In the United States, there are one million children under the age of six on psychiatric drugs. This number is particularly disturbing, considering the horrifying side effects and ineffectiveness of a good number of these types of harmful drugs. One in six Americans overall regularly take some type of medication in this category. However, children […]
1,200 Security Workers at Pyeongchang Tested for Norovirus…
South Korean authorities deployed 900 military personnel at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday after the security force was depleted by an outbreak of norovirus. Games organizers said 32 workers are being treated for norovirus in quarantine, including 21 from the Civil Security Staff and three foreigners. About 1,200 people working security were being kept in […]
Doc Declares Trump in ‘Excellent’ Health, Mentally Fit for Office…
President Trump’s doctor announced Tuesday he is in “excellent” health and fit for office, saying the president himself requested a mental health assessment to dismiss questions about his fitness. Navy Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson, Trump’s military physician, led an unusual briefing at the White House where he offered a detailed rundown of the president’s […]
Psychiatric Association Warns Against Diagnosing Public Figures Like Trump Without Medical Exam…
The American Psychiatric Association urged members of its profession to uphold its decades-long principle that psychiatrists should never offer diagnostic opinions about people they haven’t personally examined, in light of President Trump’s impending medical exam and questions about his mental fitness. “We at the APA call for an end to psychiatrists providing professional opinions in […]
CVS to Buy Aetna for $69B in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry…
CVS Health said on Sunday that it had agreed to buy Aetna for about $69 billion in a deal that would combine the drugstore giant with one of the biggest health insurers in the United States and has the potential to reshape the nation’s health care industry. The transaction, one of the largest of the […]
Senate GOP Tax Bill Will Include Repeal of ObamaCare Mandate…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Tuesday that the Senate tax bill will include language to repeal ObamaCare’s individual mandate, which could make it tougher for moderate Republicans to support. Conservatives led by GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) pushed hard to include the provision, which would eliminate […]
Everything You Need to Know About Trump’s Executive Order on Association Health Plans…
On Thursday, President Trump announced a new executive order that has the potential to radically transform the individual health insurance marketplace and give millions of Americans access to high-quality, low-cost health insurance. The executive order, which was crafted with the help of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will empower individuals and small businesses in associations to […]
Yummy, Yummy Glyphosate!…
Now it’s in ice cream too: The controversial weed killer glyphosate has repeatedly been detected in goods we regularly consume. The doses may be small, but the fact is, however, worrying. Glyphosate has been found in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream samples from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK, according to a report by […]
“Catastrophic Sleep-Loss Epidemic”…
A “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic” is causing a host of potentially fatal diseases, a leading expert has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Professor Matthew Walker, director of the Centre for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley, said that sleep deprivation affected “every aspect of our biology” and was widespread in modern […]
The Big Lie in Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All Bill’…
Bernie’s bill would add dental and vision care to Medicare while giving government greater responsibility for paying incidental costs. That’s going to be very expensive, because even without those added benefits Medicare is already extraordinarily expensive. A September 2015 study by respected economist, C. Eugene Steuerle…
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