It is so hard to find time for your own #health (including #mentalhealth) when caring for someone who has #Alzheimers disease or another form of #dementia. But it is essential for quality #caregiving.

Man becomes first in New York to be cured of sickle cell

https://www.13abc.com/2025/03/14/man-becomes-first-new-york-be-cured-sickle-cell/

> A 21-year-old man has become the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia.

https://www.europesays.com/1917706/ The economy, healthcare, and tax cuts #america #AveryFrix #ElonMusk #Entertainment #health #Oklahoma #Senate #sports #SuzanneSchreiber #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

As Sally Gainsbury (Nuffield Trust) says at the heart of the budget part of the NHS crisis is a simple fact:

'While technological advance elsewhere tends to reduce costs, in healthcare it increases them by expanding what treatments are possible. As a consequence, it also expands what the public expects to receive.... [And so] healthcare consumption tends to grow at more than twice the rate of population growth'.

Managing that is, of course, the political challenge

#Health #politics
h/t FT

My dad showed me a picture of his buddy the alternative health practitioner. When he suffered a stroke some years back, his wife the intuitive distance healer didn't call an ambulance. She called an osteopath. So the poor old man didn't get the swift treatment that saves many stroke patients from severe disablement nowadays. Alternative medicine may not mostly be damaging in itself, but it costs money and it keeps people from getting evidence-based care.

#wellness #wellbeing @health #health #memes #images

Oklahoma health officials warn of two more possible measles cases https://www.byteseu.com/832639/ #case #day #DepartmentOfficial #exposure #feb #FluLikeSymptom #Health #individual #koco #NewsRelease #official #Oklahoma #P.M. #PotentialExposureLocation #PublicSetting

The year is 2025. I'm trying to convince someone of germ theory. No, you did not get COVID from the rain. You got COVID from a virus.

Scientists led by a team from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have found a "strong link" between Western-style diets and neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The researchers' analysis also "identifies specific nutrients and foods that could serve as the foundation for improved dietary guidelines and preventative strategies," says food scientist David Horner. Read more at @ScienceAlert:

https://flip.it/94b4US

The Atlantic recently published a feature about the loneliness epidemic that many Americans have fallen victim to — by our own doing in many cases. But what if there was a way back in to a healthier social life, one where the phone takes a back seat to meaningful friendships and experiences? There may be, Blair Braverman writes, in “Can Outdoor Friendships Solve the Loneliness Epidemic?” for @outside:

https://flip.it/Xyc53r

#wellness #wellbeing #health @health #memes #images

Scientists pinpoint the amount of weekly wine that’s GOOD for you – and could even ward off heart attacks https://www.diningandcooking.com/1956515/scientists-pinpoint-the-amount-of-weekly-wine-thats-good-for-you-and-could-even-ward-off-heart-attacks/ #dailymail #health #Mediterranean #MediterraneanWine #Wine

#health #livehealthy #memes @wellness @infogfx #images #photos #infogfx

#health #memes @wellness #images #photos #livehealthy @infogfx #infogfx

New tinnitus treatment emerges from blocking back-channels in the ear

https://newatlas.com/biology/tinnitus-treatment-blocking-back-channels-ear/

I keep thinking the list of businesses with measles exposures in Oklahoma is some kind of harbinger of how bad this measles outbreak is going to be in the US, given antivax sentiment. It's like the who's who of mainstream US suburban retail shops.

Walmart, Kohl's, Sam's Club, Lowe's, Sprouts, Aldi

https://oklahoma.gov/health/news---events/newsroom/2025/osdh-reports-additional-measles-cases.html