The troubling U.S. death rate Americans are dying at a record rate compared to residents of other Western nations, and the U.S. medical establishment can’t seem to figure out why. JAMA […]
Self-inflicted deaths
E-visions
Do electric motors truly make everything better? The first great pandemic of the 21st Century is now winding down with nearly 1.2 million Americans reported dead, the vast majority of them […]
Covid everywhere
The real threat is the next new virus Almost everyone reading this – if not everyone – has by now been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most got sick to lesser or […]
Heal thyself
The inexplicable powers of believing Sometimes your problems are largely in your head, according to the latest peer-reviewed research published by JAMA Psychiatry. The shamans, witch doctors, faith healers, medicine men, wizards […]
Better living
If only we could curb the addiction…. Another study is out concluding that more exercise and improved diets could go a long way toward slowing what has become an epidemic of dementia […]
Medical tribalism
The politicization of everything Is there nowhere free from politics anywhere in these Ununited States anymore? Scientists once tried to at least make an effort to avoid the societal cesspool of politicization, […]
Bad science
It wasn’t the droplets With the Covid-19 pandemic slipping into the world’s rearview mirror, the photographs that helped drive mask hysteria and six-foot distancing are now being refuted by viral experts advising […]
Paying the price
Some ‘long-Covid’ tied to lifestyle issues Add Post-Covid Syndrome, or what many now just call “long Covid,” to the lengthy list of ailments compounded by the American Slothdemic. Swedish scientists who examined […]
Car-diction
Millions dead give new meaning to ‘killer traffic’ Forget for a moment the pandemic – if that is possible – and turn your attention to a very good study out of England […]
Winning
Lifespan jumps up for most Only time will tell how history assesses the pandemic that terrified Americans in the early 21st century, but a few things are already becoming clear. For […]
