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April Dembosky retweeted
In the next few years, CALIFORNIANS will able to opt to have their remains COMPOSTED.
It's already an option in WASHINGTON state.
This morning on @KQEDnews 📻, the story one man from San Francisco who didn’t want to wait.
@adembosky takes us to @recomposelife in Seattle. – at San Francisco, CA
Doctors like @ShoshUMD from @endwellproject are pushing Hollywood to update their depictions of death and dying on TV. Celebrities like @TigNotaro @YNB and @amandakloots are using their platforms to help.
My latest story from @NPR:
npr.org/sections/health-shot…
April Dembosky retweeted
An estimated 25% of adults have a fear of needles that began in childhood. And roughly 16% of adults refuse flu vaccinations because of it.
Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf said he has a solution: the Ouchless Jab Challenge.
kqed.org/news/11970919/this-…
I’laysia Vital was so excited to get accepted to a historically Black college in Texas: “It’s just positive. I really want to be a part of that community.” But then she realized that sense of belonging would come at the expense of her reproductive freedom.
kqed.org/science/1983772/col…
Packing for college? Don’t forget to bring a year’s worth of birth control pills.
This is the advice California nurses are sharing in “senior sendoff” appointments for high school graduates headed to college in Southern states that now ban abortion.
kqed.org/science/1983772/col…
April Dembosky retweeted
Powerful segment this morning on @KQED about high school seniors in #Oakland needing to think about their lack of access to #abortion if they’re headed to colleges where that is now illegal. kqed.org/science/1983772/col…. Thank you @adembosky for this!
April Dembosky retweeted
The Madera Community Hospital actually made $15M on Medi-Cal before it shuttered earlier this year - a critical detail shattering the narrative that low Medi-Cal rates are to blame.
California Hospitals Seek a Broad Bailout, but They Don’t All Need It: kffhealthnews.org/MTY5NDc1Mg
April Dembosky retweeted
The latest episode of @KQED's California Report will break your heart and make you absolutely furious. The woman at the center of this story, Lori S., has done an incredible public service in telling her story. Excellent reporting by @adembosky too.
kqed.org/news/11951879/is-ca…
"Time and again, nobody was clear with me," Lori said.
One-on-one, in the exam room, what a doctor says – and doesn’t say – can affect the care you receive.
Tune in to today's #TheCaliforniaReport on @KQED, 88.5 FM in SF at 6:30 pm, or listen here:
kqed.org/news/11951879/is-ca…
April Dembosky retweeted
Some California and Oregon politicians say doctors should have more leeway in compelling treatment for patients who are too sick to know they need care.
📝: @adembosky, @KQED /@ameliaOPB, @OPB/ @carriefeibel kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
April Dembosky retweeted
For years, the U.S. government has funded a network of ~350 clinics offering holistic, team-based care for early psychosis.
Studies show this care improves people’s quality of life, but few private insurers cover it.
@KQED’s @adembosky explains.
tradeoffs.org/2023/05/11/ear…
April Dembosky retweeted
Oftentimes, people with private insurance have access to better care than those on public programs like Medicaid.
But @KQEDscience’s @adembosky says when it comes to the best treatment for early psychosis, the opposite is true.
Learn more: tradeoffs.org/2023/05/11/ear…
April Dembosky retweeted
This week we're re-airing a vintage episode on Søren #Kierkegaard, born 210 years ago yesterday. At the time we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, @adembosky, to see how one of Kierkegaad's major concepts—the leap of faith—plays out in everyday life: youtu.be/iniEQUZ49OY.
California is debating treating people with serious mental illness against their will. But younger people who *want* psychosis treatment can't get it because their insurance company won't pay for it. 1/7
@ilike_mike @Scott_Wiener @SusanEggman
kqed.org/science/1981630/pro…
What if, instead of telling patients with schizophrenia to prepare for a lifetime of disability, we asked them what they want and worked with them toward full recovery? 7/7
Text and audio @KQEDnews @KQEDscience
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