Tag: Mind & Body

Vaccine Makers Should Agree to Lift Liability Protection From COVID-19 Shots: Former HHS Official

The manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines and federal health officials should remove liability protection from the jabs if they insist on children getting vaccinated, a former Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official says. “Leave the children alone,” Dr. Paul Alexander, a senior HHS official on COVID-19 pandemic policy during the Trump administration, told EpochTV’s…


Federal Officials Should Lift Liability Protection From COVID-19 Shots: Former HHS Official

The manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines and federal health officials should remove liability protection from the jabs if they insist on children getting vaccinated, a former Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official says. “Leave the children alone,” Dr. Paul Alexander, a senior HHS official on COVID-19 pandemic policy during the Trump administration, told EpochTV’s…


Antibiotics: Even Low Use in Children Can Have a Negative Impact

Primary care physicians in the United Kingdom carry out more than 300 million patient consultations every year and at least a quarter of these deal with children. Almost two-thirds of such appointments are for coughs, sore throats, or earaches—illnesses that young children commonly get. Doctors and nurses group these types of illnesses as “acute respiratory tract infections.”…


Maybe Mindfulness Can Help Quell the Outrage

There is no shortage of divisive social issues today, all competing for our attention in an increasingly crowded outrage marketplace. With algorithms curating increasingly hateful content under the guise of “everyday news,” the ability to be curious and open to others’ perspectives has never been more critical. As famed philosopher Michel Foucault once argued, only through tolerating dissent…


Interrupting Insomnia

A good night’s sleep is crucial for a healthy and productive day, not to mention a good and healthy life. A simple way to understand why we sleep is to think of what our bodies do when we exercise or even just go for a long walk. After a time (shorter for some, longer for…


Senate Democrats Want Biden Administration to Push for COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver

A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden’s administration should push for a waiver of intellectual property rules governing COVID-19 vaccines. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and nine other senators in a letter to Biden said a waiver of the rules at the World Trade Organization (WTO) “will unlock local production of…


Doctors Told to Suggest Meditation, Self-Help Before Drugs to People With Mild Depression

People suffering from less severe depression should be offered a range of options before being given anti-depressants, doctors in the UK have been told. Therapy, self-help with support, group exercise, group mindfulness, or meditation are among the list of options patients can choose that are preferable to drugs, according to draft guidance published on Tuesday by…


Living in Season Is Key to Health

An old Chinese proverb has it that “He that takes medicine and neglects his diet wastes the skills of his physician.” Hippocrates also said, “Let food be thy medicine,” in the 5th century B.C. These two bits of wisdom from different parts of the globe tell us what was well-understood hundreds of years ago: What…


Why It Pays to Reject Consumerism

The message of consumerism is fatally flawed, and it can’t deliver the happiness it promises. But you probably don’t consider yourself a consumer— few people do. I never really did. But here in America, the message of consumerism is in the air we breathe. If you have it, spend it. Why not? If there’s a problem,…


Staying Hydrated Is About More Than Drinking Water

The age-old advice about drinking eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily just doesn’t hold water for everyone, although it can be a reasonable starting point. According to the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, men need about 15.5 cups of fluid daily while women need 11.5 cups. But what if the man weighs 150 pounds…