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Hospitals and Digital Health Can Save People and the Planet

The Healthcare industry produces two gigatons of carbon dioxide each year. Taking responsibility and action to address these emissions

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Preparing for: Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)

A loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is a treatment to remove abnormal cervical cells to prevent cervical cancer.

DISEASES

Can We Dare to Think about an End to AIDS?

What would my 23-year-old self have made of my 63-year-old self moderating a session on the end of AIDS as a public health threat...

The Surprising Health Benefits of Walking on Uneven Ground — And Why You Should Start Today

Most people walk to relax. I came to Borneo to let the ground fight back. This morning, outside Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, my boots slipped on a...

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

Polio/Covid Planning, the Poor, Life and Mobility

Politicians aren't always up to doing their jobs, and now we have an example that harks back to the days of rampant polio when the first vaccines were developed, but it's not over.

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SAFETY

What You Need to Know About Omega-3 Fatty Acids

There may be a dose-related effect of omega-3 fatty acids on atrial fibrillation risk. In high doses there appeared to be an increase in risk for atrial fibrillation in the omega-3 groups (versus control) in both trials.

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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Debunking Nicholas Wade’s Origin of COVID Conspiracy Theory

Nicholas Wade debunked by real virologists. His Origin of Covid theory is flawed. He misinterprets and misrepresents science and scientists. Wade is exposed