I think I got my assistance applied to my Medicare yesterday, maybe. 

 ptooey wrote:

Absolutely. 

But on that, CFW is going to Europe in a few weeks and I've tried to drum it into him that if he really needs help, he has to do his absolute best to smile and be charming. Not like his dad, more like someone who is not in any way related to him. Because as much as people want to help, you still need to leave the door open for them to do that. Y'know, unless you're dealing with a TBI and walking pneumonia, then maybe people should just suck it up and help.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


It'll be interesting to see if any further details emerge around that whole ordeal, but in addition to the corporate shenanigans, it's troubling how many times I've seen subpar care administered because the patient was just a pain in the ass. I mean, head injury, possible mental illness, etc., etc. should not mean you just get kicked out.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

I'm going to count Todd Snider among those. They shuffled him out the door when they should have admitted him.

Just announced: Trump & RFKjr announce “war” on ”quack doctors and nurses” and “those who kill our unborn” and deploy ICE to raid their offices, arrest those responsible, and imprison them for nine months, as “payback” for those “murders.”

Gift article. Don’t fall for their lies.

You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

here's an opportunity to understand the importance of technology being developed for good
people dedicated to keep plugging away at challenges

New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Wipes Out Multiple Types of Cancer in Mice

The treatment takes a step towards a universal cancer vaccine by making multiple cancers more susceptible to current immunotherapies.

Cancer puts up a formidable defense. As cancer cells grow, they pump out molecules that weaken and confuse attacking immune cells, lowering their ability to fight off tumors.

A team from the University of Florida have now found a way to “wake up” the immune system, such that immune cells regain their cancer-fighting abilities. An injection made with the mRNA technology used in Covid vaccines—with some small tweaks—paired up with a commonly used cancer immunotherapy medication to destroy skin, bone, and brain tumors in mice.

The treatment differs from previous anti-cancer drugs. Rather than directly targeting cancer cells, mRNA vaccines generate proteins that signal the presence of cancers and rev up the immune system. Because they’re not specific to any one type of cancer, the strategy could bolster immunotherapy treatment of multiple cancers.

The “very unexpected and exciting” finding “is a proof of concept that these vaccines potentially could be commercialized as universal cancer vaccines to sensitize the immune system against a patient’s individual tumor,” said Elias Sayour, who led the study, in a press release.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Nope. I read on the internet that we’re not.

 islander wrote:
Not only are they malignant, but they're willfully ignorant (or just stupid) and lazy.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

We've been here for a while. 

 maryte wrote:

Great. We now truly enter The Post-Truth Epoch.

 islander wrote:

Exactly.  A while back, maybe late 2024, we were playing around with AI, as it was supposed to be this new "great" tool. We asked for peer-reviewed articles on specific mental health topics. References looked good until we searched for the actual articles - non-existent. The AI app asks, "Is this good, or shall I try again?" Try again, Beaver Cleaver. And again, fake articles. Tried a third time. Confirmed that AI is worthless for factual resources.

 Proclivities wrote:

when you use AI to do your homework.

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.

Volunteers are re-creating the CDC website from the before times: https://restoredcdc.org/www.cd...

IGMFU
Aging Members of Congress Refuse to Disclose Details of Their Top Secret Hospital
The Office of the Attending Physician gives politicians nearly unlimited medical care for about $54 a month.

After a presidential election that saw an 82-year-old commander in chief unable to complete sentences in a debate or instill confidence in the public that he could carry out his duties, elected leaders in Congress are faring no better.

In the past two months alone, 82-year-old Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) was discovered to be living in an assisted-living facility with a dementia ward in her final months in office; 74-year-old Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) won a high-profile leadership position on the House Oversight Committee after revealing he is battling highly terminal esophageal cancer; 82-year-old Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell twice on Capitol Hill just months after blacking out during a press conference; 84-year-old former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) fell and broke her hip in Luxembourg; and 76-year-old Rep. John Larson (D-CT) appeared to suffer a stroke on the House floor. (Larson’s staff has said it was a bad reaction to a new medication.)

What has eluded attention is the highly secretive hospital, housed on Capitol Hill and funded by taxpayers, that provides both emergency and primary care to an aging political class, which some have come to describe as a gerontocracy. It also runs classified programs known only to some members of Congress. (...)