Otherweb Archive - Opinion - Health

• I call them the 'HIP' factors – health, information, and power – and they could confound the doom-mongers
• Covid Tyrants Were Perpetrators, Not Victims
• There are actually plenty of things you can do should things go wrong on your flight
• Care and Feeding: What do you think about your daughter's obsession with your love life?
• I knew Kevin Drum better than some of my friends. Here are some of his cats
• NY Democrats want MORE crazy people left roaming the streets and subway
• Tom Woods: The COVID lessons we can't forget
• This CDC nominee may have been too anti-vax even for RFK Jr.’s HHS
• Oklahoma House passes bill requiring sex offenders to be 'chemically castrated' in order to be released on parole
• I’m a pediatrician: RFK Jr.’s vaccine lies put kids in danger
• Labour have finally seized command of the Health Service
• The 'Make America Healthy Again' movement has impacted federal and state policy on fluoridation
• My pet rat is dying. I can’t stop thinking about all the things he taught me | Joseph Earp
• The Woman’s Mother Is Making Up Whole Lies to Avoid Visiting Her Family
• Jay Bhattacharya's promise on vaccine safety
• How can Dr. Makary claim he is qualified to run the FDA when he presents controversial data in such a biased style?
• Trump's new NIH chief was right about COVID-19 lockdowns. Here's why
• How many Americans have died of COVID-19?
• Do I need a measles booster? It’s the question du jour
• In my shopping basket I see a feast of brown
• We lose more than pounds when we substitute weight-loss jabs for exercise
• The US’s plutocrats and politicians want more, more, more. Matt LeBlanc shows us a better way | Arwa Mahdawi
• Trump Derangement Syndrome spreading -- in an unusual way
• Trump’s new VA secretary, Doug Collins, has actively trivialized the work done by hundreds of VA contracts
• Labour’s contempt for parents becomes clearer by the day
• My Co-Workers Go Around the Table at Lunch and Declare Which of Our Foods Will Make Us Fatter
• Tanker, Cargo Ship Collide Off UK Coast
• Luke Combs discusses his experience with pure OCD in an interview with '60 Minutes Australia'
• As doctors, we review morbidity and mortality regularly – but we need a better way of respecting the patient voice | Ranjana Srivastava
• EveryLife launches prayer campaign for couples hoping to have children
• COVID-19 lockdowns, social distancing rules, and vaccine mandates had devastating effects for all Americans, says Robert Moffit
• The U.S.-flagged MV Stena Immaculate was struck by a Portuguese-flagged container ship off the coast of the U.K
• Democrats Excuse Violence Against Healthcare Executives (Again)
• This week marks five years since Trump declared a national state of emergency over the COVID outbreak
• National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
• RFK Jr. reportedly had a call With Texans helping distribute unproven measles remedies
• What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider
• My teenage daughter's new interest might be a responsible one but I'm concerned about where it's coming from
• TDS belongs in the DSM
• Brickbat: First Do No Harm
• Two U.S. virologists with ties to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology argue that the lab's recent research poses unacceptable risks
• Second Amendment Roundup: Court Seems Disposed to Rule for S&W and Against Mexico
• Three religious traditions overlap this year, providing a rare opportunity for collective reflection | Kat Eghdamian
• Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
• One family left their kid with the grandparents for a few days—and returned to find him looking very different
• In America, instant gratification draws in and destroys societies and persons in at least three ways
• Without God, There is No TRUE Respect for Human Life
• She had AA cup breasts until she got implants. Now, she wonders if her daughter should get surgery before she goes to college.
• The medicalization of the world is dehumanizing—and doesn’t work
• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has terminated health care coverage for thousands of officers and sergeants over the ongoing strike
• I think this is one of the rare cases where I’m almost as optimistic as the media reports. It’s not any one study that makes semaglutide appear to be a silver bullet—it’s an entire constellation of research showing various ways...
