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During a phone call with our amazing pediatrician, they said that there is suddenly a lot of discussion among colleagues about how they are getting pushback from health insurance companies on prescriptions for non-stimulant ADHD meds in the last month or so. As part of the authorization process they are having to submit justification for their decision to prescribe a particular medication to a level of detail not previously demanded. I started to ask if that might be due to the change at the top of HHS, and as soon they picked up on the direction my question was going, they interrupted and talked right over me. So, anecdotal data point of 1: ADHD meds appear to be under scrutiny in new and bad ways.
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Thatâs interesting. I havenât run into that yet. Also sad your doc sounds like they were afraid to get into the âwhyâ behind it. We are headed for a very bad place.
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Another virus we will ignore.
âDecreased funding and inability to collaborate with international organizations will lead to increased threats from emerging pathogens,â including Ebola, mpox and Zika virus, Vaughan said.
(Vaughan is in Canada.)
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âSloth Feverâ?!
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:: skims through the entire thread ::
what a crappy thread. /silly /sarcasm
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Very not-ready-for-primetime, and goes against some studies suggesting that amyloid may be a side-effect of dementia pathways rather than the cause. Lots of research going on here, hopefully will find out soon-ish. But all the usual caveats about small, preliminary studies apply. And the Aduhelm catastrophe should always be kept in mind.
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I guess thatâs not a surprise, as the entire panic over vaccines are tied to the increase in diagnosis of neurodivergence kidsâŚ
Yep.
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In January 2025, researchers published a report, Chronic Wasting Disease Spillover Preparedness and Response: Charting an Uncertain Future. A panel of 67 experts who study zoonotic diseases that can move back and forth between humans and animals concluded that spillover to humans âwould trigger a national and global crisisâ with âfar-reaching effects on the food supply, economy, global trade and agricultureâ, as well as potentially devastating effects on human health. The report concludes that the US is utterly unprepared to deal with spillover of CWD to people, and that there is no unifying international strategy to prevent CWDâs spread.
So far, there has not been a documented case of a human contracting CWD, but as with BSE (or mad cow disease) and its variant strain that killed people, long incubation times can mask the presence of disease. CWD, which is incurable, can be diagnosed only after a victim dies. Better surveillance to identify disease in people and game animals is more urgent than ever, experts say. Osterholm says the Trump administrationâs proposed cuts to public health funding and research, and the USâs withdrawal from international institutions, such as the World Health Organization, could not be happening at a worse time.
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There is a bill in the Texas Legislature to kill the Texas Wildlife Commission and move all their duties to other agencies.
Except the part that manages herds of white -tailed deer on fenced lands. The part that tests for and orders culls of herds.
This bill was filed by a legislator who owns one of these deer ranches.
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Holy fucking shit, that is horrible!! But I guess treating breast cancer is DEI, right? âIt mostly benefits women! Can you imagine? What about the poor men!â I am not sure I can maintain the level of anger I am currently at. Need to get out in the garden this weekend for survival reasons.
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Yeah, me too. The F Train has clearly left the station. Iâm Still Here and so many other accounts and stories are now ours too. Who do I know that will soon disappear? Maybe me? The slightest pretense, or even none at all, is all they need to knock down anyoneâs door.
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Well, that sucks. Antivirals are incredibly hard, which is why prevention is so important.
As an aside, I have to wonder how much longer I can read NIH info with any confidence?
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There doesnât seem to be a âQuacksâ thread, so (after briefly considering the âAssholesâ thread) Iâll just leave this here.
Test Subjects for Bryan Johnsonâs Anti-Aging Program Said It Made Them Feel Sick: Report
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Johnson reportedly said that the results of the study showed âcommon side effects with any food, beverage or supplement.â
I donât think 60% of people eating, say, apples, suffer nausea, bloating, vomiting, heartburn, or have their testosterone levels drop and become prediabetic.
Maybe we do need a quacks thread. Starring RFKjr the Duck.
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Is there any way to get a malicious website taken down?
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