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#medications — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #medications, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Forever Chemicals And Medications Detected In National Park Waters
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    sfgate.com/national-parks/arti <-- shared technical/media article
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    doi.org/10.3133/sir20255095 <-- shared (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5095
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    [I still remember a talk that @RelaenaSindelar gave about pharmaceuticals in the waste stream; one of her examples was Sequim, WA - in the banana belt - with retirement communities' flushed medications’ and the downstream/coastal effects - NOT the Grand Canyon! :( ]
    #water #hydrology #waterquality #southrim #grandcanyon #USA #PFAs #foreverchemicals #pharmaceuticals #pharmaceuticalsinthewastestream #NationalPark #waterresources #wastewater #effluent #springs #perfluoroalkyl #polyfluoroalkyl #medications #groundwater #infiltration #humanhealth #ecosystem #humanimpacts
    #USGS #NPS

  2. Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with #dementia is prescribed brain-altering #medications linked to falls, confusion, and #hospitalization
    #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/01/med01122601

  3. This was a day I was #bedridden (like the vast majority of my days). #Stress (I suffer from #SocialAnxiety, general #anxiety & resultant #PanicAttacks) placed me in the fat-burning zone for nearly 10.5 hours. And this, whilst not occurring every single day, is the dominant feature of my Fitbit reports. No #AntiAnxiety meds for nearly 5 months.

    No #medications No #SocialCare Minimal #FoodAndWater No #HygieneSupport No help with #Dressing etc.

  4. @thatbrickster
    - Agree, #UBI that goes up slightly with age.
    - landTax (12.5-50% of rentalValue or a maximumRentalIncome),
    - break up the "#tooBigToExist" (CAGEFAM)
    - make #onionRouting the new internet standard, make thirdParty #dataMatching illegal to aid privacy and safety of citizens from #undemocratic predation,
    - (USA) break up bigPharma or do #singlePayer for #medications.
    - make #schools and govt FOSS only.
    - (if you don't like BTC) monero.

    @xjix