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USwitch's (the comparison website) own research suggests around 1.7 m households in the UK will not turn on the heating (nearly double the number who said they did this last winter).

Certainly there may have been an argument for better targeting the winter fuel payments, but a quarter of pensioners making this decision say its because of the lost payment.

For the rest of the household this is just one more aspect of the health impact of the cost of living crisis.

#health #winter
h/t Guardian


Ultra processed foods containing #palmoil #meat and #dairy are harmful to health and linked to chronic disease and mortality. Here's how to avoid them for environmental and #health reasons #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2023/05/10/ultra-processed-foods-are-trashing-our-health-and-the-planet/


#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #health / #children / #vaccination / #who / #idf

„The Israeli military said on Nov 6 that aid organisations had completed a second polio vaccination round for children in Gaza, (…) achieving 90% coverage.

Limits on the area covered by a humanitarian pause in the fighting to conduct the campaign, meant the campaign in northern Gaza was largely restricted to the area around Gaza City, the World Health Organisation said.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-gaza-polio-vaccination-campaign-completed


If you are concerned by the role of Big Tech in the NHS (and specifically the role of Oracle, then you will find much of interest (and likely some stuff you're already aware of) in Corporate Watch's report on Oracle's work in the NHS.

#BigTech #Oracle #health #NHS #privatisation

https://corporatewatch.org/horroracle-the-big-tech-giant-embedded-in-our-nhs/


Q. will abortion prove to be the most important issue for wavering voters in America today?

We'll find out in the next 48hrs but the widening gap between those who think abortion should be legal in all/most cases & those who don't may drive sufficiently more people to the polls to help Harris win.... or perhaps it will not; we'll find out soon.

#USPol #abortion #health
Chart: A growing share of Americans think abortion should be legal. % of US adults who say aburtion should be legal in all/most cases, and those who think it should be illegal in all/most cases.

Shows those who think it should be legal in the majority since 1995 with the gap narrowing to almost equal in 2009, but widening since with the current figure (after Roe vs. Wade overturned) of over 60% for legal & just under 40% for illegal in all/most cases


#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #health / #infrastructure / #hospitalstaff / #civilianwarvictims

„Israeli bombardment damaged an already crippled major hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, injuring medical staff and patients, local officials said, a week after Israeli forces withdrew from the complex and detained dozens of people, including medical workers.“

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/world/middleeast/israel-strike-hospital-jabaliya.html


#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #health / #children / #vaccination / #who / #bombardment

„The long-awaited final phase of a UN-supported polio vaccine campaign began on Saturday in bombarded, besieged northern Gaza even as reports emerged that one vaccination centre had been hit during a humanitarian pause, according to UN agencies on the ground.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1156441


»A war on hospitals is a war on civilians: #Israel’s fatal blow to #health in #Gaza
Two documents outline the scale of destruction upon Gaza’s health system and medical workers, threatening the very possibility of sustaining life in the Strip.«
https://www.972mag.com/health-system-gaza-hospitals-fatal-blow/


In other news:

If you think looking at art has a positive emotional & mental health benefit, there is growing scientific support to back up your feeling(s) about looking at art works.... it is good for you, and can help recovery in medical situations.

#art #health #mentalhealth

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/03/they-remind-me-theres-a-life-after-cancer-how-paintings-in-nhs-hospitals-help-patients-feel-better


On the consequences of the wide-spread, systematic #destruction of #health facilities in #Gaza by #Israel, and some impossible "choices" it extorts from doctors and medical workers.

»A #baby who was very, very sick, needed to be on a #ventilator. After the baby passed away, what are we going to do with that ventilator? There is no way to sanitize the ventilator and get rid of that multidrug-resistant #bacteria. We also didn’t have tubing to change when we used the ventilator for another baby. So there is a very big chance that you’re going to spread the infection to other babies: so either the baby dies because there is no ventilator or the baby dies because of the bacterial infection. Your options were tragically limited.«

https://www.972mag.com/health-system-gaza-hospitals-fatal-blow/


A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to #Texas Emergency Rooms
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It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a #hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened.

Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.”

She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s #abortion ban.

