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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 19

A #GeneEditing technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon or rare #GeneticDiseases #FutureOfMedicine

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

The technique used on a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 16

#FilmFriday: Hailing from the #IndependentLens team on #PBS, "Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's" is the final installment in a series that also included docs about #ALS and #Parkinsons Disease & focuses more on the #caregivers behind their parent/partner #Alzheimers #Dementia

How Alzheimer’s Disease Affected These Families | Full Documentary | Independent Lens | PBS

Official website: https://to.pbs.org/IL_2024 | #IndieLensPBSMatter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s is an intimate portrayal of three families confronting the unique ...

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 15

Next month, a new #PrideLive event will celebrate #LGBTQ+ creativity in media and entertainment at various locations in and around Los Angeles. The line-up will feature a tribute to #NormanLear’s pioneering television work! #PrideMonth

Inaugural Pride LIVE! Hollywood Event Set for June With Film Screenings, Premieres, Tributes to Norman Lear, ‘Golden Girls,’ ‘Queer as Folk’ and More

The monthlong celebration of "LGBTQ+ creativity in media and entertainment" will take place at various locations in and around Los Angeles.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 14

Georgia Tech's offense #NazirStackhouse was diagnosed with #narcolepsy during his 1st year where he started 42 games and won 2 national titles. Now he’s an #NFL draft prospect, while still dealing with the condition on an everyday, every minute basis #SleepDisorders

Georgia football’s Nazir Stackhouse and his long struggle with narcolepsy entering NFL

Stackhouse was diagnosed with narcolepsy during his first year at Georgia, where he started 42 games and won two national titles.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 12

We are proud to be recognized by the 2025 North America #SABRE Awards in the #PublicEducation category for our #BreastCancer work on #SupermanAndLois and #AllAmericanHomecoming! Learn more about the awards here: www.provokemedia.com/events-award...

#TVHasPower #WeHaveTheFacts

Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 9

#FilmFriday: Ryan Coogler's #Sinners is a unique #horror film that interweaves the Black American experience of the early 1900s and the origins of song and dance throughout multiple cultures, specifically Black, Chinese, and Irish during the #JimCrow South.

‘Sinners’ review: Horror, history, and Black American folklore combine for trailblazing cinema

The best kind of vampire films understand that there are worse things in society than blood-sucking monsters with fangs. The horror genre has often been a cinematic landscape exploring themes in our…

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 8

#Severance takes an extreme, sci-fi angle on a basic reality of the workplace: that when we clock in, we are not fully ourselves. But is it a show about #Unions and #LaborOrganization?

Is ‘Severance’ a Show about Unions?

Lessons on workplace organizing from tech hell dystopia.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 7

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. Government inaction and policies are a major underlying culprit #SystemicRacism #Healthcare #RacismInHealthcare

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 6

Pinpointing what constitutes a “good death” is nearly as difficult as determining what makes a good life, and families do not always realize when #hospice is failing them. Here's a guide on how to research your hospice and to avoid fraud #caregiving #endoflife

How to Research Your Hospice (and Avoid Hospice Fraud)

A guide for readers, patients and caregivers.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 5

Scientists are using #AI to search existing medicines to treat rare diseases. #DrugRepurposing is not new, but the use of #MachineLearning is speeding up the process & could expand the treatment possibilities for people w/rare diseases & few options #FutureOfMedicine

Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life.

Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 2

New research linked #phthalates, commonly found in #plastics, to 350,000 deaths globally.

Experts weigh in on how the study was conducted, as well as its limitations in establishing causation versus correlation between the chemicals and deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

What We Know About Phthalates in Plastic and Heart Disease

The paper linked phthalates, commonly found in plastics, to 350,000 deaths globally. But the data come with caveats.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · May 1

Cuts to federal health agencies and changes to their websites have raised concerns about their reliability. Here are 5 independent sources offer an alternative for accurate #health information #PublicHealth #HealthCommunications

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5 Places to Turn for Accurate Health Information

Changes to federal health websites have raised concerns about their reliability. These independent sources offer an alternative.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 30

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects #PlasticPollution #ClimateChange #FutureOfMedicine

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What Are Microplastics Doing to Our Bodies? This Lab Is Racing to Find Out.

