Smart #toilets could leak your #medical #data, warn #security experts
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2390113-smart-toilets-could-leak-your-medical-data-warn-security-experts/?amp;utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news

tested for a bunch of #allergies today and I came back positive on a few.

What am I most #allergic to? I'm so glad you asked!

Cockroaches!

I didn't know that was a common allergen, did you?

#health #medical

The GOP is losing doctors — and maybe swing states.

Move to a swing state like Pennsylvania!

#MoveToASwingState #PackSwingStates #Pennsylvania #medical #healthcare #Democract #ElectoralCollege #democracy #SaveDemocracy #SwingStates

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-weekend/2023/09/08/gop-science-doctors-swing-states-00114578

Oh and #the #medical #info in this show ?
#Astounding !

How long does a #tonsillectomy feel like you’re swallowing broken glass with salt, on the verge of brain freeze, every time you take a sip of water?
Like, is this normal?
It’s been just over a week; I knew it would get worse, but like, each day has continually gotten worse than before - I presumed it would start to get better by now. Even Codeine doesn’t help now.

I would go to a doctor, but moving country in 2 weeks, no appointment before then sadly.

#help #question #medical #mastodon #doctor

Oh Look-- Supposedly Things Could Get Better For Us Disabled People

We will see ...

Excerpt:

"The proposed update to the #HHS Section 504 regulations clarifies obligations in several crucial areas that are not explicitly addressed in the current rule and improves consistency with legislative developments since the current regulations were issued. OCR has put together a detailed factsheet, and OCR and ACL will jointly host a webinar for stakeholders on the proposed rule on September 11 at 1:00 PM ET (register here).

Several highlights of the new areas in the proposed rule include:

#Discrimination in medical treatment:

Ensures that medical treatment decisions are not based on biases or stereotypes about people with disabilities, judgments that an individual will be a burden on others, or beliefs that the life of an individual with a disability has less value than the life of a person without a disability. These include, for example, decisions about life-sustaining treatment, organ transplantation, rationing care in emergencies, and other vital #medical decisions.

#Accessibility of medical equipment:

Adopts the U.S. Access Board’s accessibility standards for medical equipment to address barriers like exam tables that are inaccessible because they are not height-adjustable, weight scales that cannot accommodate people who use wheelchairs, and mammogram machines that require an individual to stand to use them. The rule would require most doctor’s offices to have an accessible exam table and weight-scale within two years.

Web, mobile app, and kiosk accessibility:

Adopts the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA accessibility standards for websites and mobile applications. It also requires self-service kiosks to be accessible. These provisions are particularly important given the increased use of websites, apps, telehealth, video platforms, and self-service kiosks to access health care.
Child welfare programs and activities: Clarifies requirements in HHS-funded child welfare programs and activities to help eliminate discriminatory barriers faced by children, parents, caregivers, foster parents, and prospective parents with disabilities, such using the presence of a disability or an individual’s IQ score alone as a reason for removal of a #child, prohibiting disabled parents from serving as foster parents, or failing to place disabled children who need services in the most integrated settings appropriate to their needs.

#Community integration:

Clarifies obligations to provide services in the most integrated setting appropriate to a person’s needs, consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. This provision has been central to vindicating the right to community living.

Value assessment methods:

To establish whether a particular intervention, such as a medicine or treatment, will be provided and under what circumstances, health care organizations often use a variety of methods to evaluate whether the benefits of the intervention outweigh the costs. These “value assessment methods” are an increasingly significant tool for cost containment and quality improvement efforts, but they may discriminate against people with disabilities when they place a lower value on extending the life of a person with disability. The proposed rule prohibits the discriminatory use of such methods to deny or limit access to aids, benefits, or services."

http://acl.gov/news-and-events/acl-blog/exciting-announcement-hhs-proposes-strengthen-protections-against

>Deadly flesh-eating bacteria: CDC warns people with open wounds to stay out of coastal waters
https://www.fastcompany.com/90950158/flesh-eating-bacteria-cdc-warning-symptoms-water-climate-change

Because what the fuck else can we possibly worry about? Another add to the 2023 Doomsday bingo card.

#disease #health #medical #FYI #PSA #CDC

Federated benchmarking of #medical #artificial #intelligence with MedPerf

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-023-00652-2

My cousin lost the house I grew up in (as did my mom and uncles) because of a medical debt and a hedge fund buying his mortgage and raising it to unaffordable levels. He couldn't refinance because of the medical debt! This needs to stop!

