https://www.europesays.com/uk/22478/ Growing list of genetic disorders set to become treatable at, or before, birth Labmate Online #care #conditions #Disorders #Genetic #Genetics #improve #medical #ndash #patients #prenatal #Science #treatable #UK #UnitedKingdom
CT primary physicians stand for science healthcare https://www.byteseu.com/896859/ #CDC #connecticut #ct #doctors #EPA #FDA #FreedomFromWantAndFreedomFromFear #FreedomOfReligion #FreedomOfSpeech #Health #HealthCare #HeartDisease #Medicaid #Medicare #NIH #patients #Science #stroke #trump #Vaccines #VeteransAdministration #VOTE
A Trend I May Not Like
A few years ago, a very good primary care physician who I had been seeing for decades joined a national chain of medical providers called Village Medical. I have not noticed a drop off in the quality of services. But, there is a less personal feel than what I experienced with private practitioners for most of my life and I am a bit worried about the more distant future of medicine.
This morning, I received an email announcing my dentist is making the same move, joining a national group called High Point Dentistry. The email is written to reassure me: “So what’s changing? Just the name. We’re gaining added support, resources, and dental specialists that will allow us to enhance your experience.” The online ratings of other branches around the country are great. But, I don’t entirely trust online ratings.
Does this amount to a growing capitalist takeover of medicine by the U.S. corporate world? Will the future be more like “trickle down” medicine? Is less administrative work, reduced malpractice risk, or something else the incentive for physicians to join these chains rather than remaining independent? Even if the medical services are okay for now, I worry that may not remain the case after big business has captured a sizable majority of practices and decides to focus more on profit and less on patient care.
B.C. specialist calls for change as his clinic faces backlog of 700 cases
Dr. Paul Winston is a physiatrist, specializing in rehabilitating patients with neurological disorders such as spinal injuries and strokes.
#medicine #health #clinic #patients #BC #Politics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116133/bc-specialist-clinic-faces-backlog-700-cases/
#Trump layoffs begin to erode #FDA drug review system
The Trump admin's #MassFirings at the FDA have removed employees critical to reviewing new #medicines, setting back years of effort to bring promising #treatments to #patients more quickly.
The FDA is slated to lose 3,500 employees under Secy of #HHS #RFKJr's massive *restructuring* of US #health agencies….
#NIH #CDC #FDA #PublicHealth #ConspiracyTheories #science #medicine #research #disease #ethics #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-layoffs-begin-erode-fda-drug-review-system-2025-04-04/
Thinking today about all my #patients who tell me they can’t take even one day off work after they’re diagnosed with #cancer
Reflecting on how often the treatment plan has to accommodate the patient’s need to continue to work (in the U.S.)
And this was before the intentional #dismantling of the minimal services available to help
Worried about what’s to come
What happens when someone with a background in science studies and an interest in patient experience has to stay in hospital?
Some passing thoughts on illness as a boundary object following my recent stay in hospital with a broken leg.
(seemed a good way to revive my blog)
#healthCare #hospitals #ScienceStudies #Patients #STS #scicomm #sciencecommunication
https://literacyofthepresent.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/illness-as-boundary-object/.
#Florida Seeks Drug #Prescription Data With Names of #Patients and #Doctors
Federal #privacy law allows #pharmacy benefit managers to hand over limited data about individual patients in certain circumstances, but Florida’s demand for extensive information on patients and doctors could violate that law, according to experts.
#hipaa
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/health/florida-prescriptions-patient-privacy-data.html
skinbetter science® Launches BioRewind Skin Health Dietary Supplement to Combat Skin Glycation https://www.byteseu.com/795472/ #AdvancedGlycationEndproducts #AmericanAcademyOfDermatologyMeeting #CollagenAndElastin #DietarySupplement #JonahShacknai #patients #Science #SkinAging #SkinHealth #SkinQuality #SkinbetterScience #SkincareSolutions
_The Evening Post_, 27 February 1925:
LOCAL AND GENERAL…
A #Wellington periodical recently published #photographs showing a number of infantile paralysis #patients who are under treatment at the Wellington Hospital. At yesterday’s meeting of the Hospital Board, exception to the photographs being published was taken by Mr. C. H. Chapman, who wanted to know who gave permission for the photographs to be taken. He voiced his strong disapproval of such photographs being permitted to be taken, and said he hoped that whoever had taken them would never be permitted to do so again. The chairman (Mr. F. Castle) said as far as he knew no member of the board gave authority. Mr. C. M. Luke stated that his committee intended to bring up the matter at its next meeting.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250227.2.45
To be clear, I affirmed that yes, #pharmacies should be focused on the #clinical not the #political, but I also pointed out that if political decisions result in shortages or removals of #medications, then no one will be providing clinical support to #patients, because necessary treatments won't exist.
6/x
#Health #Insurers Deny 850 Million #Claims a Year. The Few Who Appeal Often Win. #Patients who contest denials face a daunting process, but many are successful. ‘This appeal saved my life.’ #medical #care #healthcare #insurance #denials #medicine #life #threatening #illness https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/health-insurance-denials-fight-back-70a1328e?st=H85QEB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
#NIH Funding Cuts Would Hobble #US #Medical #Research, Insider Says
“Laboratories would literally go dark,” says a medical research insider, if #Trump administration cuts to NIH funding go through. #Patients will suffer from lost medical advances, he tells #ScientificAmerican
#law #science #medicine #PublicHealth #academia #progress #USpol
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nih-funding-cuts-would-hobble-u-s-medical-research-insider-says/
When #companies focus on #investors rather than #patients or #customers this is normally the outcome. I have seen this shift personally and from the inside of a once great company. Fortunately that was not in the #healthcare sector.
Kenora and Sioux Lookout are getting MRI suites. Here's why that's a big deal in northwestern Ontario
Health-care professionals in northwestern Ontario say the expansion of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services in the region will be a game changer for patients, especially those who spend hours travelling from remote communities for car...
#health #technology #travel #patients #Kenora #SiouxLookout
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mri-services-kenora-sioux-lookout-1.7450093?cmp=rss
