Hollywood, Health & Society

HH&S, a program of the @LearCenter based at @USCAnnenberg, provides Hollywood writers/producers free resources on health, safety and security.

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Check out a new video we produced with @JasonWGeorge (Grey's Anatomy, Station 19) and @toddgrinnell (One Day at a Time) on #SystemicRacism, its history, and whether or not it's still a thing (hint: yes it is). https://t.co/25NWN8z82b

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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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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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Happy Holidays from everyone at Hollywood, Health & Society! We're on break and will be back Monday, January 6th 2025 ✨

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Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s. https://t.co/9pEKcYcAmW #Vaccines #InfectiousDiseases #PediatricHealth

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"We should be talking more about how showing up for your family — as millions of American men clearly do every day — is a form of masculine virtue." https://t.co/MyyhgjdWff #Caregiving #Gender

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#Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago. https://t.co/Uut1NDd6KO

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Actor Jason George talks about his new passion project: flipping the script on how guns are portrayed in the media and making gun safety cool, including HH&S's #GunSafety guide for the media https://t.co/LfH8uCJOsS

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Here’s how good new 3D mammogram tests are at detecting cancer and preventing false positive results for #BreastCancer https://t.co/BIYqBBO47z

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As 100-year lifespans become more common, the time has come for a new approach to school, work, and retirement. https://t.co/UMFpj2SFJl

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One day, scientists might develop accurate A.I. models of the human body, enabling a prospective drug to be tested on a model long before it’s given to people. For the foreseeable future, however, prospects will need to keep playing minor-league games; there is no A.I. replacement for expensive and painstaking clinical trials, in which many medicines fail. https://t.co/Vervk45Zow

#FutureOfMedicine #AI #ClinicalTrials

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Americans are dying of illnesses related to alcohol at roughly twice the rate seen in 1999. https://t.co/Jk7NQB2T1c

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"Stories that help us navigate our very understandable fear, anxiety, grief, despair, uncertainty and anger in a way that allows us to feel seen... And we need stories that expose the guilt of the fossil fuel industry." – @annajanejoyner @goodenergystory
#ClimateChange https://t.co/QsBFOfTEOk

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#FilmFriday: the documentary 'Super/Man' chronicles the life of the paralyzed Christopher Reeve, covering his friendship with Robin Williams, gut-wrenching details about his #caregiving and family, battling with private #HealthCareInsurance, and lobbying Congress to raise lifetime insurance caps #MoreCareOnScreen https://t.co/r30QJMkLse

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Thank you everyone who attended our panel last week tackling #caregiving in entertainment with @hollywdhealth director @KateFolb; @heydjnash, showrunner of @AMillionABC ; @jonnyfreakin, a writer on @NBCThisisUs ; Morgan Sackett, EP of #AManOnTheInside; and @lydiastorie, culture change manager at @CaringAcrossGen! #MoreCareOnScreen @learcenter @NBCUniversal

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A pilot effort at Boston Medical Center, called the Clean Power Prescription program, aims to help roughly 80 patients with complex, chronic medical needs who couldn't afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning or keep their refrigerators plugged in. https://t.co/bqYdqmM01w.

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"The killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, the country’s largest health insurer, has reignited people’s contempt for their health plans... [and reactions to his death] lays bare Americans’ deep-seated anger toward [private] #healthcare." https://t.co/XYsUorWB8a

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Premature birth rates in the US remain at a historic high due to chronic conditions, inadequate #prenatal care and racial disparities. https://t.co/b7Bl5N3WbQ #MaternalHealth #SystemicRacism

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Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are #overweight or #obese, according to a sweeping new study. The findings have wide-reaching implications for the nation’s health and medical costs as it faces a growing burden of weight-related diseases. https://t.co/fBBVdpJdwc

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In Berkeley, advocates, activists and unsheltered people are staging a last-ditch effort to claim safe public space for #unhoused individuals after #SCOTUS ruled that #homelessness was subject to criminalization #HousingCrisis https://t.co/eErS5xip2f

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By repeatedly representing #smoking from the past without depicting its health consequences, popular movies and TV shoes can put youths at risk for initiating #tobacco use today and of lifelong #addiction tomorrow. https://t.co/DWdQg9mD87 @truthinitiative