@akelly1.bsky.social
Retired health care
#comoxvalley 🇨🇦
Teacher of English as a foreign language.
#comoxvalley 🇨🇦
Teacher of English as a foreign language.
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Loving Jean Cretien. “Stop this nonsense”
#liberalpartyofcanada
#liberalpartyofcanada
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What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/21/w... via @canadahealthwatch.ca
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you
The new rules don’t address the biggest gap of all.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/21/w... via @canadahealthwatch.ca
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
Me: "The marketing of supplements has also become … one of the primary ways that the health misinformation ecosystem is funded."
🚩 Increasingly supplements = red flag for bunk.🚩
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NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
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I’m seeing more patients recently taking peptides off label. This is an exceptionally well written review, I found it very helpful in understanding the trend and the (lack of) data around these new and unproven meds
Influencers and celebrities
apnews.com/article/pept...
My recent review of the field
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
apnews.com/article/pept...
My recent review of the field
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m seeing more patients recently taking peptides off label. This is an exceptionally well written review, I found it very helpful in understanding the trend and the (lack of) data around these new and unproven meds
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Ontario announces incentives of $25K-plus for nurses to commit to long-term care https://globalnews.ca/news/11522895/ontario-long-term-care-incentives-for-nurses/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ontario announces incentives of $25K-plus for nurses to commit to long-term care https://globalnews.ca/news/11522895/ontario-long-term-care-incentives-for-nurses/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Long term planning went astray. Why? Mistakes in forecasting?
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Long term planning went astray. Why? Mistakes in forecasting?
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
Petition e-6866 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
Petition regarding permanent residency for Ukrainians
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ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program.
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program.
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Trump is set to announce deal Thursday to lower price of Lilly, Novo obesity drugs for some Medicare beneficiaries.
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
White House nears deal to lower obesity drug prices for Medicare coverage
The price of Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk drugs could be lowered to $149 per month in some cases.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trump is set to announce deal Thursday to lower price of Lilly, Novo obesity drugs for some Medicare beneficiaries.
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact.
(On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)
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Taking over 5,000 steps per day may slow tau protein buildup and cognitive decline in people with preclinical #Alzheimers disease, according to a 14-year study of cognitively unimpaired older adults published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/47Qw02J #medsky 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Taking over 5,000 steps per day may slow tau protein buildup and cognitive decline in people with preclinical #Alzheimers disease, according to a 14-year study of cognitively unimpaired older adults published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/47Qw02J #medsky 🧪
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"The future is still being written. Through choices in policy, investment, education, and care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity and recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet"
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"The future is still being written. Through choices in policy, investment, education, and care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity and recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet"
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Who’s involved in the decisions that shape Canada’s health care system?
With the House of Commons back in full swing and a federal budget coming next week, here are some of the politicians we’re watching in Ottawa, and an inside look at how the CMA keeps health care on their agenda.
With the House of Commons back in full swing and a federal budget coming next week, here are some of the politicians we’re watching in Ottawa, and an inside look at how the CMA keeps health care on their agenda.
How the CMA influences health care in Ottawa
www.cma.ca
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Who’s involved in the decisions that shape Canada’s health care system?
With the House of Commons back in full swing and a federal budget coming next week, here are some of the politicians we’re watching in Ottawa, and an inside look at how the CMA keeps health care on their agenda.
With the House of Commons back in full swing and a federal budget coming next week, here are some of the politicians we’re watching in Ottawa, and an inside look at how the CMA keeps health care on their agenda.
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
Despite extraordinary scientific and medical resources, the US health-care system
underperforms. In this Review we consider the damage wrought by decades of market-based
policies that have stimulated ...
www.thelancet.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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In a cohort of over 13,500 women with mean age ~72 years, >4,000 steps per day, at least 1-2 days per week, was associated with reduction in all-cause mortality and lower risk of cardiovascular disease
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In a cohort of over 13,500 women with mean age ~72 years, >4,000 steps per day, at least 1-2 days per week, was associated with reduction in all-cause mortality and lower risk of cardiovascular disease
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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just one decimal place but i believe 41.5 is a new low fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
FiftyPlusOne - Latest Political Polls and Averages
A comprehensive list of polls and polling averages for elections and politician approval.
fiftyplusone.news
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
just one decimal place but i believe 41.5 is a new low fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
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The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings