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MENTAL

There Is Still Joy In The ICU

Despite the relentless waves of COVID and the hopelessness they can easily instill, there is still the opportunity in the ICU to help people heal from terrible affliction.

ENVIRON

Health Equity & Inclusion in Action: Laying the Foundations for a Fairer, Healthier Future

The Health Equity and Inclusion in Action report, commissioned by the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences and developed by the global think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF),...

EDUCATE

UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

A bilateral salpingectomy is an outpatient procedure to permanently prevent pregnancy and reduce the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer.

DISEASES

As Opioids Mixed With Animal Tranquilizers Arrive in Kensington, So Do Alarming Health Challenges

The neighborhood’s afflictions date to the early 1970s, when industry left and the drug trade took hold. With each new wave of drugs, the situation grows grimmer. Now, with the arrival of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, new complications are burdening an already overtaxed system.

Dying Broke: A New Jointly Reported Series on America’s Long-Term Care Crisis from KFF Health News and The New York Times 

Series examines the ways in which the financial and emotional toll of providing and paying for long-term care are wreaking havoc on the lives of millions of Americans.

Understanding the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines: Insights from a Major International Study

Studies confirm that the known risks of COVID-19 vaccines are very rare and that the benefits outweigh the potential risks.

Obesity Touches Everything

Considering that over 40% of U.S. adults have obesity and there are fewer than ten thousand obesity medicine specialists, PCPs are a critical part of the solution as we tackle this epidemic.

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SAFETY

Will The Vaccine Stop Me From Catching COVID?

That is currently being studied, and the data are not out yet. This is critical to know, actually. We know that the vaccine prevents symptomatic Covid disease, but we don’t know if it prevents people from catching the virus

CARDIO

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Robert F Kennedy Jnr Appropriates Racism and Apartheid To Fuel Vaccine Fear

Robert F Kennedy Jnr's latest movie, Medical Racism, the New Apartheid is pure appropriation of racism and culture to fuel his aniti-vaccine campaign