30 posts tagged ‘health medical pharma’
After a Hospital Refused Her Emergency Abortion Care, Biden Admin Rejected Her Complaint
Jezebel,
In March, Jaci Statton, a 25-year-old mother of three in Oklahoma, says she was turned away by a hospital despite suffering from a nonviable, molar pregnancy. Molar pregnancies occur when an embryo has too many chromosomes and can result in developing tissue becoming cancerous. Statton’s emergency room doctor told her… Read more...
Ozempic, Wellbutrin, and Hundreds of Other Drugs Just Got More Expensive
Gizmodo,
Another year, another round of inscrutable price increases for many prescription drugs. Over 700 medicines are seeing their list prices shoot up this January, according to an analysis by the organization 46brooklyn Research. The average price increase is slightly below the trend of recent years, but includes popular… Read more...
Philly's Measles Outbreak Is Getting Worse
An outbreak of measles in Philadelphia is growing larger. This week, health officials announced a newly discovered case of the highly contagious viral disease in the area—the ninth reported to date. Many of these cases, including the latest one, have been traced back to a single day care center, and most if not all… Read more...
Peter Capaldi says he's his favorite Doctor
AV Club,
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Doctors Say Patients Are Scared to Ask Basic Pregnancy Questions in Chilling Senate Briefing
On Wednesday, Democratic senators hosted a briefing featuring testimony from two abortion providers and feminist author Jessica Valenti about the lived toll of abortion bans nearly 1.5 years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—and just before the 51st anniversary of Roe next week. At one point, Sen.… Read more...
Miscarriages in Gaza Have Increased 300% Under Israeli Bombing
At Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah, a woman identified by Doctors Without Borders as Maha sought a delivery room as she began going into labor, but was denied: “All the delivery rooms were full,” an emergency coordinator working with the humanitarian group recounted in a news release published Wednesday. Maha “knew… Read more...
Wegovy, Ozempic Seem to Be Less Dangerous Than Feared, FDA Says
A popular class of weight loss and diabetes drugs looks to be safer than feared, at least so far. This week, the Food and Drug Administration announced it hasn’t found compelling evidence that Wegovy, Ozempic, and other GLP-1 drugs can cause suicidal thoughts or behaviors—a concern that first emerged last year. The… Read more...
I Actually Think Melania Should Let Trump Eat Cake
There are apparently rumblings that former President Trump has recently lost weight, though if that’s the case, I haven’t clocked it. (Then again, I don’t spend a lot of time ogling our former commander-in-chief—I actually try to spend as little time looking at his body as possible!) And, because it’s 2024, with those… Read more...