How does America protect public health? A clear example can be seen in national pedestrian deaths, up twenty percent from 2009 to 2014. Presently five thousand walkers a year are mowed down by motor vehicles, with tens of thousands seriously injured, and hundreds of thousands maimed. In a recent study by Smart Growth America, a […]
The Great National Opioid Withdrawal
Sometimes linked misunderstandings possess awful power. Such has been the occasion of our growing public opioid mess. Opioid overdoses kill tens of thousands yearly, but will undoubtedly lead to far more fatalities. A misunderstanding of how opioids – the many synthetic and “natural” products of opium and morphine – work, has now been joined with a misunderstanding […]
The End of Medicare?
Take a look in the rear view mirror, and the scene in the front of you is gone. That’s what’s happening to Medicare, but is nothing compared to what is planned. Thanks to the confluence of politics and money the closest thing in the nation to universal medical care is in the process of converting […]
How to Prevent Depression
In the 1990 Global Burden Disease study, depression was listed as the fourth largest cause of disability worldwide. In the 2000 study, it was third. In the 2010 study, second. Perhaps a third of Americans will eventually get clinically depressed. It’s also hitting younger ages. Recent surveys point to perhaps 17% of American female secondary students […]
Do Gut Bugs Change Cancer Therapy?
It appears your gut bug population changes cancer therapy effectiveness. A trial of immunotherapy on metastatic melanoma found those with greater variety of GI bacteria did far better than those with more limited populations. If you had a lot of ruminococcus around, you were more likely to stay alive. What Happened? People with immunotherapy trials […]
