Posted on Jan 10, 2026 | Comments Off on More Meat, Less Carbs, And No Raw Milk – The New Dietary Guidelines Are Better Than Expected
In 1902, President Teddy Roosevelt instructed his US Department of Agriculture to create a set of nutrition guidelines for a population that was gaining increased access to more foods, thanks to railways, but were more and more often in cities.Wilbur Olin Atwater, Ph.D., did just that, and it was great, and we could have stopped there. Yet that is not the way of government. His recommendations...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2026 | Comments Off on Misinformation Common Among Women With Breast Cancer
Vaccines are getting American media attention now that Republicans are engaging in misinformation the way Democrats did for decades, but there has long been a war on the pharmaceutical and medical communities.When the HPV vaccine was first rolled out, progressives began the conspiracy theory that it was due to the Vioxx settlement by Merck. Vaccines did not have the same "accountability" (read:...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2026 | Comments Off on Even With Universal Health Care, Mothers Don’t Go To Postnatal Check-Ups
For decades, health care costs have been a political topic in America. Advocates argue it is the best in the world, wealthy people from countries where it is nationalized travel to the United States for elite care, while critics argue it is too expensive and that creates socioeconomic barriers.Political advocates on both sides always want to be reductionist - X causes Y - but a recent analysis...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2026 | Comments Off on Happy Twelfth Night – Or Divorce Day, Depending On How Your 2026 Is Going
Today is, in Christian observance, Twelfth Night, the end of The 12 Days of Christmas in that song.(1) The Twelfth Night celebration ends Christmastide then tomorrow is Epiphany - the day when the Three Wise Men who saw the Star of Bethlehem during the birth of Jesus arrived after their journey.(2)In modern times, today is also Divorce Day. Couples who vowed to just 'get through the holidays'...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2025 | Comments Off on Blood Pressure Medication Adherence May Not Be Cost, It May Be Annoyance At Defensive Medicine
High blood pressure is an important risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease and premature death. Medication can reduce those risks so it makes sense that if someone is prescribed an angiotensin receptor blocker like Losartan continue to take it.Yet people don't. A new cohort from Sweden using over 341,000 participants found that fewer than half were on their medication up to three years...
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