Trusted Health Sites Spread Myths About a Deadly Pregnancy Complication
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-08-17
Preeclampsia, a dangerous form of hypertension that can develop during pregnancy or in the days and weeks after childbirth, is one of the most common causes of maternal death and severe complications in the US. The large majority of deaths occur after delivery, often from strokes. | But you'd never know it from the incomplete, imprecise, outdated and sometimes misleading information published by some of the most trusted consumer health sites in the country. | Instead, you might come away with the impression that, as Harvard Health Publishing says, preeclampsia "occurs only during pregnancy." | From an article on the government-affiliated site MedlinePlus, you might conclude that the "cure" for preeclampsia is delivering the baby. Until this weekend, the Mayo Clinic's site said the same thing. In reality, said Eleni Tsigas, executive director of the Preeclampsia Foundation, even after delivery, "it…
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Have a Little Carcinogenic Glyphosate With Your Morning Oatmeal
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-17
The Environmental Working Group just released an article showing the potentially cancer causing glyphosate found in Round Up is all over the oats in your favorite cereal and health bars | The post Have a Little Carcinogenic Glyphosate With Your Morning Oatmeal appeared first on The Real News Network.
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One Palestinian Killed, 156 Injured at Gaza Border
INA | imemc.org | 2018-08-17
At least one Palestinian man was killed and 156 others injured, by live bullets or sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation, on Friday, as Israeli forces continued to crack down on the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, according to the Ministry of Health. The forces fired live bullets …
Update: “Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians, injure 270, In Gaza”
SF Mayor Breed & DPH Garcia Still Pushing Lennar Hunters Point Project "It's Safe"
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2018-08-17
At a community meeting on August 15, 2018, San Francisco Department of Public Health "Environmental Engineer" Amy Brownell told community residents that the Hunters Point Shipyard is safe and can be further developed. | Brownell whose salary is funded by the developer Lennar has been involved in the criminal cover-up of the falsification of testing in the billion dollar eco-fraud at Hunters Point Shipyard and Treasure Island. Mayor London Breed and DPH director Barbara Garcia are also aware of the criminal retaliation of OSHA health and safety whistleblowers and have colluded with the developers to cover up the m…
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High Maternity Mortality Rates Continue to Plague Caribbean
teleSUR/mrs-LJS | telesurtv.net | 2018-08-17
"The maternal health statistics for the country are conservative, in my opinion," said Tara Livesay, director of the Heartline Maternity Center in Haiti.
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"I'm Bringing My Bullhorn to Congress": Rashida Tlaib Poised to Become First Muslim Congresswoman
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-16
Detroit Democratic congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib is poised to become the first Palestinian-American woman and first Muslim woman to serve in Congress, after winning the Democratic primary for John Conyers's old House seat in Michigan last week. Tlaib is a Democratic Socialist who supports the Palestinian right of return and a one-state solution, Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and abolishing ICE. The child of immigrants, she has spoken out against the Trump administration's travel bans. We speak with Rashida Tlaib about her historic victory and her plans for Congress.
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Black Hat Hacker Conference Begins to Grapple With Gender Discrimination and Sexual Assault in Cybersecurity
Ava Kofman | theintercept.com | 2018-08-16
For the first time, the conference invited speakers to address gender discrimination, sexual assault, mental health, and substance abuse. | The post Black Hat Hacker Conference Begins to Grapple With Gender Discrimination and Sexual Assault in Cybersecurity appeared first on The Intercept.
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Cereal killers: Monsanto weedkiller that can 'probably' cause cancer found in children's breakfasts
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-16
A hearty bowl of oatmeal is a healthy way to start your day, but according to a new study, that bowl of oatmeal can contain dangerous levels of glyphosate, a weed-killing chemical linked to cancer.
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The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: August 10, 2018
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-13
Eze and Khalilah discuss the one year anniversary of the Baltimore Ceasefire, climate justice as health, housing and transit justice, police ignoring the law, and Marc Steiner's interview with Sean Yoes about his book, 'Baltimore After Freddie Gray' | The post The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: August 10, 2018 appeared first on The…
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Trump Administration's Breastmilk War Exposes Backchannel Politics in Health Care
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2018-08-02
Nipplegate has a long history in the Global South.
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Building the Movement for Medicare for All
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2018-08-01
This week was the 53rd anniversary of Medicare, created in the middle of the social agitation of the 1960s. Benjamin Day of Healthcare-NOW! talks about how today, we are in the middle of similar upheaval.
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Reporting on Medicare for All Makes Media Forget How Math Works
Justin Anderson | fair.org | 2018-07-31
CBS News (7/30/18) | "Medicare for All," a federally funded universal healthcare plan championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont–Ind.), has quickly become a key issue for progressive voters evaluating Democratic Party candidates for the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential race. The plan would provide coverage for the 40 million currently uninsured in the United States, a gap that is estimated to cause tens of thousands of deaths annually. Despite this, Medicare for All has received no shortage of negative coverage in the media, all revolving around the same question: Just how are we going to pay for it? | A study on the cost of Medicare for All was recently conducted by Charles Blahous for the libertarian-leaning Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Blahous' study projected that Sanders' Medicare for All system,…
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Venezuela to Invest €293m to Modernise Public Health System as National Nurses' Strike Continues
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-23
Maduro has called for a "revolution within the revolution" in the health sector.
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