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#womens-health
Women
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Menopause is having a "moment"

Menopause is becoming less taboo, but significant gaps in research, education, and affordability remain.
Celebrity advocacy is helping to normalize discussions about menopause and increase women's access to resources.
Women
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Menopause is having a "moment"

Menopause is becoming less taboo, but significant gaps in research, education, and affordability remain.
Celebrity advocacy is helping to normalize discussions about menopause and increase women's access to resources.
fromBKReader
2 days ago

New City Initiative Strengthens LGBTQ+ Health Care in Brooklyn

Local groups serving transgender and LGBTQ+ New Yorkers will receive funding to support staff salaries, enabling health advocacy and education to become a lasting part of their mission.
Brooklyn
#medicaid
Healthcare
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

These are the Americans who could be most affected by the GOP's planned changes to Medicaid

Proposed Medicaid funding cuts could severely impact children, low-income millennials, and residents of certain states, reducing their access to essential healthcare services.
Retirement
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Living Holders of Millions of Social Security Numbers Have Been Marked as Dead

Increased cases of living individuals wrongly marked as deceased by Social Security pose significant challenges to their financial stability.
Healthcare
fromKqed
1 month ago

Medicaid Work Rules Could Leave a Million Californians With No Health Insurance | KQED

Proposed Medicaid work requirements may jeopardize access to healthcare for certain low-income adults, raising concerns about community welfare.
Alternative transportation
fromStreetsblog
1 month ago

Talking Headways Podcast: When You Don't Really Need an Ambulance - Streetsblog USA

Non-emergency medical transportation funded by Medicaid is vital for ensuring healthcare access and can impact overall health outcomes.
Healthcare
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

These are the Americans who could be most affected by the GOP's planned changes to Medicaid

Proposed Medicaid funding cuts could severely impact children, low-income millennials, and residents of certain states, reducing their access to essential healthcare services.
Retirement
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Living Holders of Millions of Social Security Numbers Have Been Marked as Dead

Increased cases of living individuals wrongly marked as deceased by Social Security pose significant challenges to their financial stability.
Healthcare
fromKqed
1 month ago

Medicaid Work Rules Could Leave a Million Californians With No Health Insurance | KQED

Proposed Medicaid work requirements may jeopardize access to healthcare for certain low-income adults, raising concerns about community welfare.
Alternative transportation
fromStreetsblog
1 month ago

Talking Headways Podcast: When You Don't Really Need an Ambulance - Streetsblog USA

Non-emergency medical transportation funded by Medicaid is vital for ensuring healthcare access and can impact overall health outcomes.
#medi-cal
Healthcare
fromFast Company
1 month ago

In California, Gavin Newsom championed this innovative healthcare-now, under pressure from Trump, he wants to cut it

Gov. Newsom proposes rolling back Medi-Cal access for undocumented immigrants due to budget deficits, which may lead to dire health consequences for many Californians.
Healthcare
fromFast Company
1 month ago

In California, Gavin Newsom championed this innovative healthcare-now, under pressure from Trump, he wants to cut it

Gov. Newsom proposes rolling back Medi-Cal access for undocumented immigrants due to budget deficits, which may lead to dire health consequences for many Californians.
#hospital-closures
Healthcare
fromkffhealthnews.org
1 month ago

Rural patients face tough choices when their hospitals stop delivering babies

Rural hospital closures are forcing expectant mothers to travel long distances for prenatal care and deliveries, raising health risks and emotional stress.
Healthcare
fromkffhealthnews.org
1 month ago

Rural patients face tough choices when their hospitals stop delivering babies

Rural hospital closures are forcing expectant mothers to travel long distances for prenatal care and deliveries, raising health risks and emotional stress.
#mental-health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

COLA: One Reason for a Dearth of Mental Health Therapists

Mental health care challenges persist, impacting both providers and patients significantly five years post the swell of provider caseloads.
Despite legislative progress, mental health clinicians face fair compensation issues affecting patient care access.
SF LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

New survey reveals crucial role of family support in transgender health and wellbeing

Family support is critical for the well-being of transgender individuals.
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Psychology

Revealed: Counties with longest waiting lists as children in need of psychologist or speech and language therapist face postcode lottery

Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

COLA: One Reason for a Dearth of Mental Health Therapists

Mental health care challenges persist, impacting both providers and patients significantly five years post the swell of provider caseloads.
Despite legislative progress, mental health clinicians face fair compensation issues affecting patient care access.
SF LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

New survey reveals crucial role of family support in transgender health and wellbeing

Family support is critical for the well-being of transgender individuals.
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Psychology

Revealed: Counties with longest waiting lists as children in need of psychologist or speech and language therapist face postcode lottery

fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Editorial | Big Beautiful' pain | amNewYork

The Big Beautiful Bill includes $1 trillion in Medicaid funding cuts over the next decade, risking 1.5 million New Yorkers losing their health care coverage.
New York City
#abortion-rights
Law
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Another Attempt at Banning Abortion Pills Is Coming Out of Texas. The Reasoning Is Truly Twisted.

