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Popular hair-loss pill linked to depression and suicide #health

Popular hair-loss pill linked to depression and suicide
Finasteride, a common hair-loss drug, has long been tied to depression and suicide, but regulators ignored the warnings. Prof. Mayer Brezis’s review exposes global data showing psychiatric harm and a pattern of inaction by Merck and the FDA. Despite its cosmetic use, the drug’s effects on brain chemistry can be devastating. Brezis calls for urgent regulatory reforms and post-marketing studies to protect public health.

"Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds"
#Environment #Health
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I'm trying out a new health app to try to replace Fitbit. The Fitbit app doesn't really do anything for me and costs $100 per year. I can get my smart scale and my blood pressure cuff to pipe data into the new app. I also bought a smart ring to pump data into it. I like this, so far.
#Health #Metrics #Fitness

Spoiler: it's not by increasing GST
Australia’s health system is in intensive care
#Health

Australia’s health system is in intensive care
GST revenue is failing to keep up with the demands of our health system. There is a simple solution if government is brave enough to take it.

Anxiety and insomnia linked to sharp drops in key immune cells #health

Anxiety and insomnia linked to sharp drops in key immune cells
Natural killer cells act as the immune system’s rapid-response team, but the stress of anxiety and insomnia may be quietly thinning their ranks. A study of young women in Saudi Arabia found that both conditions were linked to significantly fewer NK cells—especially the circulating types responsible for destroying infected or abnormal cells. As anxiety severity increased, NK cell levels dropped even further, suggesting a stress-driven weakening of immune defenses.

#ChatGPT #Health soll Nutzern helfen, Gesundheitsdaten zu analysieren und sich auf medizinische Gespräche vorzubereiten. Die Lösung, die vorerst nicht in Deutschland verfügbar sein wird, vernetze sich mit Apps wie Apple Health und sei mit Ärzten entwickelt worden, schreibt Retail News.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
HEALTH:
🎵 VIBE COP
#HEALTH
https://youwillloveeachother.bandcamp.com/track/vibe-cop
https://open.spotify.com/track/5VpU7RLnmjjG3tulGJsg2H

⚖️ Underweight children cost NHS as much per child as children with obesity, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-underweight-children-nhs-child-obesity.html

Underweight children cost NHS as much per child as children with obesity, study finds
The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in children—but it is not just obesity driving the costs. New research from the University of Oxford reveals that underweight children need comparable medical support as those who are severely obese, challenging assumptions about childhood health priorities.

"Rx Inspector". Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made:
#health #medicine #prescription #investigation #service #ProPublica

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life #health

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life
Sleep isn’t just about feeling rested—it may be one of the strongest predictors of how long you live. Researchers analyzing nationwide data found that insufficient sleep was more closely tied to shorter life expectancy than diet, exercise, or loneliness. The connection was consistent year after year and across most U.S. states. The takeaway is simple but powerful: getting seven to nine hours of sleep may be one of the best things you can do for long-term health.

Great job right-wing/anti-vax fools. Great job.
#CanPoli #Health #Measles #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/livestory/canada-measles-elimination-status-9.6973195

Creating triage #chatbots to address failures in critical #MentalHealth infrastructure isn’t a solution to the problem: it simply adds another hoop to jump through en route to adequate, human-mediated care and treatment. #health

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
HEALTH:
🎵 DARKAGE
#HEALTH
#newRelease 🆕 album
https://youwillloveeachother.bandcamp.com/track/darkage
https://open.spotify.com/track/17Ljid2CbINapvp2Xvp6DY

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
HEALTH:
🎵 THOUGHT LEADER
#HEALTH
https://youwillloveeachother.bandcamp.com/track/thought-leader
https://open.spotify.com/track/4DbMAt0AcU1b1MLDVvJpiu

"‘Heat deaths aren’t a thing’: Coalition MPs weighing net zero given sceptical briefing on climate science"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Health

Would love to hear someone in the media ask a Conservative MP.
"Some MPs in your party are self-described as "anti-vax” or “vaccine sceptics”... is the Conservative Party of Canada concerned by today's news that Canada is no longer considered “measles-free”? What health measures are Conservatives proposing to return Canada to measles-free status?”
#CdnPoli #CanPoli #Health #Measles #AntiVax

#Drumpf #Health appointee ousted after more controversy over forged #PhD on resume and other conflicts that cause falling out of favor with #RFKjrRegime

Trump health official ousted after allegedly giving himself a fake title
Steven Hatfill had a notable history before his abrupt ouster.

🩸 Can a new blood test really detect ME/CFS? An expert unpacks new research
#health

Can a new blood test really detect ME/CFS? An expert unpacks new research
Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have developed a blood test that can diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) with 96% accuracy—the first of its kind.

"Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds"
#NewZealand #Energy #Health

Oh look, the west is all growed up and "invented" the thousands-of-years old "kashaaya", I mean "golden milk". 🙄
#recipe #Ayurveda #milk #inventions #appropriation #health #beverage #sarcasm

The health tracking app says that I'm not getting enough antioxidants, so I'm trying to rectify that.
#Food #HealthTracking

Bats are one of the few animals that I genuinely don't enjoy being around.... but I still want them to thrive!
This is really great news that a Canadian researcher might have found a treatment for white-nose syndrome!
" B.C.-based scientist Cori Lausen, nicknamed Bat Lady by her peers, believes a probiotic formula may be capable of saving them. This cocktail is a blend of four bacterial strains that suppress the fungus. These bacteria are naturally found in some bats, but not all. ”
#Bats #health #nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bats-white-nose-syndrome-probiotic-9.6948885

"A shift in food taxes could cut emissions and make diets healthier, researchers say"
#Emissions #Food #Health

Can a food tax help fix diets and the climate crisis?
Putting a tax on climate-intensive food could reduce impact, new study shows

High levels of short-chain PFAS found in blood of residents living near chemical facility #health

High levels of short-chain PFAS found in blood of residents living near chemical facility
In a new study appearing in Environmental Science and Technology, researchers found high levels of ultrashort-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in blood samples taken from Wilmington, N.C. residents between 2010 and 2016. Two ultrashort-chain PFAS—perfluoromethoxyacetic acid (PFMOAA) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)—were detected at high levels in almost every sample.

"Struggling to stay awake in a meeting? Here’s what to do"
Someone needs to send this link to the White House. 😁
#sleep #meetings #health #joke

Everyday microplastics could be fueling heart disease #health

Everyday microplastics could be fueling heart disease
Microplastics—tiny particles now found in food, water, air, and even human tissues—may directly accelerate artery-clogging disease, and new research shows the danger may be far greater for males. In mice, environmentally realistic doses of microplastics dramatically worsened plaque buildup, altered key vascular cells, and activated harmful genes linked to inflammation and atherosclerosis, all without changes to weight or cholesterol.

"Severe Heat Linked With Developmental Delays in Children"
#Children #Health #Climate #ClimateChange

Severe Heat Linked With Developmental Delays in Children

Good news for WCGH in #PortAlberni! Hoping the ICU can open again in a few months once the hiring is complete!
“The three nurses are expected to begin working at WCGH early this year, with start dates between January and March,” wrote Island Health in an email to Ha-Shilth-Sa. “Recruitment activity remains strong, with four candidates completed interviews and five more in the interview stage. We are also seeing diverse interest, with candidates from the United States, United Kingdom, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.”
#BCPoli #Healthcare #Nurses #ICU #Health #recruitment

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
HEALTH:
🎵 DARKAGE
#HEALTH
https://youwillloveeachother.bandcamp.com/track/darkage
https://open.spotify.com/track/17Ljid2CbINapvp2Xvp6DY

Trump about bruise on right hand: Because I shake a lot of hands.
Trump about bruise on left hand: Do you think Biden can do that?
(PS: I made up Trump's response about his left hand but you know he would say something like that.)
#dodge #USA #health #hypocrisy

"kashaaya" (#Kannada ಕಷಾಯ #Sanskrit **कषाय**) means "medicinal decoction", with many #Ayurvedic and other #recipes around for literally thousands of years.
Pic: kashaaya powder at a store in #Udupi #India. Add a teaspoon to warm milk/water.
PS: Consult someone qualified for a recipe right for your #health.

I really like to get back to frequent 10-mile fasting hikes/walks. I did 2-4/week in 2023-24; but very few in 2025 due to other interests and opportunities that are incompatible with that goal. If only I can do both.🤲
#health #walking #hiking #fasting #goals #conflicts #wish

Poked vaccine 💉 💉 arm is a little tender today but not too bad. Lying on it last night wasn’t great.
I am still getting used to the fact we have access to all our health records online.
It’s really cool to be able to see everything from yesterday’s jabs to an X-ray report (though no actual image), to general doc visits and prescriptions going all the way back to 2003. Some Dr notes are visible in reports, but not much.
Oct 21 is the earliest I’ve got a flu or COVID shot since 2022 when I got COVID jabbed on Oct 15 and Flu on the 24th.
The first entries are actually HepB and Tetanus shots I got before backpacking around Europe in summer 2003.
Good times!
#healthcare #digitization #vaccines #getvaxed #covid19

Sunday: 2°C outside (felt like -1) and figured it was a good time for a hike in the woods, hills, and fields of #Bavaria on a trail I've been eyeing for a couple of years now. Muddy trails for about half the distance but easily negotiated.🚶‍♂️🌲
Would've liked if the walk was longer but 10.7kms felt good, especially after a 2-month break in any such activity.
#hiking #walking #health #Germany #Deutschland #nature