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MENTAL

Sleep and Your Gut Could Be Doing Battle Against You

A disturbing relationship exists between your sleep habits and your gut, and it can upset your mental and physical health.

ENVIRON

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

Congenital Heart Defects

Congenital heart defects, or diseases, are problems with the heart’s structure that are present at birth. They may change the normal flow of blood through the heart.

The Book Fragmented is a Key Step Toward Navigating America’s Ailing Health System

Stanford Medicine Physician and Author Ilana Yurkiewicz Spotlights “Fragmentation” in a Long-Awaited Book for Patients and Providers

A Hidden Fact. Death Certificates Shouldn’t Lie, Correct?

Remember the words “there are only two things you have to do: die and pay taxes?” Too many don’t pay taxes but no one...

Follow The Money in Healthcare – It Will Lead You to Chronic Diseases

Chronic disease is transforming health, medical costs and the delivery of care. Diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, emphysema, and cancer are chronic. Once developed, they usually last a lifetime, are challenging to manage and are expensive to treat.

HEALTHY MINDS

SAFETY

Dr. Steven Quay to Brief U.S. Congress On Origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dr. Stephen Quay is scheduled to tell Congress that a laboratory in Wuhan was the most likely place for the origin of Covid.. His research, published in January

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

Gabor Maté’s Bizarre Ideas on Connections Between Stress and Disease

Gabor Maté’s issues are with evidence, not the West and with public health, not medicine, but who takes him seriously? Lots of otherwise smart people seem to…or maybe not.