• Trump’s executive order on IVF renews debate over whether the treatment is ethical in the first place
• This is the sixth in an eight-part series on restoring trust in public health: Lessons from COVID-19
• Justice Department Drops Biden-Era Idaho Abortion Lawsuit
• I’ve discovered a surprising upside to the de facto death sentence
• What happens when having a crush becomes debilitating? Tom Bellamy has the answer
• The message of Trump’s tariffs is clear: Stop killing Americans with fentanyl
• No one voted to defund 1,000 community health centers
• Recalling the twisted tyranny of ‘follow the science’ - Washington Examiner
• RFK Jr. Debunks Critics and Confirms Open-Mindedness on Vaccines - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• My thoughts on parenting and politics after 6 weeks of fatherhood.
• After governor's clash with Trump, US makes it harder to register newborns in Maine
• Medicare deserves attention from DOGE and Congress
• Care and Feeding: What to do about your wife’s habit of stealing from hotels?
• U.S. fertility facilities must report how many embryos they create each cycle and what happens to the embryos that aren't implanted under new Texas legislation
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reminding hospitals that they have an obligation to protect children from irreversible transgender procedures
• Q: My brother and sister-in-law are in the midst of adopting a baby. Do they know that they could be caretakers for the rest of their lives?
• COVID wrecked school attendance and it’s importance to parents, kids — but there’s plenty we can do
• The Fraudulent Laboratory – Theodore Dalrymple
• Trumpâs medical price transparency EO wonât work
• Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew? | Zoe Williams
• How to Tell a Wedding Guest They Can't Bring a Child to the Big Event
• RFK Jr.’s former anti-vax group is running a mysterious online measles fundraiser
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya promises transparency if confirmed as NIH director
• My weak bladder gives me an insight into the White House
• My Wife and I’s Exploration in Bed Almost Led to an Emergency Room Visit
• A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
• Marty Makaryâs Pro-COVID Vax Stance Means Heâs Fundamentally Wrong for FDA Commissioner
• Biden’s parting gift to Big Pharma will hammer GLP-1 patients — like me
• Musk, Trump wrong: Daylight Saving Time is a huge boon
• Care and Feeding: How do I deal with my future mother-in-law's plan to host a surprise bris?
• The NHS’s puberty-blockers trial is a danger to children
• Brother of Biden’s Top Advisor Lobbied for Biotech Firm Awarded COVID Vax Deal Halted by Kennedy - Judicial Watch
• Mexico will retaliate against U.S. tariffs on Mexican, Canadian, and Chinese imports
• Trump's NIH pickmade a big mistake on Covid
• Social media’s gut feeling is all wrong: there is no fast track to a healthy microbiome | Natasha May
• I Just Quit My Job at the NIH. I Have Major Concerns About Where Clinical Research Could Be Headed.
• The days of hidden censorship, biased algorithms, and skewed content moderation must end. Here are five reform priorities
• The number of frozen embryos in the U.S. now outnumbers the population of Dallas
• One of Their Top Executives Was Gunned Down in Manhattan. Five Months Later, the Industry Partied Seven Blocks Away. It Was a Revealing Night.
• HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy urges parents to talk to their doctors about the importance of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine for children
• Suspect in custody after ramming car into crowded market in Mannheim, Germany
• Going to the gym gives me so much more than the physique I want, even if body dysmorphia lingers | Bertin Huynh
• The answer to mom loneliness, we’re told, is finding other moms with similar values. Here’s how to build a grandma tribe
• It’s so disappointing that Natural Cycles would promote abortion, which is even worse for women, their bodies, and their unborn babies
• The Pandemic in Hindsight – Law & Liberty Editors
• Locking Down American Liberty – Phillip W. Magness
• Ask A.J.: I’m almost at five months sober, and I’m getting tired and less motivated with AA. Do you ever feel this sobriety burnout?
• I’ve never been that sociable but thought it was because I’m an introvert. Then I learned I have a rare type of hearing loss | Rachael Groessler
• Anna was overwhelmed by the administrative burden of her job. Self-compassion was the answer | Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship