>2 decades ago, the shocking results of a major women’s #health study challenged the safety of menopause #hormone medication, & overnight, millions of #women & their #doctors abandoned the drugs….
Now, a long-term follow-up of the #WomensHealth Initiative (WHI)…found that for many younger menopausal women—under 60—the benefits…outweigh the risks for short-term treatment of symptoms, incl’g hot flashes & night sweats.
The results disrupted #medical care for millions of #women …, many of whom had been advised by doctors that the drugs not only relieved symptoms, but also offered long-term protection against heart attacks, which was widely believed…. The sudden about-face…meant that scores of baby boomer & GenX women were forced to navigate the vexing symptoms of #menopause —incl’g hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia & mood disturbances—w/o the benefit of highly effective #HormoneTreatments.
I’ve been through a hell of a week. I won’t share any further details atm, but I had to go get bloodwork in the community today.
The phlebotomist saw my arms and immediately realized I’d been through it. Multiple IVs and other pokes. He was so kind, gentle, and patient with me. Quickly, he did a very gentle poke… and I thanked him for using a butterfly needle. He replied, “I can see you’ve been through so much, of course!”
In the lead up to #ALTA2024
we're highlighting excellent talks and papers from previous ALTA events.
This paper, from Vlada Rozova, Jinghui Liu, and Mike Conway at #UniMelb from #ALTA2023, applies #NLP to help solve problems of ambiguity and complexity in #medical#clinical data.
This paper also formed part of the informative #tutorial series at #ALTA2023.
Hey Fedi friends! It's the end of the month again which means it's time for a new mutual aid request. (This ended up being a little longer than I expected but bare with me! CashApp & PayPal links at the end! :floof_Heart:)
To try and keep this short and since many of the folks who have known me or seen me around the Fediverse know or have an idea of what the current situation is like.
I'm a minor with no source of income outside of coding which does not bring nearly enough in for me to even buy lunch most months so I have to resort to mutual aids or theft (Which got me in a lot of legal trouble, but fuck the corporates.). I need at least enough fundings to support me (Age 16, turning 17 this year) and my younger sibling (age 15).
I am a high school student living in a crappy situation with divorced parents. Where one house, the main house, I am refused basic needs such as, but not limited to, food, water, hygiene, clothing, proper medical care, etc. While the other house, my mothers, is a hoarder mess with little to no food, and when there is non expired food that has not been gotten into by animals, months, mold, maggots, etc, it is often times one of the following: Chocolate, cookies, Twinkies, hostess foods, etc. My mother hoards much more than just garbage but indeed, animals also. (With over 70 animals in the house and dogs who are not potty trained along with more animals, outside of the house).
Neither houses include proper medical care. I have a chronic skin disease that causes me severe pain and if it gets bad enough, it becomes an open wound that tunnels often times on my chest or on my legs. My parents do not supply the proper medications I need for these, and when asked or mentioned needing the medications, I get told "Get a job". (Which I am also not allowed to have.)
I'm constantly at risk of being kicked out of the house at any time without warning, a couple of months ago I was locked out of the house in regards to being trans and using my chosen name tho thankfully this was after a school play and I had a safe place at the time.
CPS does not listen. The cops do not listen. I cannot speak up about any of these issues even to trusted adults as this causes more issues at home and gets CPS involved.
Cost breakdowns for the month! Any extra fundings will be put towards getting my parrot a new urn (His last one unfortunately broke).
MEDICATIONS: $50 (4x meds for chronic disease (3 prescription + 1 one reg), anxiety/insomnia meds, pain killers)
CAT FOOD: $20
TOTAL: $500
NOT URGENT BUT STILL NEEDED: I will be doing commissions in regards to funding for this stuff, it might take a little bit but I'll do it o7
URN REPLACEMENT: $160 (I know this is expensive but it was the cheapest urn I could find that was made with a decent quality that would work better for traveling with him, as this bird means a lot to me, even in death. If you've known or seen me around within my past year and a half ish on Fedi you'd know how much my beloved Leo was worth to me<3)
(We attempted to fix the urn but it didn't work very well as it proceeded to keep breaking and at this point it's cheaper just to replace it)
LAPTOP FIX: $20
(Keyboard had an incident where one of the keys broke and need to be replaced, this was a rough estimate on the price it should cost from a friend. - The laptop doesn't have a warranty 😹 but I need this for personal use + school + studies)
Dave Myeh suffered from debilitating, chronic back pain that led to sciatica in his right leg and extreme pain in his lower back.