Texas anti-abortion activists blame abortion pills for harms endured by women rather than acknowledging the impact of strict abortion laws.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Another Attempt at Banning Abortion Pills Is Coming Out of Texas. The Reasoning Is Truly Twisted.

Texas anti-abortion activists blame abortion pills for harms endured by women rather than acknowledging the impact of strict abortion laws.
#immigration
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Concerns over conditions in U.S. immigration detention: 'We're hearing the word starving'

The Krome Detention Center struggles with overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and inhumane conditions.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

After outcry, 4-year-old girl can stay in U.S. for lifesaving care

Families face immense emotional pressure when dealing with immigration status linked to medical needs.
Humanitarian parole plays a crucial role in healthcare access for vulnerable populations.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Concerns over conditions in U.S. immigration detention: 'We're hearing the word starving'

The Krome Detention Center struggles with overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and inhumane conditions.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

After outcry, 4-year-old girl can stay in U.S. for lifesaving care

Families face immense emotional pressure when dealing with immigration status linked to medical needs.
Humanitarian parole plays a crucial role in healthcare access for vulnerable populations.
#public-health
#trump-administration
Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

How Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' threatens access to Obamacare

The future of health coverage under the ACA is uncertain due to proposed legislative changes.
Changes could lead to reduced access and affordability of health care for millions.
Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

How Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' threatens access to Obamacare

The future of health coverage under the ACA is uncertain due to proposed legislative changes.
Changes could lead to reduced access and affordability of health care for millions.
fromThe Local France
1 week ago

MAP: Will your part of France be a priority for more doctors?

Yannick Neuder stated, 'With this map, which identifies 151 priority inter-communities for access to healthcare, we're not solving medical deserts, since they affect 87 percent of the country, but it’s a first step that will benefit around two million patients.'
Healthcare
#advocacy
#gender-affirming-care
fromsfist.com
1 week ago
NYC parents

Stanford Medicine Announces 'Pause' In Providing Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Trans Youth

fromsfist.com
1 week ago
NYC parents

Stanford Medicine Announces 'Pause' In Providing Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Trans Youth

#lgbtq
SF LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as court blocks Trump order

Judge blocks Trump's executive order denying gender-affirming care to transgender inmates in federal prisons, allowing access to necessary treatments.
SF LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as court blocks Trump order

Judge blocks Trump's executive order denying gender-affirming care to transgender inmates in federal prisons, allowing access to necessary treatments.
#reproductive-rights
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Op-ed | Expanding birth control access in New York | amNewYork

Reproductive freedom and access to contraceptives are increasingly threatened across the U.S., with specific barriers evident in New York.
fromJezebel
1 week ago
Alternative medicine

How a $5 Pack of Abortion Pills in Ethiopia Sparked a Movement to 'Demedicalize' Access in the U.S.

NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Op-ed | Expanding birth control access in New York | amNewYork

Reproductive freedom and access to contraceptives are increasingly threatened across the U.S., with specific barriers evident in New York.
fromJezebel
1 week ago
Alternative medicine

How a $5 Pack of Abortion Pills in Ethiopia Sparked a Movement to 'Demedicalize' Access in the U.S.

#community-health
#patient-privacy
fromSFGATE
2 weeks ago

'They are not going to come back': The dark reality of SF's pharmacy crisis

Rabideau has to take multiple buses to get to his nearest Walgreens on Point Lobes and 42nd avenues, which has gotten increasingly busier as it picks up the slack from shuttered businesses.
San Francisco
#hivaids
NYC parents
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

An AIDS orphan, a pastor and his frantic search for the meds that keep her alive

Pastor Billy's urgent search for medication for HIV-positive Diana highlights the challenges of healthcare access in Zambia.
NYC parents
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

An AIDS orphan, a pastor and his frantic search for the meds that keep her alive

Pastor Billy's urgent search for medication for HIV-positive Diana highlights the challenges of healthcare access in Zambia.
#obesity
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Weight loss pills could help tackle obesity in poorer countries, experts say

New oral weight loss medications could significantly improve obesity and diabetes management in low- and middle-income countries.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago
Wearables

Eli Lilly is making it cheaper and easier to buy high-doses of blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound

Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Weight loss pills could help tackle obesity in poorer countries, experts say

New oral weight loss medications could significantly improve obesity and diabetes management in low- and middle-income countries.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago
Wearables

Eli Lilly is making it cheaper and easier to buy high-doses of blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound

fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Ontario's fertility funding boost extends 'needed' support to prospective parents | CBC News

Baden noted that the influx of government-funded support is crucial, particularly the introduction of a tax credit to alleviate some of the financial burden of infertility treatments.
Canada news
#disability-rights
#patient-care
#lgbtq-rights
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court will decide cases on book censorship, health care access

