A 7-year longitudinal study of over 280,000 individuals indicates that the shingles vaccine was associated with a 20% lower frequency of dementia.

Summary: sciencealert.com/shingles-vacc…

Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41586-025…

#Science #Health #Dementia #Alzheimers #Shingles #Vaccination #Vaccines

Shingles Vaccine Guards Against Dementia, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert

A vaccine for shingles could protect against dementia according to a new study that took advantage of a quirk in Wales' vaccine rollout scheme.

^{Jess Cockerill (ScienceAlert)}

Thank you, Holden Thorp.
#science #health #autism

nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion…

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
propublica.org/article/st-luke…

#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law

Idaho’s Largest Health System Is Taking on the State’s Abortion Ban

It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.

^ProPublica

PSA: Do not have “measles parties.”

arstechnica.com/health/2025/02… #health #science

Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing

Twenty people have been hospitalized. Most cases are in children.

^{Beth Mole (Ars Technica)}

This week's comic: "Protecting the children"

#uspol #comic #cartoon #children #education #lgbtq #climate #health #healthcare #transgender

Alcohol consumption is the 3rd leading preventable cause of cancer.

Risk communication scientists have been talking about this for a long time, but it’s v interesting to see this as the top headline at NYT. It’s about time. nytimes.com/2025/01/03/health/… #science #health

Since September, ProPublica has reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care under state #abortion bans: Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi.

Here, our #ReproductiveHealth reporters discuss what they've learned in their investigations:
youtube.com/watch?v=M9t65CqMwy…

#News #Health #Doctors #Miscarriage #Pregnancy #ReproductiveRights #RoeVWade #Journalism

“But both he & Rosalynn ate right, every single meal. They exercised every single day & made it a priority,” Stuckey said. “They were just regimented in their #health ethic because they wanted to live as long as they possibly could to help as many people as they possibly could.”

#JimmyCarter #Humanitarian
#HappyBirthdayJimmyCarter

Another mRNA #vaccine win:

Scientists have developed a cancer vaccine that can deliver treatments more effectively in people who have brain cancer and teach their immune systems to fight back. They’ve tested it successfully in four people now, and are moving on to more testing.

theconversation.com/brain-canc…
#health #science #vaccine #cancer

Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within

Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers a step forward in training the immune system to fight cancer.

^{The Conversation}

It was the clear-liquids-only colonoscopy prep process that my mother dreaded and which led her to delay these screenings.

By the time her colon cancer was found, she was stage 4, and died a year and a half later.

Get tested, people!
And make it easier by offering or at least approving low residue diet for preparing, gastroenterologists!

#Health

Latest comic: What did we learn from Covid?

#covid #COVID19 #coronavirus #cartoon #health #healthcare #pandemic #comic

Latest cartoon on Alabama decision that IVF embryos are people

#theorcracy #reproduction #ivf #health #medicine #science

I should remember Fenugreek seeds/powder is a really healthy spice with various unique qualities that simply 'healthy eating' do not replace. Muscular health & training, #CardioVascularDisease, #diabetes, hearing, #endothelial function all sorts of benefits.

I can totally blend in the taste by mixing it up with a load of other spices, herbs, chili whatever and making a cooking mix (here is about 3 days worth) with around 5g fenugreek seeds per day.
#healthy#cooking#health

That Cough Everyone Seems To Have Right Now?

quotation text hereIt's not COVID or the flu. If you've been sick for a few weeks and have tested negative for everything, here's what's going on.

There's Something Going Around....

#Health #News #Respiratory #Cough

What's The Deal With That Cough Everyone Seems To Have Right Now?

^{Julia Ries (HuffPost)}

1/ #Billionaire #Ecoterrorism
Kill off, sicken, or weaken, your own citizens & neighbors so long as you can make billions?
The ruling families say, "Fuck, yes!"
Toxic gas putting millions at risk in #MiddleEast
[& in the US, but shhh.🤫 ]
""Very disturbing. Big oil companies (#BP, #Shell, et. al) & states in the Middle East are violating the human rights of millions of people by failing to tackle air pollution from fossil fuels.

"Despite the massive human suffering, Big Oil & #petrostates carry on with business as usual with total impunity & zero accountability."
#climate #pollution #AirPollution #health
bbc.com/news/science-environme…

Palm oil alternative is better for health and environment

futuretimeline.net/blog/2023/0… #palmoil #deforestation #health #environment

Palm oil alternative is better for health and environment

A new palm oil substitute called PALM-ALT has been developed by researchers at Queen Margaret University in Scotland.

^{www.futuretimeline.net}

#Dog and #cow are best #friends

Why #love one and #eat the other

If you #loveanimals #donteatanimals

#plantbased for the #animals #planet #climatechange #health

howdoigovegan.com 🌱

BREAKING: #Walgreens will not dispense #abortion pills in several states where they remain legal. The decision follows pressure and threats of legal action from GOP AGs and anti-abortion groups. #WomensReproductiveRights #WomensRights #WomensHealth #health

t.co/KCeLPnGs1G

Walgreens won’t distribute abortion pills in some states where they remain legal

The decision is the latest to demonstrate how widely abortion access can vary state to state in a post-Roe America.

^POLITICO

Would you prefer a 4-day workweek?

Last year, 61 companies in UK tested a 4-day week with 20% fewer hours. Results:

65% fewer sick days taken & 57% drop in departures to competitors.

39% of employees had less #stress; 71% had less #burnout.

Revenues rose 1.4% on average.

“Many questioned whether we would see an increase in productivity to offset the reduction in working time – but this is exactly what we found,” a study team member said.

eurekalert.org/news-releases/9…

#jobs #workplace #health

We are all too familiar with the all-too-often catastrophic impacts of #COVID19 #infection on human #health.

This fascinating new #metagenomics research in mBio explores a potentially important and intriguing link between the presence and relative abundance of different functional guilds present in the human gut #microbiome (including short chain fatty acid biosynthesis and virulence functions) and disease severity and outcomes resulting from the virus. Clearly a subject for future extended studies to explore potential increases in severity due to infection and exacerbated or mitigated by differences in gut microbiomes.

Explore the research on:

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/m…

#microbiology

Microbial #foods for improving human and planetary #health - #microbiome

sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

🌱 Cozy Vegan Cauliflower Gratin

thefullhelping.com/cozy-vegan-…

#vegan #health #cooking #food #nutrition

Cozy Vegan Cauliflower Gratin

This cozy vegan cauliflower gratin is pure comfort food with a wholesome twist. Cauliflower is baked with a cashew-based sauce & breadcrumbs.

^{Gena Hamshaw (The Full Helping)}