Public Health

WHO Extends Its Highest Emergency Level For...Monkeypox?

The World Health Organisation, the last major body to accept that COVID-19 was a pandemic, is out in front extending its highest emergency level over, of all things, monkeypox. We now know WHO held off on declaring COVID-19 an emergency because former Pres ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 14 2024 - 2:09pm

Taking The Book Of The Dead To Heart

In ancient Egypt, the heart was the key to a happy afterlife. It lived on after death, they believed, and in the Duat, the Netherworld, it revealed a truth man's words could not hide. The 42 gathered gods would measure the heart and if it weighed more ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 16 2024 - 2:48pm

Even After Getting Cancer, Quitting Cigarettes Leads To Greater Longevity

Cigarettes are the top lifestyle risk factor for getting cancer, though alcohol and obesity have begun to close the gap as awareness of the risks of cigarettes, coupled with more nicotine smoking cessation and harm reduction tools, have caused cigarette us ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2024 - 12:25pm

Kitchen Countertops Are Giving You Cancer

“This is a new and emerging epidemic, and we must increase awareness of this disease process so we can avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment for our patients,” says University of California in Los Angeles radiology resident Sundus Lateef, M.D. Epidemic? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 2 2024 - 1:54pm

How To Become A Charlatan In 9 Easy Steps

In these austere and difficult times, it must be my duty, I think, to alert my fellow citizens to a possible source of additional income which almost anyone can plug into: become a charlatan, and chances are that your economic hardship is a memory from th ...

Article - Edzard Ernst - Dec 3 2024 - 10:51am

Biden Administration Stopped The Youth Vaping Epidemic That Wasn't

Vaping in kids had its day. While useful before and since for smoking cessation and harm reduction in cigarette smokers, vaping only became a fad in teens when, as predicted, social authoritarians in the Obama administration declared it an epidemic- if on ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 5 2024 - 5:08pm

The End Of Alcohol Is Nigh

Two Presidents ago, political appointees engaged in behavior that didn't make much sense(1) and had no benefit for public health. For example, they declared there was an epidemic of something they invented called "pre-diabetes" and insisted ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 11 2024 - 11:08am

Should The Biden Administration Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Protect Black Americans?

Unidentified sources made their way into the Wall Street Journal a short while ago and by stating that the Biden administration was going to ban menthol cigarettes the article caused tobacco stocks to plummet.FDA has until the end of the month to do what t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 3 2025 - 10:58am

Spending More For Organic Does Not Buy You Pesticide-Free

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Article - Steve Savage - Jan 6 2025 - 9:04am

The US Discourages Pregnant Women From Drinking Alcohol- Vegetarian Diets Are Worse

The Biden administration recently issued a new report showing causal links between alcohol and cancer, and it's about time. The link has been long-known, but alcohol carcinogenic properties have been waved away with 'use in moderation' rheto ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 16 2025 - 3:09pm