Category Archives: Health care

Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain

Moving away from withholding 100% of people’s monthly Social Security benefits to recover alleged overpayments has been a major improvement.

US EPA Enables Polluting Plastics Plants by Failing to Update Wastewater Limits, Report Says

Yet another example of EPA underperformance, here on the plastics pollution front.

Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’

On the considerable upset about RFK, Jr.’s nomination to head HHS.

Wall Street Journal Show How Medicare Advantage Plans Restrict Medical Services to Sicker Seniors, Leading to Switching to Traditional Medicare

The Wall Street Journal shows how Medicare Advantage plans curb care to sick seniors, leading many to switch to traditional Medicare

“An Honest Discussion of Covid Vaccine Side Effects Is Overdue”

Even with more willingness to discuss Covid side effects, most medical professionals still seem reluctant to admit to the probably frequency

Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn

Amid this booming industry, some implant experts worry that many dentists are losing sight of dentistry’s fundamental goal of preserving natural teeth and have become too willing to remove teeth to make room for expensive implants.

Obesity: Sociogenic Disease and the Next Generation of Blockbuster Drugs

The only good way to deal with the obesity epidemic is to go back to the future and eat real food, close to home, wherever that may be.

Exclusive: Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu

Emails show how health officials struggle to track the bird flu, partly in deference to the agricultural industry. As a result, researchers don’t know how often farmworkers are being infected — and could miss alarming signals.

CDC’s HICPAC: Conflicts of Interest and Process Violations Alleged in World Health Network Supplemental Complaint to Inspector General

It’s almost like CDC has something to hide….

Biden Bets on “Let ‘Er Rip” with a SECOND Pandemic-Grade Virus: H5N1 (“Bird Flu”)

Utter dysfunction in the Biden Administration’s H5N1 response (unless the goal is profit for the dairy industry, so “Let ‘er rip!”)

Voters Fret High Medical Bills Are Being Ignored by Presidential Rivals

“We’re all human beings here. We’re all people just trying to make it.”

The Economics of Medicine: Personal Reflections

More examples of how medicine, at least as practiced in the US, is going off the rails.

The Dark Side of AI-Powered Synthetic Biology

Another warning about the dangers of AI-supercharged synthetic biology.

Mountain Town Confronts an Unexpected Public Health Catastrophe

Communities are still shaking off the shock of a storm they never thought could touch these mountains.

Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease

KLG returns to why the discredited amyloid thesis as the cause of Alzheimer’s nevertheless persists.