State lawmakers find America’s #medicaldebt problem ‘can no longer be ignored’

By Dan Goldberg, September 7, 2023

"Personal #medical debt has reached startling heights — and state lawmakers are taking notice.

"In the absence of federal consensus and in anticipation of congressional inaction, state legislators have enacted a variety of consumer protections to mitigate or forestall medical debt. Several more bills are being debated in the coming weeks, expected to be signed later this year and taken up when sessions reconvene in 2024.

"The actions — in more than a dozen states — represent a determined, if patchwork, effort to help the roughly 100 million Americans who deal with medical debt, late notices, threatening voicemails and credit score declines. And the bills underscore the difficulty state lawmakers have helping their distressed constituents contend with the ever-increasing costs of health care."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/state-lawmakers-find-america-s-medical-debt-problem-can-no-longer-be-ignored/ar-AA1gnILt?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c1c4011874374a34d5dc0b19de48513c&ei=7

Both of the 18s have been at college for....2 weeks? Not even. 10 days.

One of them has had COVID and just now texted from the ER that they are "totally fine" but "used my epipen" and the nurse will show them how to take an Uber back to campus.

(They also packed an overnight bag to go to the ER, so at least they are thinking. But I'm done with #medical emergencies for a while.)

#parenting

HackRead: IBM Notifies Janssen CarePath Customers of Data Breach https://www.hackread.com/ibm-notifies-janssen-carepath-data-breach/ #Cybersecurity #Vulnerability #CyberAttacks #CyberAttack #databreach #Security #CarePath #security #Medical #IBM

HackRead: IBM Notifies Janssen CarePath Customers of Data Breach https://www.hackread.com/ibm-notifies-janssen-carepath-data-breach/ #Cybersecurity #Vulnerability #CyberAttacks #CyberAttack #databreach #Security #CarePath #security #Medical #IBM

If you’d like this article gifted, please ping me. It’s a good one if you’re approaching older age or you’ll be caring for someone who is.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/opinion/seniors-home-care-aging.html

“The Waltons” was a lovely show but heavily fictionalized; the US isn’t nearly ready for the challenges of our #aging population. (Our extensive and flexible 🥜 peanut gallery, however, will readily shame caregivers with the temerity to ask for help. Don’t let them get to you.)

Good night, Jim-Bob.

#seniors #medical

Oh, dear!

By declaring everyone(98 percent) DIABETIC, and visiting people at the medication institutions, they are basically binding a "long-term customer" for them and their allies.

What a filthy practice.....

#medical #doctors #pathetic #stupid #insane

People don't ever say to me that l should speak more about climate change. Online that's because I more often than not, write about climate change.

Offline, l don't speak to the local village folk about climate change, for the same reasons l don't speak to them anymore about their smoke pollution activities.

That reason isn't good. However, they are generally just unaware of what can kill you and, over time, will only make you weaker.

#AirPollution #psychology #health #medical #knowledge

Anyone use #freed.ai or other #ai tools to complete #medical notes?
Even in the simpler #DPC model, taking notes is distracting while talking to patients and finishing notes later so that they are useful to others is a time consuming chore.
No relationship to freed.ai nor any other software, just hate this task and starting to read good things from colleagues online.

#primarycare #familymedicine
#internalmedicine #pediatrics #directprimarycare

A sign on a cosmetic surgery clinics says:
"If life gives you lemons, a simple operation can give you melons."

#medical #joke

This feature alone makes a #great #case for owning an #Apple #Watch - I've never needed it but happy it's there.

"In addition to the automatic 911 call, the #Apple Watch also shared the driver’s exact location with the rescue crew. The vehicle was located upside down, around 100 feet off the roadway. The driver was “breathing but not responsive,” prompting first responders to request aid from Flight for Life, a critical care air #medical #transport #service."

https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/02/apple-watch-crash-detection-severe-wreck-response/

The SARS-CoV-2 #virus #mutates much faster than our #science and #medical #infrastructure can adapt and respond, especially with the strong—and criminally negligent—#government resistance to adopting and maintaining serious, ongoing risk mitigation policies against the #disease.

The next #vaccine should be available soon, but may only be very effective for those like me who are 65+ and/or have #medical conditions

cc @clayrivers

#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-will-the-next-covid-vaccine-be-available-and-who-should-get-it/

is anyone using a #ContinuousGlucoseMonitor for #QuantifiedSelf / general #health #monitoring purposes? If so, what are you using?

Also, curious if anyone is using #Veri? Their plan seems by far the lowest in cost but what about the quality?

Also if you have #diabetes and are using a #CGM I'd be interested to hear about your experiences with it as well. 🙂

#question #medical