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How ‘Health Freedom’ Became a Winning Rallying Cry

THE NEW YORK TIMES – Leah Wilson’s small organization was less than a year old when she realized she was making a difference. It was the beginning of 2020, just before the Covid shutdowns, and hundreds of protesters had gathered to demonstrate outside the State House in Trenton, N.J. They held signs with slogans like “my child, my choice” and “hands off our kids,” urging politicians to vote against a bill that would end religious...

Health care giant Ascension says 5.6 million patients affected in cyberattack

ARS TECHNICA – Health care company Ascension lost sensitive data for nearly 5.6 million individuals in a cyberattack that was attributed to a notorious ransomware gang, according to documents filed with the attorney general of Maine. Ascension owns 140 hospitals and scores of assisted living facilities. In May, the organization was hit with an attack that caused mass disruptions as staff was forced to move to manual processes that caused errors, delayed or lost lab results,...

Rescue teams in Malibu used drone to find elderly man with dementia

"Within 20 minutes of getting the drone up in the sky, we were able to find a really big hot spot ... "

‘Would he have lived?’ When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients

NBC News – Angela Pike’s husband, Tracy, had just celebrated his 45th birthday when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer. A father of three and the maintenance chief of a Louisville, Kentucky, skyscraper, Pike immediately started chemotherapy, which reduced the size of the tumor his doctor had discovered. While continuing the chemotherapy would keep him going in the short term, Pike’s best shot at a longer and more healthy life, his doctor told him...

What are seed oils and do they pose health risks? Here’s what to know

CBS News HealthWatch – Seed oils are making headlines, prompting fears around whether they can negatively affect your health. Earlier this week, a study published in the journal Gut led to headlines likening seed oils to colon cancer fuel — but already some experts have said the headlines are misleading. What are seed oils? Unlike other vegetable oils, which are derived from the fruit of a plant, seed oils are derived from the seed of a plant....

Luigi Mangione: A Martyr for Losers

CHRONICLES– Healthcare assassin Luigi Mangione, or simply “Luigi” as he is now known by his online fangirls and fanboys, has lifted the veil on a corrosive, youthful nihilism. An Emerson College poll found that 40 percent of people aged 18-29 believe Mangione was justified in killing Brian Thompson, the corporate executive randomly selected to be the victim in his juvenile Breaking Bad cosplay. Mangione’s desire to be mythologized has been satisfied by the hackneyed, made-for-Netflix...

What’s the best way to relieve heartburn, and what causes it?

Feeling the burn? While heartburn is something a lot of people experience, there's also confusion around what causes it and what will make it go away.

You can reduce your risk of dementia. Here’s how to get started

To calculate your brain care score, you rate yourself on 12 different risk factors ranging from diet, alcohol consumption, smoking, sleep and the amount of exercise you get ...

‘Forever chemicals’ are hiding in your kitchen. Here’s where—and what you can do

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – Linda Birnbaum used to have a set of nonstick pans. Not anymore. She got rid of them. Why? Because Birnbaum—former director of the U.S. government’s National Institute of Environmental Health Science—became increasingly uncomfortable with an essential fact about that oh-so-easy-to-clean cookware: It’s very often made with PFAS, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, used to treat an array of products to make them resistant to heat, oil, stains, grease and water. PFAS also belong to the set...

December FDA food recalls number nearly two dozen as of Dec. 26

AXIOS – The list of food recalls is growing as the end of the year approaches. The rise in recalls can partially be attributed to an increase in consumer demand for ready-to-eat foods and prepackaged meals. Darin Detwiler, a Northeastern University professor and food safety advocate, told Axios earlier this month: "We're also dealing with a scenario where we're having increased globalization of food production, which not only creates more opportunities for contamination at multiple points in...

Federal Court Stops Joe Biden From Using HIPAA to Promote Abortions

LifeNews – A federal district court granted a Texas doctor an injunction against Biden administration regulations that illegally restrict how doctors can protect patients from the harms of abortion and “gender transition” while a lawsuit proceeds. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit on behalf of a Texas physician in October to challenge rule changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The changes to regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act added...

Genital herpes is a ‘forgotten’ virus. But that doesn’t mean it’s gone away.

GOATS AND SODA – Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no cure. So once someone gets infected, they've got the virus for life. In the 15-to-49-year-old age range, 1 in 5 people are living with a genital herpes infection — that's about 846 million people. These estimates were published this month...

How the Freedom Caucus Rose to Power in Wyoming

“We’re going to unwoke the state,” Representative Jeremy Haroldson, the next speaker pro tem, said. Members chose Representative Chip Neiman, also of the Freedom Caucus, as House speaker.

‘Rust’ Prosecutor Withdraws Appeal of Alec Baldwin Case

THE NEW YORK TIMES – The effort to prosecute Alec Baldwin for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer in 2021 ended on Monday when the special prosecutor withdrew her appeal of the judge’s decision to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter charge during the actor’s trial. The prosecutor, Kari T. Morrissey, said in a news release that she was abandoning the case because the New Mexico attorney general’s office, which handles appeals of criminal cases, did not...

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