Supreme Court cases involve book censorship and healthcare access affecting LGBTQ+ rights.
fromBustle
1 month ago
NYC LGBT

Olivia Rodrigo, Pedro Pascal, & More Say "I'm For Planned Parenthood"

A full-page New York Times ad highlights celebrity support for Planned Parenthood, emphasizing its critical role in reproductive health care access.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court will decide cases on book censorship, health care access

Supreme Court cases involve book censorship and healthcare access affecting LGBTQ+ rights.
#lgbtq-support
NYC LGBT
fromDocumented
3 weeks ago

Your Guide to Gender-Affirming Care As An LGBTQ+ Immigrant in NYC - Documented

NYC provides comprehensive support and healthcare for transgender and nonbinary individuals, regardless of immigration status.
NYC LGBT
fromDocumented
3 weeks ago

Your Guide to Gender-Affirming Care As An LGBTQ+ Immigrant in NYC - Documented

NYC provides comprehensive support and healthcare for transgender and nonbinary individuals, regardless of immigration status.
Artificial intelligence
fromHackernoon
1 month ago

AI in the Battle Against Health Disparities | HackerNoon

Healthcare disparities are significant and lead to avoidable mortality and costs, affecting entire communities.
Artificial intelligence may provide solutions to address complex health inequities.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

The best state to age in place is not where you think

In analyzing factors like social isolation, housing costs, and home health care, the report identifies Utah as the best state for seniors to age in place.
California
Psychology
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Revealed: Counties with longest waiting lists as children in need of psychologist or speech and language therapist face postcode lottery

The waitlist for psychology treatment for children has increased significantly, affecting timely access to care.
NYC parents
fromDocumented
1 month ago

What to Do If You Can't Pay Your Medical Bill in NYC - Documented

New Yorkers have the right to affordable healthcare regardless of immigration status, including access to Charity Care for financial assistance.
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

What you can and cannot do as a non-resident in France

Simply owning property in France does not provide additional rights; residency grants access to services like healthcare, long-term stays, and essential legal protections.
France politics
Cannabis
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

The UK's Cannabis Paradox: Leading Global Exports Amid Domestic Restrictions

UK is the largest producer and exporter of medical cannabis yet access remains limited for domestic users.
#gaza
Health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A grim lottery: as Israel bombs hospitals, some Gaza children are granted rare exit permits

The evacuation from Gaza illustrates the dire medical crisis and urgent need for treatment outside war-torn regions.
fromBKReader
1 month ago

Hakeem Jeffries Slams GOP Budget Proposal as 'Tax Scam' That Will 'Hurt Veterans, Seniors, and Children'

House Democrats will continue to strongly oppose the GOP tax scam, where Republicans are trying to jam this big, ugly bill down the throats of the American people.
Brooklyn
#pregnancy
fromsilive
1 month ago
NYC parents

Pregnant with leukemia: Staten Island mom shares story of frightening diagnosis

fromsilive
1 month ago
NYC parents

Pregnant with leukemia: Staten Island mom shares story of frightening diagnosis

#medical-education
Venture
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

David Paton pioneered global eye care through Project Orbis, a unique flying hospital initiative.
Venture
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

David Paton pioneered global eye care through Project Orbis, a unique flying hospital initiative.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
1 month ago

City's public hospital system launches dermatology services at Gotham Health-Broadway

A new dermatology service launched in Brooklyn addresses demand for accessible skin care, including cancer screenings and cosmetic procedures.
Right-wing politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions?

Ayana chose to have an abortion due to personal and economic pressures, understanding her limits as a mother of three.
Her experience reflects wider societal challenges surrounding access to abortion and the political debates fueling division.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Why this U.S. ambassador cried at a press conference and is being called a hero

U.S. ambassador cuts $50 million aid to Zambia due to the theft of medical supplies intended for the impoverished.
#transgender-rights
SF LGBT
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Living on $270 monthly: How a millennial trans woman crowdfunds to pay her bills

Stephanie Todd, a disabled transgender woman in Idaho, relies on crowdfunding for medical expenses due to healthcare barriers.
SF LGBT
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Living on $270 monthly: How a millennial trans woman crowdfunds to pay her bills

Stephanie Todd, a disabled transgender woman in Idaho, relies on crowdfunding for medical expenses due to healthcare barriers.
#death-with-dignity
Boston real estate
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Warren questions Walgreens sale, warns of potential impact on healthcare access

Sen. Warren warns that Sycamore's acquisition of Walgreens could negatively impact healthcare access in Massachusetts.
fromwww.romfordrecorder.co.uk
2 months ago

East London Superloop should stop in Hornchurch and not Elm Park, TfL told

Healthwatch Havering urged Transport for London to revise the SL12 Superloop route, suggesting it should include a stop in Hornchurch to benefit healthcare access for nearby residents.
London politics
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