As I walk the halls of my hospital, I pass many who wear the confused look of travelers in a strange land. They’re like refugees or tourists on a terrible trip, shuffling papers as they walk along sterile corridors, reading each sign as they pass. They’re lost, overwhelmed, and scared. They don’t know where things…
Doctors Feel ‘Pressured’ to Let Young People With Gender Dysphoria Transition: Psychotherapist
May 26, 2022
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Medical practitioners have admitted to feeling intimidated into affirming young patients as gender dysmorphic even if they are doubtful, due to pressure from the gender transition industry, which could lead to unintended consequences says an Australian consultant psychologist and psychotherapist. The comment was made after independent think tank Women’s Forum Australia on May 20 reported…
Get a 2nd Opinion, Maybe Even a 3rd
May 25, 2022
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There’s an old joke about second opinions. What do you call a doctor who finishes in the bottom of their class? Doctor. So always get a second opinion—maybe even a third. P.L. was a lovely 42-year-old woman who had two kids and wasn’t planning on having any more. She was getting more and more frequent…
New Behavioral Vaccines Raise Unsettling Questions
In its 2016 to 2020 strategic plan, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), promoted the promise of “anti-addiction vaccines aimed at eliciting antibodies that block the effects of a specific drug.” Certainly addiction is a huge problem, with opioid addiction leading the way, taking more than…
Advance Care Planning for Guns
Kerri Raissian didn’t know what to do about her father’s guns when he died of COVID-19 in December 2021 at age 86 and left her executor of his estate. Her father, Max McGaughey, hadn’t left a complete list of his firearms and where they were stored, and he hadn’t prepared a realistic plan for responsibly…
Regulatory Capture in the Age of Covid
May 20, 2022
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Our healthcare system is broken, a fact nobody would have disputed in pre-COVID times. Regulatory capture is a reality, and the pharmaceutical industry is fraught with examples. Yet we trusted private-public partnerships to find an optimal solution to a global pandemic, assuming a crisis would bring out the best in historically corrupt institutions. Here is…
Using the Latest Tests, Treatments to Treat Chronic Illness
May 20, 2022
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Dr. David Minkoff is a pioneer in natural medicine, with an active practice in Clearwater, Florida. In this interview, we dive deep into some of his best strategies to optimize your health and resolve common challenges that conventional medicine is incapable of resolving. Like me, he’s passionate about exercise and has been an avid athlete…
When Parents and School Boards Clash Over Children’s Health
May 19, 2022
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Many U.S. parents are no longer silent about the policies of the schools their children attend, and they are increasingly organizing and speaking out at school board meetings. Last summer, Epoch Times reported on one such parent who criticized the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) and early sexual education at a school board meeting…
The Baby Formula Shortage Is Serious
Before I had kids, I thought that breastfeeding was the most natural thing in the world and that it was something that mothers just instantly knew how to do perfectly once the baby was born. I would sit with my calm, little cherubic pink baby at breast, marveling at myself, at the very thought of…
Addressing Addiction, Australia Reconsiders Opioid Pain Relief Treatment
May 10, 2022
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) is encouraging Australia’s healthcare professionals to reconsider opioid treatment as it is currently administered. At least one prescription for opioids is dispensed to more than three million people annually, according to 2016-2017 statistics collected by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. However, although opioids are…
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