Doctors, Strikes and the Failures of Wes Streeting and Labour
It appears Wes Streeting has channeled his inner Trump and is trying to bully NHS doctors when he does not hold good cards.
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Obamacare Enhanced Subsidies/Health “Care” Fixes, Expressed as Pentagon Units
Time for some perspective on enhanced Obamacare subsidies costs and stakes.
Read more...Coffee Break: Science Update, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good, Part the First: Basic Science Has the Answer, Once Again. T cells of the immune system are responsible for the establishment of self-tolerance and adaptive immune function. T cells come from the thymus, which is mammals basically disappears early in life in a process called involution. Understanding how the thymus might regenerate has […]
Read more...AI’s Errors May Be Impossible to Eliminate – What That Means for Its Use in Health Care
Even with concerns about using AI in medicine, proponents contend doctors can properly oversee its use. Is that realistic?
Read more...How Corporate Democrats Made Trump Possible: A 10-Year Timeline
Yes, corporate Democrats did indeed grease the skids for Trump’s presidency, but the key misdeeds go back to Obama.
Read more...Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.
A look at Trump’s non-solution to the looming problem of the expiration of Covid-era ACA subsidies.
Read more...Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy
More detail on Health and Human Services chief serving his own financial interests and pet causes as opposed to those of the public.
Read more...Blockbuster San Francisco Lawsuit Targets Food Industry Giants Over Ultraprocessed Foods, with Extensive Documentation of Health Damage and Success in Producing Addiction
A case by the San Francisco attorney documents Big Food’s use of ultraprocessed food to create addicts in a repeat of the tobacco playbook.
Read more...Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a ‘Toxic Lie’ Pushed by Plastics Industry
More confirmation that recycling is no solution to relentlessly rising plastics use and health damage.
Read more...Is Male Infertility Contributing to Falling Birth Rates?
RFK, Jr. is exercised about falling birth rates and depicts falling sperm count as a major contributor. How sound is this view?
Read more...Internet of Beings: The Dream of Digitising Human Bodies for Healthcare (and the Nightmare)
The logical conclusion of the intensive health monitoring fad: an internet of beings of continuous tracking and daily intervention.
Read more...Coffee Break: Science and Belief, Working AI, ADHD Update, and Research Support
Part the First: When Science Becomes a Matter of Belief Things Go Sideways. The current Secretary of Health and Human Services is getting his way. This is not a surprise. The President hired him to “go wild on health” and he is doing just that. Some have complained that as Secretary of HHS that RFKJr […]
Read more...Heavy Metals Contamination Fears Go Mainstream with Infant Formula and Protein Powders
Heavy metals are a legitimate food safety concern. That has created a mini-industry of conflicted measurement and certification players.
Read more...Even the Wall Street Journal’s Editors Have Had It With RFK, Jr.’s Anti-Vax Con Job
Even the Wall Street Journal has had it with RFK Jr. as he doubles down on lies to Congress , his campaign against vaccines, and corruption
Read more...Coffee Break: CDC – Vaccines – Autism, Oh, My!; Wellness; Prioritized Science; Very Ancient Art; and MAGA
Part the First: CDC Finally “Decides” that Vaccines Cause Autism. In news that will surprise absolute nobody, while pleasing some and causing despair in others, CDC says the mountains of data that show vaccines do NOT cause autism is not evidence-based: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday publicly reversed its stance that […]
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