#seriousillness — Public Fediverse posts

There's apparently a trendy movement promoting the consumption of #rawMilk based on the false notion that #unpasteurized #milk is somehow healthier (#naturalisticFallacy).

Raw milk is not healthier than #pasteurized milk, and it can cause issues like #nausea, #diarrhea, #vomiting or, in some cases, #seriousIllness. Don't subject yourself and your family to unnecessary danger for the sake of adhering to a misguided and misinformed trend.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/the-dangers-of-raw-milk-what-you-should-know

#LetterOfTheWeek
Improve effective access to #medical investigations
" #Patients suspected of #seriousillness & can't afford referral to private specialists hv to be referred to #public #hospital specialists thru e #polyclinic (as referrals fr pte Drs & GPs wld mean a higher cost subsequently for e patient). It may take sometime b4 they get to see e polyclinic specialist & investigations may stretch over weeks. By e time a serious illness is diagnosed, it may hv advanced"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-improve-effective-access-to-medical-investigations-for-everyone