, explaining that federal officials created the new reimbursement code at the request of street medicine providers who weren't being paid for their work. Now doctors, nurses and...
  • Doctors Sue California Over Forced "Implicit Bias" DEI Training In Medicine

    08/06/2023 9:27:15 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 08/06/2023 | Matthew Vadum
    Two doctors are suing the Medical Board of California over the state’s law that forces physicians and those who teach them to accept radical political and racial indoctrination in order to continue practicing medicine.Dr. Azadeh Khatibi is suing the Medical Board of California over California’s requirement that continuing medical education courses in the state include discussion of “implicit bias” in a 2019 photo. (Courtesy of Pacific Legal Foundation)AB 241, signed in October 2019 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who supports DEI—diversity, equity, and inclusion—initiatives, requires all doctors in the state to log 50 continuing medical education (CME) hours...
  • Existing drugs point to first treatment for strokes linked to dementia (Isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol)

    05/25/2023 9:23:41 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 2 replies
    Medical Xpress / University of Edinburgh / JAMA ^ | May 24, 2023 | Joanna M. Wardlaw, MD et al
    People who experience a type of stroke linked with nearly half of all dementias could be treated for the first time by repurposing two cheap and common drugs, a trial shows. Researchers found that isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol, which are already used to treat other heart and circulatory diseases, can safely improve the debilitating outcomes people experience after lacunar stroke. The two drugs, which were found to be even more effective when used in combination. Lacunar strokes affect at least 35,000 people in the UK each year. They are caused by cerebral small vessel disease, where small blood vessels deep...
  • Has Joe Biden any idea at all about the reality of transgender medicine?

    05/10/2023 5:04:50 AM PDT · by airdalecheif · 26 replies
    MercatorNet ^ | Oct 26, 2022 | Michael Cook
    With only two weeks to go before the mid-term elections in the United States, President Joe Biden has come out swinging in favor of trans rights. In a sit-down interview with trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, the President said that he supported “every single solitary right” for trans-identifying people, “including use of your gender identity bathrooms in public”.