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Painkillers and HRT therapies among drugs not being subsidised under PBS
Patients are being hit with excessive costs on a range of everyday prescription medicines because of flaws in the way Australia subsidises essential pharmaceuticals. The ABC has compiled a list of common medicines dispensed as what are known as private scripts, which are not subsidised under Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). It means these scripts do not fall under the…
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‘I am not fighting bad science, I am fighting state-sanctioned propaganda’
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips. There have been court injunctions, police summons, a social media ban (later lifted) and the spectacle of watching his research being retracted by journals fearful of the litigation it might attract. Over the last 10 years, Dr Cyriac Abby Philips has become the most visible — and most legally vulnerable — critic of alternative medicine in…
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Some Public Health Workers Assigned to Guantánamo, Other ICE Jails, Are Quitting
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s new immigration…
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AI-powered tool automatically segments human brainstem white matter bundles
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Small and dense but filled with vitally important neural fibers, the brainstem has been hard for brain imaging technologies to dissect. New software reliably and finely resolves eight distinct nerve bundles in live diffusion MRI scans,…
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WHO Executive Board Adopted New Efficiency Measures; Can They Stick?
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Does Medicare Cover Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs?
About 9 percent of adults 65 and older are now using GLP-1s, a lower rate than the 22 percent of adults age 50 to 64, according to a KFF poll released Nov. 14. The lower usage is likely because Medicare doesn’t cover prescriptions specifically for weight loss, the nonpartisan health policy nonprofit says. Administration officials expect that percentage to rise to 10…
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The complicated link between social media and adolescent mental health
Why does social media seem to both endanger and protect young people’s mental health? Growing research links excessive online use to addiction, cyberbullying and suicide risk among adolescents. However, those same digital platforms simultaneously provide connection, understanding and community support to many. As researchers continue to uncover these conflicting effects, it is clear that the relationship between social media use…
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Social media companies are being sued for harming their users’ mental health – but are the platforms addictive? | Social media
Forthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the “social media addiction trials”, but whether these platforms are truly addictive is still the subject of scientific debate. The lawsuits were brought against Meta, YouTube (Google), Snap Inc and TikTok by plaintiffs alleging these platforms severely damaged their mental health when they were children. Snap and TikTok…
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Optical tissue monitoring predicts dialysis-related fluid instability
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: For the millions of people living with end‑stage kidney disease, hemodialysis is more than a medical procedure, it is a thrice‑weekly lifeline that keeps the body’s chemistry in balance. Yet even with decades of clinical experience…
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Regulating Digital Health Technologies | The Regulatory Review
Randi Seigel examines the evolving regulatory landscape for digital health tools. In a conversation with The Regulatory Review, health and technology law expert Randi Seigel discusses pressing challenges and emerging opportunities in regulating digital health technology. Seigel explains that the growing use of telehealth, artificial intelligence (AI), and remote monitoring by medical professionals can increase access to care and enhance…
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