Month: September 2022

Catholic health care systems can limit access to birth control.

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Catholic health care systems can limit access to birth control.

Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Last week, students returning to campus at Oberlin College in Ohio got a shock: A local news outlet reported that the campus’ student health services would severely limit who could get contraception prescriptions. They would only be given to treat health problems — not for the purpose of preventing pregnancy — and emergency contraception would only be available to victims of sexual assault.

It turned out the college had outsourced its student health services to a Catholic health agency – and like other Catholic health institutions, it follows religious directives that prohibit contraception to prevent pregnancy. They also prohibit gender-affirming care.

“I would characterize the student’s reaction as outrage,” says Remsen Welsh, a fourth-year Oberlin student and co-director of the

So, back to that smoothies. Gone are the leftover breakfasts of my past. Now we make a blended drink containing almond milk, goji berries, nuts, white mulberries, chia seeds, yogurt, muesli, fresh fruits and other things from aisles of the supermarket I never knew existed (shopping is a lot more expensive these days). We used to eat this all from a bowl; it looked like wallpaper paste mixed with tobacco. “Mix it in!” Sumin urged. “I’m doing it!” I told her. “My spoon is stuck!” We switched to the blender because we were spending an hour a morning chewing.

The blender gets a lot of use now. I seem to be forever dismantling and washing it. Sometimes for lunch we’ll have a spinach, mango, avocado and banana smoothie, always remembering to add the banana as the time we forgot it was like drinking guacamole.

Yazoo to kefir

We have a

Amazon (AMZN) this week announced its plans to shutter Amazon Care, its telehealth offering. The timing doesn’t seem like an accident — the tech giant recently announced its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care provider One Medical (ONEM), which offers, among other things, broad telehealth capabilities and a substantial footprint of in-person clinics.

Amazon’s health care deals are important enough to merit headlines, sure. But, in the scheme of a highly regulated and competitive industry, Amazon still has a long way to go when it comes to being a major player, some experts say. That group includes Susan Lang, CEO of XIL Health, a health care-focused analytics and tech company.

“Amazon is typical of many tech giants who considered disrupting health care,” she said. “In general, they grossly underestimate how difficult and complex the $4 trillion health care industry is to disrupt. So in terms of their importance in health

posted August 26, 2022 by Gina

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