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Commentary: How has American health care gone so wrong?

We all have bad weeks. Mine recently made me marvel at the astonishing dysfunction of our health care system. In calling out the system I intend no disrespect to the talented and heroic overachievers in nursing, pharmacy, medicine and the other providers who fight the system every day on behalf…

Los Angeles Times

Health care offered to women in prison should match community standards – and their rights

On this International Women’s Day, let’s not forget women in prison.

The Conversation

Leading American medical journal continues to omit Black research, reinforcing a legacy of racism in medical knowledge

The leading U.S. medical journal, read regularly by doctors of all specialties, systematically ignores an equally reputable and rigorous body of medical research that focuses on Black Americans’ health.

The Conversation

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S.C. woman arrested for abortion pills

Though the alleged abortion happened in 2021, police didn’t obtain the warrant for her arrest until after “Dobbs”

Salon

Editorial: Abortion opponents are trying to revoke FDA approval of a drug. That’s scary

In the post-Roe world, one of the prime targets of antiabortion activists is medication abortion, a two-drug regimen in which a pregnant person takes mifepristone followed by misoprostol.

Los Angeles Times

3 Health Care Stocks to Buy in a Heartbeat

The healthcare industry is expanding, fueled by the increasing demand and advancements such as personalized medicines and telehealth. Hence, fundamentally strong healthcare stocks Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Centene (CNC), and McKesson (MCK) might be worth buying in 2023. Read more.

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2 Americans dead, 2 rescued after violent Mexico kidnapping

The surviving Americans were back on U.S. soil after being sped to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted machine guns.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Texas Republicans have filed dozens of bills affecting LGBTQ people. Here’s what they’d do.

Texas lawmakers this year are debating whether to block transgender kids’ access to transition-related health care, classify businesses that host drag shows as sexually oriented establishments and limit public school lessons on sexuality and gender identity.

The Texas Tribune

As cyber attacks on health care soar, so does the cost of cyber insurance

As health systems' balance sheets continue to get battered by poor investment returns, soaring workforce and supply chain costs, and soft revenue, they are grappling with another unwieldy financial problem: soaring cyber insurance costs.

Axios

Do prescription opioids impact cognitive function in older adults?

Prescription opioid use could have a negative effect on cognitive function in older adults, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Tribune News Service

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal status, the 58-year-old unpaid caregiver knew that California’s Medicaid program was closed…

Tribune News Service

California to alter COVID rules in health care settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LOS ANGELES — With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers.

Los Angeles Times

A surge in sick children exposed a need for major changes to U.S. hospitals

Sick children overwhelmed hospitals this past fall and winter, exposing vulnerabilities in the nation's ability to care for its youngest during a crisis.

WEKU

Dementia care programs help, if caregivers can find them

There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers.

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An ‘LGBTQ+ mental health crisis’ could form in Kentucky as anti-trans bills advance, experts say

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Republican lawmakers continue advancing bills that regulate the treatment of and deny health care to transgender youth in Kentucky, medical experts are sounding the alarm on a worsened “LGBTQ+ mental health crisis” that is sure to follow the passage of such measures.

Reason

Decades of Subsidies Have Made the Essentials of Middle-Class Life Increasingly Difficult To Afford

The basics of middle-class life are too expensive. But more subsidies won't help.

Fortune

John Fetterman shows how depression can become an emergency. Experts say to watch for these signs of crisis

An acute change in mood that persists for weeks should not be ignored.

Edinburgh Live

Eye-opening Edinburgh document reveals cost of care at city's 'lunatic asylum' in 1840s

Unearthed document from the 1840s reveals how much patients were paying for their mental health care at the Royal Edinburgh Asylum - and it's a real eye-opener.

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Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani to foray into genome testing with Rs 12,000 kit

MUMBAI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s group is getting into genetic mapping, looking to make a health care trend led by disruptive US startups like 23andMe more affordable and widespread in India’s growing consumer market.

The Conversation

When does clinical depression become an emergency? 4 questions answered

The news that Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 15, 2023, to be treated for clinical depression sparked a national discussion around the need for openness about mental health struggles. This comes after Fetterman suffered a near-fatal stroke in…

Tribune News Service

Peter Jensen: It shouldn’t require brain surgery to see nurses are underpaid

Having recently returned from sitting bedside with a surgical patient at a local hospital for two straight weeks, I can faithfully attest to some basic truths about modern medicine. First, it’s not Club Med. In many ways, it’s like having an inquisitive, yet psychotic, toddler armed with a blood pressure…

Chicago Sun-Times

HHS: We’ll do more to protect your health information’s privacy, speed health care investigations

Among other steps, the agency’s Office of Civil Rights is being reorganized to better investigate complaints of violations of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why compassion should be measured as a KPI

The prioritisation of economic values in the health care system may not be explicitly stated in PR material, but is felt by staff in every memo and scheduling and waitlist decision, say Alina Pavlova and Nathan Consedine

Tribune News Service

Activists aim for Supreme Court with local abortion bans in blue states

Nearly 70 cities and counties across rural America have banned abortion in the past few years as part of a slow-burning conservative campaign to outlaw the procedure everywhere.

Fortune

Fortune Brainstorm Health showcases health's dominant role in the U.S. economy

It seems every company is a now a health care company.

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