Colorado Health and Science Writer https://xitter.cf/t.co/lJ2jmWdXls
Joined July 2019
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Advocates caution that artificial intelligence and future technologies could extract sensitive information about people’s health and innermost thoughts.
@KateRuderWriter reports for KFF Health News + @CBSNews. ⤵️ cbsnews.com/news/state-priva…
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A nursing home in Colorado had 75 minutes to prepare for a power outage that lasted 28 hours. Such public safety power shut-offs are being used more often as a fire prevention tool, but not all health facilities are prepared.
@KateRuderWriter reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/new…
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NEW: As preemptive power cuts become more widespread, nursing homes are being forced to evaluate their preparedness.
@KateRuderWriter reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
In my article for @KFFHealthNews and @CBSNews, I cover how doctors partner with dental hygienists to bridge gaps in dental care here in Colorado and across the US.
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Doctors who also perform dental checkups are helping children, pregnant women, and others who cannot afford or do not have easy access to dentists.
@KateRuderWriter reports for KFF Health News & @CBSNews
More doctors are integrating oral health care into their practices, filling a need in America's dental deserts. cbsn.ws/3W9XNpF
What if we could take unused medications and give them to those who need them most? For my @KFFHealthNews article, a look at how Colorado, California and other states are looking to expand these programs kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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Some 9 million people don't take their prescriptions because they can't afford them. Meanwhile, an estimated $11 billion in unused medications are thrown out each year. @KateRuderWriter writes about a way to solve both problems. kffhealthnews.org/MTc4MTk3NA via @kffhealthnews
Kate Ruder retweeted
The antiobesity drugs #semaglutide and #tirzepatide were front and center at the #ObesityWeek23 meeting.
Hot topics included body composition changes, sex differences in outcomes, and questions about the need for lifestyle interventions.
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Amidst fervor for #semaglutide and other new weight-loss drugs, rare but serious side effects are emerging in my latest for @JAMA_current News jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Kate Ruder retweeted
As more patients use #semaglutide, rare but serious adverse effects are emerging for GLP-1 receptor agonists.
JAMA #MedicalNews reports.
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NEW: Are nonprofit hospitals providing enough charity care to justify their tax breaks? Some Pueblo residents say no.
📝: @MarkianHawryluk kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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A new study builds on evidence that body mass index alone does not fully capture risk of death, @KateRuderWriter reports. ja.ma/3Y0Ejmf #MedicalNews
“When you’re dying and somebody touches you without expectation of anything in return, you just get
to be,” said massage therapist Ilyse Streim in my latest article for @KFFHealthNews kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
“When you’re dying and somebody touches you without expectation of anything in return, you just get
to be,” said Ilyse Streim, who specializes in massage for people in hospice. cbsnews.com/news/hospice-mas…
Kate Ruder retweeted
Women have a higher risk of death & complications than men after coronary artery bypass graft surgery—the most common heart surgery in the US—and the excess risk has not budged over the past decade. @KateRuderWriter reports on new findings in @JAMASurgery. ja.ma/3mhVXTH
Women still fare worse after coronary artery bypass surgery than men—year after year—finds a new 10-year study in my article for @JAMA_current. “A call to action,” said Brittany Zwischenberger, MD, Duke University, of these findings. Read more: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Buying groceries at dollar stores on the rise, particularly in the South and in rural areas in a study from @WenhuiFeng @TuftsMedSchool for @JAMA_current
Special thanks @jerry_shannon and @LeChenarides
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Rural Colorado tries to fill health worker gaps with apprenticeships cosun.co/3iocvY2
Kate Ruder retweeted
#NewOnKHN: A Grand Junction program is training and retaining nurse and personal care aides in areas where the aging population is creating a need for them. But challenges remain for these workers.
📝: @KateRuderWriter khn.org/news/article/rural-c…
In rural Colorado, apprenticeships for nurse and personal aides fill gaps in care for older adults. Apprentices get scrubs and even a tank of gas if they can't afford the drive to work @KHNews khn.org/news/article/rural-c…