#HEALTH

Mark Tomlinson

markskeptic

Remarkable piece by Richard Cash and Vikram Patel. I will paste one long quote in a thread. Has COVID-19 subverted global health?https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31089-8/fulltext#.XrbwOav9ZOg.twitter "Concurrent

Cryssie

eissyrc

#BellLetsTalk why are Deaf people more likely to have mental health problems ? Difficulties with communication: If a Deaf person goes to their doc to talk about their problems, it’s

Em

DrEm_79

Local mental health services have for 14months been refusing to send minutes of a meeting about me that I wasn’t allowed to attend. After external intervention they sent them, insisting

Eb

EbThen

CN: suicide, self harmOne major thing you can do for your friends and community members who are sharing about their suicidal ideation is...don't report.I'm serious. People need places to vent

Josh Crabb

JoshRCrabb

Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin will be cross-examined in court this morning by lawyers for 7 MB churches and 3 people fighting COVID-19 restrictions, arguing they infringe

Judy Trinh

judyatrinh

My story today is a snapshot of the grief and pain unfolding in Ontario emergency rooms during this pandemic. Dr. Justine Amaro is with the Ottawa Hospital. An ER doc

Tuxedo Mask

TheLoveBel0w

I don't think the coronavirus could ask for a better ally than for-profit health insurance companies. And anyone who's ever defended that industry should be ashamed. Don't give any politician's

Eric

amerix

Eat SALT.Salt is good for your health.Especially the iodine.Very, very, important.#FoodFriday Salt is also known as dietary sodium.Sodium is essential for fluid balance and cellular homeostasis in your body. Sodium

sabi ▿

touchminaj

alright I think it's time to suck it up and ask for help. I am ashamed and embarrassed to ask for help yet again but this thread will explain. as

Mandy Collins

CollinsMandy

Journalist colleagues, I'd like to have a word, because - and I will give you the benefit of the doubt here - many of you have not reported about health

Mental Health is Wealth

LeRemedyy

I don’t accept insurance at my Mental Health Practice for my benefit and yours. Here is a thread listing 9 reasons to choose a self-pay therapist 1. You have a

Sen. Jeff Jackson

JeffJacksonNC

When Democrats take the majority in the North Carolina legislature we will immediately vote to expand Medicaid.After it's done - providing health insurance to 500,000 of our citizens for a

IPPR

IPPR

Once again Covid-19 is running along racial linesToday a new report from IPPR and the @RunnymedeTrust sets out how the government should be respondingThread 1/7https://www.ippr.org/blog/ethnic-inequalities-in-covid-19-are-playing-out-again-

Samantha M Walkden

SamWPsychology

Person first language is one of the biggest debates in social/behavioural/health sciences right now. Some argue there is no place for person first labels, I disagree.In some settings we need

Texas Tribune

TexasTribune

Laredo was in desperate need of coronavirus tests. So, a private emergency room owner paid $500,000 up front for 20,000 tests. But city health workers quickly determined the tests were

Lauren Weber

LaurenWeberHP

NEW: While everyone else hunts for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and others with diabetes have been forced on their own mission amid #COVID19: scouring stores for the rubbing alcohol or