"TRY BREASTFEEEDING! It's free and available on demand." – Bette Midler By Dr. Rebekah Diamond, assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University NBC NEWS – The infant formula shortage is an ongoing nightmare for American families with young babies as parents find themselves without the basic food and fluids to keep their infants alive and healthy. As a pediatrician and mother, it’s horrifying to see that, rather than unifying the country in a concerted effort to address...

Short-term use of ibuprofen may increase chance of chronic pain, study suggests

THE GUARDIAN – Using drugs like ibuprofen and steroids to relieve short-term health problems could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, new research suggests. The findings from the small study indicate that it could be time to reconsider how pain is treated. Normal recovery from a painful injury involves inflammation – the body’s natural reaction to injury and infection – and new research suggests blocking inflammation with drugs could lead to harder-to-treat issues. It may be...

Oh, rats! As New Yorkers emerge from pandemic, so do rodents

NEW YORK (AP) — They crawled to the surface as the coronavirus pandemic roiled New York City, scurrying out of subterranean nests into the open air, feasting on a smorgasbord of scraps in streets, parks and mounds of curbside garbage. As diners shunned the indoors for outdoor dining, so did the city's rats. Now city data suggests that sightings are more frequent than they've been in a decade. Through April, people have called in some 7,400...

Are Globalists Starving the World of Real Food?

(Gregg Pupecki, Headline USA) You don’t have to be a farmer to notice the dramatic increase in food prices that have skyrocketed under the Biden administration. Instead of looking for answers on how to ease the pain for consumers and struggling families, however, a cabal of globalists, political operatives, alt-left economists and elites of all ilk have already game-planned the unfolding crisis. The globalists for years have been plotting for a worldwide famine, starting in 2015...

NASA Prepares For Alien Life In Utah Desert

NPR – NASA is planning its first-ever mission to bring dirt and rocks from Mars back to Earth. But before that momentous event happens, the space agency needs to figure out exactly how to protect our home planet from any alien microbes that might hitch a ride. This week, the agency is holding public meetings and looking for feedback on its plan to land a spacecraft carrying Martian specimens at a U.S. Air Force testing range...

These companies are assuring workers they’ll help them access abortions

NPR – The clothing brand Levi Strauss & Co. said in a statement on Wednesday that employees could get reimbursed for travel expenses for health care services not available in the state where they live, including abortions, through the company's benefits plan. Part-time hourly workers could also seek reimbursement. "We know this is a fraught conversation; it's not something we enter into lightly. But women make up 58 percent of our global workforce, and in recent...

What’s Next if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls?

Kaiser Health News – If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy. Long before the Supreme Court heard challenges to Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, seminal decisions that affirmed a...

Why No One Goes To Subway Anymore

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR – It may be too late for Subway. Last year, the sandwich franchise made the decision to make unpleasant, unattractive, anti-American, anti-man women’s soccer “star” Megan Rapinoe their TV spokeswoman. Not only did her team fail to win Olympic gold in China, her selection outraged patriots and family heads — Subway’s customer base — and consequently franchise owners. Many were incensed by one particularly insipid commercial in which Rapinoe kicks a soccer ball...

Overweight and obesity statistics 2022

SINGLECARE.COM – Obesity is a medical condition characterized by having too much body fat, which can cause health problems and complications. Learning more about obesity is a helpful first step toward managing the condition and living a healthier life. Let’s take a look at some obesity statistics, ways to treat obesity, and how to help prevent it. What is obesity? Obesity is a medical condition that happens when someone has an excessive amount of body fat. Having...

US Pediatricians’ Group Moves to Abandon Race-based Guidance

(Headline USA) For years, pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to risks for urinary infections and newborn jaundice. In a new policy announced Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. A re-examination of AAP treatment recommendations that began before George Floyd’s 2020 death and intensified after it has doctors concerned that black youngsters have been undertreated and...

Deadly skin cancer can appear anywhere on the body, even where the sun doesn’t shine

WTOP News – Melanoma is the most common and deadly form of skin cancer in the U.S. On what dermatologists call Melanoma Monday, a twice-diagnosed survivor has a message. “Anybody can get melanoma; anybody can get skin cancer. Bob Marley died from melanoma,” said 34-year-old Liz Hazuka of Reston, Virginia. Hazuka has fair skin, red hair and freckles. Her first bout with melanoma occurred when she was 25 years old, It was found during a routine...

Alabama woman charged after dogs kill public health worker

RED BAY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff says a public health worker was killed by dogs after she went to a home to follow up on a report about dogs attacking and injuring another person days earlier. Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver said the dogs’ owner, Brandy Dowdy, 39, has been charged with manslaughter and with violating Alabama’s dangerous dog law, WTVA-TV reported. Jail records on Sunday did not show whether she is represented by an...

Downsized City Sees Its Health Care Downsized as Hospital Awaits Demolition

Franciscan Alliance plans to demolish most of its 226-bed Hammond, Indiana complex, leaving only eight beds, an emergency department, and outpatient services. The move cost 83 jobs at the hospital and 110 more at a long-term acute-care center that rented space there.

After Medical Bills Broke the Bank, This American Family Headed to Mexico for Care

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. That’s when Jesús Fierro Sr., a Los Angeles native, was admitted to the hospital with a serious covid-19 infection. He spent 18 days at Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he lost 60 pounds. He came home weak and dependent on an oxygen tank. Then, in June 2021, his wife, Claudia, fainted while waiting for...

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