"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than 2 million Americans could benefit from a treatment known as PrEP, but only a quarter of them are getting a form of the drug. Zach Dyer appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on Feb. 4 to share tips patients can use to avoid those pitfalls and find a doctor who knows more about PrEP."
#PublicHealth #healthcare #insurance #HIV #PrescriptionDrugs #physicians #PrimaryCare #prevention #audio
What predicted inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in Japan's #primaryCare clinics?
- Acute bronchitis, common cold (acute upper respiratory), and rhinitis diagnoses
- Older male clinicians
- Telehealth and regular (vs. after) hours appointments
More evidence of the cozy relationship between NatACT First MPs and corporate extractors looking to turn public services into profit sources;
https://thestandard.nz/tend-healths-aratataki-a-fully-registered-charity/
I'm all for remote consultations as a first line of triage. So people don't have to pay for and travel to GP appointments we don't really need.
But a properly funded Healthline that didn't leave you on hold for half an hour could do that job. We don't need for-profit "telehealth" platforms.
"It's the idea of health professionals 'literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies,' she [Julia Hotz] explains. The prescriptions include exercise, art, music, exposure to nature and volunteering, which are known to have enormous benefits to physical and mental health."
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5434386/social-prescription-arts-exercise-loneliness
#healthcare #prescriptions #exercise#PhysicalActivity #art #music #nature #outdoors #volunteer #connection #community#PrimaryCare
"It's the idea of health professionals 'literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies,' she [Julia Hotz] explains. The prescriptions include exercise, art, music, exposure to nature and volunteering, which are known to have enormous benefits to physical and mental health."
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5434386/social-prescription-arts-exercise-loneliness
#healthcare #prescriptions #exercise#PhysicalActivity #art #music #nature #outdoors #volunteer #connection #community#PrimaryCare