#News #Health #HealthCare #Pregnancy #Government #Law #Safety #Family

https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala


#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #health / #children / #vaccination / #who / #unicef / #uno

»„Tomorrow, the polio vaccination campaign will continue in the north,” #UNRWA's senior emergency officer Louise Wateridge told UN News from central Gaza. (…)
[She] warned that polio is just one of the many life-threatening risks Gazans face today (…).
“There is so little food, there's so little shelter; the situation in northern Gaza right now is an absolute disaster.“«

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1156371?ifr-dir-postId=2d580e59-707e-4922-b639-8daae8aa23f7&utm_source=ifragasatt&utm_medium=direkt


A team of researchers tracked 30 women who menstruate over their cycles, documenting in detail the structural changes that take place in the brain as hormonal profiles fluctuate. What’s more, the changes may extend beyond regions associated with the menstrual cycle. @ScienceAlert reports: https://flip.it/sh265K
#Science #Health #Human #Women #WomensHealth #Brain


Public servant who helped forge Canada's anti-tobacco efforts dies at 77
Neil Collishaw helped leaders 'figure out what they wanted to get done' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/public-servant-who-helped-forge-canada-s-anti-tobacco-efforts-dies-at-77-1.7351535 #cdnpoli #smoking #tobacco #health


#EPA Says It Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron’s Plastic-Based Fuels That Are Likely to Cause #Cancer


The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable.

#News #Chevron #Plastic #Environment #Health #Government #Climate #Chemicals

https://propub.li/4dICeSd


Passage of landmark healthy environment bill in the Australian Capital Territory sets standard for Australia and abroad https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2024/08/28/right-healthy-environment

#auslaw #auspol #humanrights #health #environment #healthyenvironment


Climate risk assessment report warns of threats to healthcare, finance and infrastructure https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/federal-climate-risk-assessment-report-released/103575542 via @ABCaustralia #climate #health #finance #infrastructure #auspol #auslaw


Scientists identify how dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan
Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery, especially in regard to how it protects the brain. Scientists have now uncovered a role for a gene called OXR1 that is necessary for the lifespan extension seen with dietary restriction and is essential for healthy brain aging.

#health #nourishment #brain #lifespam


Matthew Rimmer, 'Intellectual Property and Bioprinting: The Battle Royale between BICO and Organovo' (2023) 6 (1) Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review 15-36. https://stockholmiplawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/02.SIPLR2023nr1_Rimmer.pdf https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/427/ My latest. #3dprinting #bioprinting #patent #litigation #health


The Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 has finally passed the Australian Senate tonight at 9:30 pm with some small amendments. https://medium.com/p/3d8323f35326 https://parlwork.aph.gov.au/Bills/r7083 #auslaw #auspol #health #smoking #tobacco


'The new government recently announced it would dial back the use of Māori language in government organisations, and scrap anti-smoking legislation and the Māori Health Authority at a time when health issues, including lung cancer, disproportionately impact Māori.' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/new-zealand-protest-thousands-maori-government-policies #nzpol #nzlaw #health #IndigenousIP


New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/new-zealand-scraps-world-first-smoking-generation-ban-to-fund-tax-cuts Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives. #nzlaw #nzpol #smoking #tobacco #tobaccoendgame #health


My submission to the Australian Senate on the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 (Cth) and Accompanying Regulations is now available https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/429/ The Australian Government is looking to consolidate and modernise its tobacco control laws with this bill - and enhance the operation of plain packaging of tobacco products. #auslaw #auspol #smoking #tobacco #tobaccocontrol #tobaccoendgame #health #publichealth


“We the family doctors, doctors and health professionals of the world call on world leaders to take urgent action to safeguard the health of global populations from the climate crisis,” the open letter reads.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/28/doctors-from-around-the-world-unite-to-call-for-urgent-climate-action
Signatories from 39 leading health bodies, including Australia’s peak body for GPs and rural medicine, say they’re already seeing widespread impacts on human health caused by climate change in their patients.
“As frontline health workers, we are increasingly responding to health emergencies triggered by the climate crisis,” they say.
#health #environment #climate


The Hidden Fee Costing #Doctors Millions Every Year
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A powerful #lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that #health insurers owe them.

Big companies rake in profits while doctors are saddled with yet another cost in a burdensome #HealthCare system.

#Insurance #Patients #hospitals #news

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-hidden-fee-costing-doctors-millions-every-year?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post


Mary-Louise McLaws, renowned epidemiologist who helped guide Australia through the pandemic, dies aged 70 from brain tumour https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-13/mary-louise-mclaws-renowned-epidemiologist-dies/102724932 via @ABCaustralia #COVID19 #health #auspol