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Mashup Score: 1Readers and Tweeters See Ways to Shore Up Primary Care - 1 year(s) ago
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Mashup Score: 1In Older Adults, a Little Excess Weight Isn’t Such a Bad Thing - 1 year(s) ago
Researchers have found that while obesity at any age risks harming health, a few extra pounds in later life isn’t cause for concern.
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NEW: Is carrying some extra weight beneficial for older adults? Yes, sometimes, experts say. But not if it pushes you into the moderately obese range. 📝: @judith_graham https://t.co/7278OHtgAW
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Mashup Score: 1Idaho Drops Panel Investigating Pregnancy-Related Deaths as US Maternal Mortality Surges - 1 year(s) ago
Amid a years-long rise in maternal mortality rates in the United States, Idaho lawmakers decided to disband a committee created to investigate pregnancy-related deaths.
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Idaho lawmakers’ decision to end the panel that reviews pregnancy-related deaths is “incredibly disappointing,” said the director of a group representing family doctors in the state. 📝: @NatalieSchachar https://t.co/OsSOJtF5j2
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Mashup Score: 1How a Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning - 1 year(s) ago
Even as the covid-19 pandemic wanes, litigation — whether about vaccines, masks, or a range of other public health policies made during the pandemic — isn’t about to end.
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For public health advocates, waves of lawsuits have a double threat: that they’ll win, and that they’ll gain media attention. 📝: @dariustahir https://t.co/VdAplGCNEV
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Mashup Score: 1With More People Giving Birth at Home, Montana Passed a Pair of Laws to Make It Easier - 1 year(s) ago
The state now requires Medicaid to cover midwife services and has expanded the list of prescription drugs midwives can administer.
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The moves to increase access to home births come as state lawmakers also passed new abortion restrictions. 📝: @keelyinezlarson https://t.co/zwxhpvmOll
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Mashup Score: 3What You Need to Know About the Drug Price Fight in Those TV Ads - 1 year(s) ago
At least nine bills introduced in Congress take aim at pharmacy benefit managers, the powerful middlemen that channel prescription drugs to patients.
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Who’s the smarmiest of them all? Big Pharma and middlemen throw shade as Congress tries to sort out drug prices. 📝: @ArthurAllen202 https://t.co/k2Eou2RjHg
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As three years of pandemic stress accelerated an ongoing nationwide mental health crisis, peer respite programs diverted patients from overburdened emergency rooms, psychiatric institutions, and be…
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“There was a lot of chaos. A lot of family fights broke out. That’s when I took off — packed a bag and left for respite,” said a patient who has used a peer respite program to avoid a mental health crisis. 📝: Cheryl Platzman Weinstock https://t.co/VtacKsbbOx
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It has been over a decade since whole milk was served in schools through the National School Lunch Program, after U.S. government dietary guidance effectively banned it. But dairy farmers, some hea…
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“I feel like milk is getting all the blame for childhood obesity while they are getting so much fat and sugar from other places.” @philgalewitz take readers inside the renewed push for whole milk in schools. https://t.co/lpg9ZPNsvG
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Distrust of public health authorities, who say drinking raw milk is dangerous, fuels demand for unpasteurized milk products, leaders on both sides of the issue say.
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To comply with some state laws, producers label raw milk as being for pets. “There’s no law against eating pet food.” 📝: @tonyleys https://t.co/ElNrJA7UWh
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Mashup Score: 3How a Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning - 1 year(s) ago
Even as the covid-19 pandemic wanes, litigation — whether about vaccines, masks, or a range of other public health policies made during the pandemic — isn’t about to end.
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A recent conference for covid litigators has public health advocates nervous: They think a wave of lawsuits might mean courtroom victories, and media attention. 📝: @dariustahir https://t.co/VdAplGCNEV
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NEW: Readers and tweeters see ways to shore up primary care. Curated by @terryism. https://t.co/mQx1BSaynn