What the health are we doing to ourselves and the planet?

Almost all developed countries — including those run by very conservative governments — have an effective solution for drug prices, which is why these countries often pay less than half of what people in the United States pay for drugs - Ezekiel J Emanuel

Issues that Matter

Health Insurance Denials

Refusing payment for medical care and drugs has become a staple of their business model, in part because they know customers appeal less than 1% of denials - Wendell Potter

Make America Healthy

The US is failing one of its principal obligations as a nation: to protect the health and welfare of its people - Joseph Betancourt - MD

23andMe

If you’re one of the 15 million people who shared your DNA with 23andMe, it’s time to delete your data - Geoffrey A. Fowler

Alcohol and Cancer Risk

There is no safe level of alcohol when it comes to cancer risk - Ernest Hawk MD

Gaza Crisis

Around 80 percent of people in Gaza relied on humanitarian aid prior to the invasion, putting them in an already vulnerable position - Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea

Measles (Rubeola)

We’re burdening the health system — and a generation of doctors who have never seen measles — with a disease that absolutely could have been prevented through routine vaccination - Julia Belluz

One Pill Can Kill

Never take a pill that wasn’t prescribed directly to you. Never take a pill from a friend. Never take a pill bought on social media. Just one pill is dangerous and one pill can kill - DEA

Migrant Crisis

The American way of life and the future of our natural environment and resource base depends on restoring the proper balance between our needs and the unlimited demands of millions on the move - FAIR

Gun Violence

Gun violence in particular acts very much like a social contagion. It spreads like a virus - Daniel Webster

Water Scarcity

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water - W. H. Auden

Hunger

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder - Aristophanes

Microplastics

There’s no point producing things that last for 500 years and then using them for 20 minutes. It’s a completely unsustainable way of being - Tamara Galloway

Opioid Epidemic

We, as clinicians, are uniquely positioned to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic - Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General

Terrorism

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won - Joichi Ito

Climate Change

In a sense, climate change is an opportunity for us to step up—to grow up—as a species.- Emma Marris

Gender Affirming Care & Minors

Gender-affirming care is riddled with ethical dilemmas that have spilled over into an explosive political situation. The changing landscape of transgender health care, debates about puberty blockers and detransition are all low-hanging fruit - Kinnon R. MacKinnon and Pablo Expósito-Campos

Bird Flu (H5N1)

I know exactly what amino acids I have to change because in 2012, against my recommendation, the scientists that did these experiments actually published them. So, the recipe for how to make bird flu highly infection for humans is already out there - Robert Redfield MD

Abortion Access

Access to safe and legal abortion is a matter of human rights, and its availability is the best way to protect autonomy and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity - Human Rights Watch

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Magnesium & Sleep

Physicians and pharmacists say it’s not a magic pill, but there is a lot it can do - Romano Santos

Water Fluoridation

Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific fraud of this century, if not of all time - Robert Carton PhD former US EPA scientist

Red 3

At long last, the FDA is ending the regulatory paradox of Red 3 being illegal for use in lipstick, but perfectly legal to feed to children in the form of candy - Peter Lurie MD MPH

Covid-19

The version of the Covid-19 virus behind the latest spike in infections shares many of the same symptoms as earlier variants of Sars-CoV-2 : a sore throat, fatigue, headache and a cough. Differences in the symptoms often depend on a person's underlying health and their immune system - David Cox

CT Scans and Cancer Risk

Medical imaging has potential benefits. It has potential harms as well, and it's really important to balance them - Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD

Prebiotic Sodas

Prebiotic sodas aren’t likely to harm your health... but it’s also not likely that they’ll be beneficial - Marion Nestle

The Human Body

Only by understanding how the world around us works, can we understand our bodies and live well in and with nature and among others - Julia H Sun

GLP-1 Drugs Online

Recent FDA changes have thrown their availability into legal limbo - Erica Sloan

Short Workouts

There are certainly ‘optimal’ ways to train, but you can see increased mobility, better sleep, better strength and increased bone density with shorter, simpler workouts - Barb Puzanovova

Electric Vehicles

Electric cars aren't pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere - Alexandra Paul

Cosmetic Health

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Maria Mitchell

Child Care

Child care should be universal and well-paid — not just affordable - Michelle Chen

Anger Management

The first step is to recognize that you’re angry - Christina Caron

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price - Gabriel J.X. Dance

Seed Oils

To their many vocal detractors, they’re referred to as “the hateful eight.” Canola oil, corn oil, sunflower oil and other refined oils made from the seeds of certain plants have become lightning rods for wellness influencers — and some politicians - Alice Callahan

School Lunches

School meals have the potential to serve as a safety net for us all - Megan A. Carney

Domestic Violence

As tears fall from her face she begins to sway. Love shouldn't hurt this way - Diana Rasmussen, Snow White Darkness

Birth Control Pill Access

Envisioning a future where birth control pills are available over the counter in the United States, fully covered by insurance, priced affordably, and accessible to people of all ages, identities, and backgrounds - Free The Pill

Ketamine & Depression

The most exciting treatment to come to the fore - Mason Turner

Ozempic Face

The downside of the most talked about weight-loss treatment - Aestha Clinic

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

The pendulum had swung very far away from the use of hormone therapy for any purpose, but the absolute risk in younger women in early menopause appears to be very small - JoAnn Manson

StaynHealthy

When it comes to health, I hope we can help the next generations understand that there isn’t always an app for that - Doris Iarovici MD

DIY Healthcare

If you had asked me about the idea of it 20 years ago I would've been skeptical and said you've been watching too much Star Trek. But today, we're as close as we've ever been to having Dr. Bones McCoy's tricorder, the seemingly magical device that could scan a patient quickly and report critical health data - Inmar Intelligence

Treatment & Therapeutics

At the end of the day, choosing a flu remedy is trial and error until you find something that will make you more comfortable - Aviva Romm MD

Fitness

There’s a fitness revolution at work here, A lot of people are reconsidering what works for them, and also becoming more flexible and more open to different types of fitness - Shanel Anderson

Eat

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live - Socrates

Drink

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not - Mark Twain

Sleep & Health

O Sleep, O Gentle Sleep, Natures Soft Nurse, How Have I Frightend Thee, That Thou No More Wilt Weigh my Eye-Lids Down And Steep My Senses In Forgetfulness? - William Shakespeare

Personal Health

Health is not valued till sickness comes - Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734)

Mental Health

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body - Cicero

Challenges

Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always I am healthily in body and mind - Swami Sivananda

Diabetes

As obesity creeps into preschools, and hypertension and type II diabetes become pediatric problems for the very first time, the case for starting preventive health care in the cradle has become too compelling to keep ignoring - Heidi Murkoff

Cancer

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset - Dave Pelzer

Heart

Wherever you go, go with all your heart - Confucius

Drugs

Should I take drugs? Of course, you already do. Caffeine is a drug. Alcohol is a drug. Ibuprofen is a drug. Acetaminophen is a drug. Anesthetics are drugs. You, my friend, are a drug user - Greggory Moore

Addiction

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism - Carl Jung

Are you a Health Professional?

The Pitt

Let’s hope The Pitt, and the model it offers for streaming TV, becomes the rule rather than the exception - Kathryn VanArendonk

Careers in Healthcare

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night - Marilyn Monroe

Burnout & Healthcare

Congratulations if you aren’t burned out. Perhaps you learned to play the guitar, wrote a screenplay, or took up French during the pandemic. But if you’re like me and most of my patients, you’re running on fumes - Lucy McBride

History of Medicine

First of all the doctor should look at the patient’s face. If he looks his usual self this is a good sign - Hippocrates 430BC

Nurses

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors - Gerhard Kocher

Doctors

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals - Napoleon Bonaparte

Inside the ER Emergencies

When I come on to my shift, I don’t have any clue what I’m going to see - Kathleen Clem MD

Emergencies Outside the ER

Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination - Al Gore

Sneaky Emergencies

Some patients may, indeed, have “classic” presentations of these disease processes. On the other hand, other patients may have more subtle signs and symptoms - Sarah Brubaker MD and Brit Long MD

Business of Health

Fundamentally, the answers to our challenges in healthcare relies in engaging and empowering the individual - Elizabeth Holmes

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial intelligence is still in its infancy—and that should scare us - David Gelernter

Emerging Technology

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge - Stephen Hawking

Fitness

There’s a fitness revolution at work here, A lot of people are reconsidering what works for them, and also becoming more flexible and more open to different types of fitness - Shanel Anderson

Heat Related Illness

Contrary to popular belief, heat illnesses do not exist on a continuum. You do not need to have heat cramps or syncope before you have heat exhaustion - Korey Stringer Institute

Exertional Sickling

There continues to be a great deal of controversy surrounding sickle cell trait and its association with exercise-related morbidity and sudden death - Bruce L. Mitchell

Jet Lag

Travelling is almost like talking with those of other centuries - Rene Descartes

Birth Tourism

I am frustrated -- and I have to be honest, angered -- by the fact that as a society we are being abused. I think we are a very generous society - Saul Pytka MD

Medical Tourism

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey – Pat Conroy

Public Health

The success or failure of any government in the final analysis must be measured by the well-being of its citizens. Nothing can be more important to a state than its public health; the state’s paramount concern should be the health of its people - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Affordable Healthcare

Every single one of us deserves access to quality, affordable health care - Sara Gideon

Healthcare Systems

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth - Marcus Aurelius

Healtainment

A day without laughter is a day wasted - Charlie Chaplin

Medical Drama

Most people associate hospitals with disease. I think of romance. But that's another story - Dr. Daniel Auschlander, St. Elsewhere

Playtime

The benefits children get from play are incalculable, yet the children who may need it most tend to get the least of it - Greggory Moore

Give & Share

You can save lives with your giving. Here’s how - Dylan Matthews

Fundraising

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give - Winston S. Churchill

Poverty

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous - Noel Gallagher

Opinions

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them - Herbert Henry Lehman

Euthanasia

How we die has changed tremendously over the past few decades — and so must we - Haider Javed Warraich

Second Opinion

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant - Harlan Ellison

It's a complicated time with so much information and along with it, disinformation, and we just want to just cut through the noise - Shepherd Smith

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