Could Millions of Americans Soon Access Weight Loss Drugs Through Medicare and Medicaid? A groundbreaking proposal from the Biden administration could dramatically expand access to weight loss medications for millions of Americans. The proposed rule, announced on November 26, 2024, would make these drugs available through Medicare and Medicaid, two crucial federal health insurance programs. … Read more
Long COVID is Crippling a Generation: A Hidden Weathering the Storm The COVID pandemic is fading, but its shadow lingers. A silent epidemic of long COVID is impacting interests and lives across the globe, particularly in a country struggling with healthcare access, wage stagnation, and now, a generational health crisis. For many families, COVID isn’t … Read more
Santander is one of the regions with the most negative effects from the prevalence of the disease so far in 2024. In the coming months, an intensive fumigation campaign will be carried out to eliminate the breeding sites of the dengue mosquito (Photo: Archive / VANGUARDIA LIBERAL) The disease leaves thousands infected and several dead … Read more
Understanding the behavior of people who suffer from a personality disorder is often very challenging for those around them. Accepting that they behave like this, not because they are like that by nature, but because they are just sick, is not easy at all. Society often looks down on them, and the potential for professional … Read more
Jakarta – Petai or Parkia Speciosa is scientifically a popular food in Indonesia. These special smelling grains are often eaten with main meals to enhance flavor. Nevertheless, it is said to contain high levels of purine and is therefore dangerous if eaten by people with gout. What are the facts? Inggrid Tania, Chairman of the … Read more
Jakarta – Those who have previously been exposed to COVID-19 and still have symptoms six months or two years later have a lower chance of recovering from ‘Long COVID‘. Many people do not realize that they experience ‘persistent’ complaints after exposure. Quoted from the National Library of Medicine of the US National Institutes of Health … Read more
Every 45 seconds a boy or girl dies of pneumonia. 2,000 children – almost 700,000 deaths a year – that could be saved by vaccination. According to the World Health Organization, pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood mortality in low- and middle-income countries. A third of these preventable deaths occur in the first month … Read more
Music band – The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) said that Indonesia is currently in fifth place as the country with the highest number of diabetes. Currently, it is estimated that people with diabetes will reach 19.5 million people. This was said by the Director of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (P2PTM) at the Ministry … Read more
West Manggarai – Acting West Manggarai Regent, Ondy Christian Siagian, revealed that cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DBD) in the region had increased significantly compared to last year. He said that the peak of dengue fever outbreak usually occurs in the periods of January-March and October-December. Ondy said that by mid-November 2024, there would be … Read more
It was in July 2023, after a long absence from social networks, that Caroline Receveur shared the terrible news: two months earlier, her doctors had diagnosed her with particularly aggressive breast cancer… Little Marlon’s mother was then at her second cycle of chemotherapy. With courage, the 37-year-old influencer did not give up, despite the arduousness … Read more