Kristie
@sprocket79.bsky.social
Political junkie. Too much TV. Knitting and crochet.
Thank you Eddy in Asm. Patrick Ahrens office for meeting with our group of passionate Alzheimer's advocates to talk about how we can DO MORE, not less, for Californians in the fight to #ENDALZ.
Asm. Ahrens, please support our 4 asks to improve #Care4Alz in CA and Santa Clara County!
Asm. Ahrens, please support our 4 asks to improve #Care4Alz in CA and Santa Clara County!
March 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thank you @ashkalra.bsky.social and Erika for meeting with our group of passionate Alzheimer's advocates to talk about ways to improve #Care4Alz in CA!
Thank you for your continued support in the fight to #ENDALZ, Asm Kalra. You are a true champion to us all. Thanks for always doing more to help!
Thank you for your continued support in the fight to #ENDALZ, Asm Kalra. You are a true champion to us all. Thanks for always doing more to help!
March 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Thank you @ashkalra.bsky.social and Erika for meeting with our group of passionate Alzheimer's advocates to talk about ways to improve #Care4Alz in CA!
Thank you for your continued support in the fight to #ENDALZ, Asm Kalra. You are a true champion to us all. Thanks for always doing more to help!
Thank you for your continued support in the fight to #ENDALZ, Asm Kalra. You are a true champion to us all. Thanks for always doing more to help!
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The media is failing abjectly in how it is framing what this administration is doing.
Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961?
Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional?
Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional?
Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
February 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The media is failing abjectly in how it is framing what this administration is doing.
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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB. Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
The grant and supply cancellations/pauses at NIH are so disheartening. @rokhanna.bsky.social @khanna.house.gov we need your support to restart the flow of funding back into NIH. We've only just scratched the surface with Alzheimer's treatments. America need NIH to be a leader.
youtu.be/ZJbbUptGdj8
youtu.be/ZJbbUptGdj8
Asking Ro Khanna about "paused" NIH grants & future advocacy
YouTube video by Kristie Ramirez
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The grant and supply cancellations/pauses at NIH are so disheartening. @rokhanna.bsky.social @khanna.house.gov we need your support to restart the flow of funding back into NIH. We've only just scratched the surface with Alzheimer's treatments. America need NIH to be a leader.
youtu.be/ZJbbUptGdj8
youtu.be/ZJbbUptGdj8
Thank you @khanna.house.gov @rokhanna.bsky.social for offering your support for the Credit for Caring Act. Caregivers like me spend thousands of dollars and hours of time caring for our loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia, or other long-term care needs. #ENDALZ
youtube.com/shorts/CoLff...
youtube.com/shorts/CoLff...
Asking Ro Khanna to support Credit for Caring Act
YouTube video by Kristie Ramirez
youtube.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Thank you @khanna.house.gov @rokhanna.bsky.social for offering your support for the Credit for Caring Act. Caregivers like me spend thousands of dollars and hours of time caring for our loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia, or other long-term care needs. #ENDALZ
youtube.com/shorts/CoLff...
youtube.com/shorts/CoLff...
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This radical administration seems to have effectively brought federally funded medical research to a complete standstill nationwide. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This radical administration seems to have effectively brought federally funded medical research to a complete standstill nationwide. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
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If Medicaid cuts are included in #reconciliation, it will leave a massive hole in #CAbudget and lead to "devastating cuts not only for health care but other parts of the state budget as well." Adult day & home care are OPTIONAL benefits under Medicaid so at greatest risk. #CAleg #CAbudget #aging
New Factsheets on What's at Risk for Medi-Cal & Covered California
Under current Congressional Republican proposals, major cuts could be looming for Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) and ACA exchanges like Covered California. New factsheets detail statewide impacts o...
health-access.org
January 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If Medicaid cuts are included in #reconciliation, it will leave a massive hole in #CAbudget and lead to "devastating cuts not only for health care but other parts of the state budget as well." Adult day & home care are OPTIONAL benefits under Medicaid so at greatest risk. #CAleg #CAbudget #aging
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The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medic...
Medical Trial Guidance Scrubbed
Another detail out of FDA. The agency has removed pages which provide...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medic...
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The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
January 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
Attn: @rokhanna.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov - As a constituent who is a caretaker to a mother with dementia, these NIH studies are hugely important to me and everyone hoping for a cure or better treatments with Alzheimer's/dementia. Please raise your voices to get these back!
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Attn: @rokhanna.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov - As a constituent who is a caretaker to a mother with dementia, these NIH studies are hugely important to me and everyone hoping for a cure or better treatments with Alzheimer's/dementia. Please raise your voices to get these back!
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A systematic review involving >130 million people and 1 million dementia cases found that anti-inflammatory medications, vaccinations, and antibiotics were associated with reduced dementia, whereas vitamins and supplements linked to higher risk
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Data‐driven discovery of associations between prescribed drugs and dementia risk: A systematic review
Abstract Recent clinical trials on slowing dementia progression have led to renewed focus on finding safer, more effective treatments. One approach to identify plausible candidates is to assess whet...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A systematic review involving >130 million people and 1 million dementia cases found that anti-inflammatory medications, vaccinations, and antibiotics were associated with reduced dementia, whereas vitamins and supplements linked to higher risk
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
I can't believe this has to be my first post on BlueSky. I keep getting so many followers. Why on Earth are you following me? I haven't posted anything until now. I'm just sitting here reading my favorite accounts. If your sole goal is to get me to follow you back, you followed the wrong person.
January 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I can't believe this has to be my first post on BlueSky. I keep getting so many followers. Why on Earth are you following me? I haven't posted anything until now. I'm just sitting here reading my favorite accounts. If your sole goal is to get me to follow you back, you followed the wrong person.