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Skinnier, Sicker? Weight-Loss Meds Raise Concerns

Taking any type of medicine always carries a risk, with some risks being more concerning than others. If you look at the Physicians' Desk...

ENVIRON

The Same Farm. Two Days. Two Different Worlds

My artistic wife recently painted a working farm near our vacation home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It is a peaceful scene — fields stretching...

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Vaginal Hysterectomy

A vaginal hysterectomy is a minimally invasive technique to remove the uterus. Vaginal hysterectomy is a minimally invasive surgery that benefits patients by having only a vaginal incision, shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, reduced pain, and a shorter hospital stay.

DISEASES

How Stress Affects Your Brain

STRESS CAN PLAY HAVOC WITH YOUR BRAIN HEALTH. Today we explore how you can walk away from stress and other means to calm your brain.

Three Heart Benefits of Dark Chocolate

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”― Charles M. Schulz - Dr. Michael Hunter explores the benefits of dark chocolate.

10 Top Tips to Drop Your Breast Cancer Risk

BREAST CANCER MORTALITY IS DROPPING, but are you doing all you can to reduce your risk of getting (and dying) from the disease?

Main Cause of Death in Infants Ages Zero to Five in Low-Income Countries; Hope for a Better Future

Hope shines through the veil of despair with low-cost, effective interventions that can significantly reduce the number of deaths among infants aged 0 to 5.

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Opioids. Everything you need to know about America’s Most Lethal Drugs

Opioid overdoses related to illegally manufactured fentanyl (the most powerful of the opioids) represented the greatest contribution to the increasing numbers

CARDIO

Nutrition Advice Keeps Changing — And What Never Changes

For decades we’ve been told to avoid eggs, butter, whole milk, and red meat. Then eggs were declared acceptable again. Butter quietly returned to many...

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Nobel-Winning Virologist David Baltimore Eats Wuhan Crow

Nicholas Wade suggested the Wuhan laboratory was a possible source for the coronavirus. He used David Baltimore smoking gun comment to validate his theory.