He went to London Health Sciences Centre and became the first patient in Canada to receive a surgery called a direct lateral spine surgery, using the #MazorX#Spinal#Robot.
Earlier this month, the #Canadian#Medical Association Journal published a study that said nationally, the annual number of #opioid#overdose deaths doubled between 2019 to 2021. Dr. #GaborMaté, an #addiction expert, says the link between addiction and #trauma is a #ScientificFact. With that in mind, he says ‘it is not accidental’ that #Indigenous populations in #Canada are at a #HigherRisk of developing addictions.
The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.
The program was announced shortly after #COVID19 shots first became available to the public, and provides financial compensation to people who were adversely affected by #Health#Canada approved vaccines.
US Sol Gen #Prelogar, who argued on behalf of the #Biden admin: "the situation on the ground in #Idaho is showing the devastating consequences" of the conflict between #EMTALA & Idaho's #AbortionBan.
"One #hospital system in Idaho says that right now it's having to transfer #pregnant#women in #medical#crisis out of the state about once every other week. That's untenable & EMTALA does not countenance it."
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Hang on -- so Thames Water in the UK hasn't done necessary maintenance to prevent sewage spills into rivers and the ocean. Now, after so much public backlash about their environmental damage, they plan to do that work, and then RAISE the customers' bills by 40-44% to recoup the costs???
FWIW, for anyone curious.. yes the Shingrix (Shingles) vaccine hurts and makes your arm feel like you got kicked by a mule, or 2 or 3. It feels similar to tetanus.
In stark contrast I got another shot in my left arm and… nothing lol.
Medical debt is crushing for many families. Some relief has come with a wave of debt buyouts by county and city governments, charities and even fast-food restaurants that pay pennies on the dollar to clear enormous balances. But these buyouts are only a partial solution, and point to the need for the overall cost of health care to drop. Overall, Americans spend more on health care than people in other wealthy countries do: https://theconversation.com/buyouts-can-bring-relief-from-medical-debt-but-theyre-far-from-a-cure-222247 #health#medical#debt#unitedstates
A #Houston#hospital is investigating whether a #doctor altered a #transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new #organs.
#MemorialHermann-Texas Med Ctr in #Houston, where Bynon oversaw both liver & kidney #transplant prgs, abruptly shut those down in the past wk while looking into allegations.
Thurs, the #medical ctr, a UTexas teaching #hospital, said it had found evidence a #doctor in its liver transplant prg had effectively denied patients transplants by changing recs. Ofcls ID’d the dr as Bynon, who is employed by U #Texas#Health#Science Ctr & has lead Mem Hermann’s abdominal transplant prg since 2011.
Please understand that it takes A LOT of personal work, from us #polio survivors who now live with PPS. #PPS is a long recognized #illness. Yet, many of us who suffer from it, find it difficult to get knowledgeable medical help to manage it well.
If you have #LongCovid, I have bad news for you. You're gonna have to adapt/manage best you can because govt & #medical ppl won't help you much. Both of those entities knew about PPS for decades, yet ppl like me still have to fight to get help.
Woke up to a request from my long term disability company to fill out an incredibly invasive questionnaire and basically sign over my rights to personal privacy.
Canada needs to look at the overreach of these companies. They prey on the disabled.
I’ve been receiving benefits for 3+ years and I think this is my last straw. I’m not filling that out. I’ll lose half my monthly income.
I guess I’ll need help filling the gaps somehow… ugh.
I'm sharing this because it's crucial for people to understand the harsh realities faced by individuals with disabilities. The process of getting and keeping benefits and achieving stability is incredibly challenging and often stigmatized. Even those of us who have managed to obtain benefits find them woefully insufficient.
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