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 29

As we enter a new era of techno-spiritualism ushered in by #AI 'deadbots' and avatars, the question will not be when optimization culture will come for #grief, but rather how we will choose to grapple with it when it inevitably does.

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Opinion | We’re in a New Age of Techno-Spiritualism

A.I. “deadbots” and avatars are ushering in a new era of techno-spiritualism.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 28

With startling honesty, 'Dying for Sex’ portrays the punishing toll #cancer care can inflict, even on those who find joy and meaning in providing it #caregiving

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Column | ‘Dying for Sex’ spotlights an often overlooked role: The caregiver

Jenny Slate’s stellar performance underlines how the noble work of cancer care can come with steep personal costs — a truth that’s often tricky to acknowledge.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 25

How can we bring more stories about #caregiving to film and television? Our partners at #CaringAcrossGenerations and actress #YvetteNicoleBrown have some ideas!

Caregivers Don't Wear Capes

Caring Across Generations and Yvette Nicole Brown tell Hollywood: Be our hero! Bring more care stories to film and TV."Caregivers Don't Wear Capes" starring ...

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 24

Noah Wyle talks about how #ThePitt collaborated with experts in healthcare, safety and security via our free consultation services at Hollywood, Health & Society. Thanks so much for the shoutout! #TVThursday

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After a 15-hour shift on 'The Pitt,' Noah Wyle reviews Dr. Robby's day

Noah Wyle, the star and executive producer of Max's hit medical drama, spoke with The Times about the whirlwind first season, which concluded Thursday.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 23

Research has found placenta-derived grafts can reduce pain and inflammation, heal burns, prevent the formation of scar tissue and adhesions around surgical sites and even restore vision. So why do we throw so many away?

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#FutureOfMedicine #Research

Her Face Was Unrecognizable After an Explosion. A Placenta Restored It.

The same qualities that make placentas so valuable during pregnancy make them profoundly useful for healing burns and wounds, too. So why do we throw so many away?

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 22

Faith communities of all kinds have been caring for nature throughout history. Now, a cluster of evangelical groups in Indiana are pushing for environmental action #EarthDay2025

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Indiana Evangelicals Are Focusing on Creation Care With Environmental Work

A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Medicaid is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. The federal program pays wages to #caregivers — friends, family members, or professional caregivers — who help with essential needs. www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g...

How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers

The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 8

Mosquito-borne diseases such as #dengue and #malaria will become a bigger part of the curriculum at medical schools across Europe in the face of the #ClimateCrisis buff.ly/39glQMS #FutureOfMedicine

Europe’s medical schools to give more training on diseases linked to climate crisis

New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in health

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 7

A new study finds that #wildfires pose challenges for #LungCancer patients recovering from surgery #ClimateChange

Wildfires Pose Challenges to Cancer Care | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

A new study finds that wildfires pose challenges for lung cancer patients recovering from surgery.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 6

#ClimateChange is increasingly disrupting people’s #sleep. In many places, nighttime temperatures are rising faster than daytime temperatures.

How Climate Change Is Causing Sleep Loss

High nighttime temperatures led to 5% more sleep lost worldwide over the past five years, according to a new study.

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 5

#ICYMI: A common blood test may miss #OvarianCancer in some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment, a new study finds. It’s the latest example of medical tests that contribute to health care disparities.

Ovarian cancer blood test misses some Black and Native American patients, study finds

A new study finds that a common blood test for ovarian cancer may miss some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment. It’s the latest example of medical tests contributing to…

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Hollywood, Health & Society @hollywdhealth.bsky.social · Apr 4

#FilmFriday: it may be #satire, but #DontLookUp is one of the few feature-length films that indirectly addresses systemic and political failures to collective address #ClimateChange. Stream if on #Netflix if you're looking for something to laugh and/or cry at

DON'T LOOK UP | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence | Official Trailer | Netflix

Based on real events that haven’t happened - yet. Don’t Look Up in select theaters December 10 and on Netflix December 24.DON’T LOOK UP tells the story of tw...

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