Harm Reduction

Mark Hahn and I dove into a critical issue: the drug shortages caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

One area where AI has been posited to improve healthcare, although I hasten to add that this has yet to be proven, is diagnostic evaluation, the first and perhaps most consequential step in the “journey” from dis-ease to ease.

This week, Red Lawhern, a long-time friend and writer for ACSH, wrote an article taking the Mayo Clinic and one of its clinicians to task for

The EPA has been busy over the last month issuing important regulations on lead: 

Barely aware of their surroundings, it begins with a prick of a needle and a drop of blood. In the past, the blood was placed on a petri dish.

The 2018 Camp Fire in California burned 52,000 acres the day it started, killing 85 people and destroying over 16,000 homes. 

Among the most contentious issues in modern healthcare is the role of medical interventions for transgender youth—particularly the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for those under 18.

As our climate continues to warm, torrential rains, ferocious winds, and deadly storm surges like those of recent hurricanes Helene and Milton are becoming increasingly likely occurrences in the Southeastern United States.

The media consistently paints a simplistic picture of climate change: stop burning fossil fuels that emit CO2, and the planet will stop heating.

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