Switching to nontoxic alternatives of cleansers and cosmetics can significantly reduce exposure to harmful chemicals, a recent study shows.
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May 1, 2026
While pill mills, overdose, and irresponsible prescribing were real concerns, the response hardened into an overgeneralized culture of suspicion that abandoned legitimate pain patients. Science-based medicine can be distinguished from a narrower, politically distorted use of evidence that replaced clinical judgment and individualized care with bureaucratic fear.
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Apr 30, 2026
Is this the beginning of a new generation of treatments?
Apr 30, 2026
Administrative expenditures at U.S. hospitals grew 87.2% from 2011 to 2023, outpacing direct patient care spending growth.
Apr 30, 2026
Our military has long treated the body as an instrument of collective strength, with individual choice yielding to operational necessity. In the shadow of COVID-era tensions, Secretary Hegseth’s decision to remove the influenza vaccine from the list of required immunizations challenges that tradition, raising a deeper question: not whether the flu shot works, but whether mandating it still serves the mission.
Apr 30, 2026
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What the data say about deficits, debt, and reality
Apr 30, 2026
At a hearing convened this week by the House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Jason Smith criticized the assembled hospital executives for blocking a relatively straightforward Medicare payment adjustment that could lower program expenditures dramatically and possibly induce lower costs in the private market.
Apr 30, 2026
SPAP remains an important resource for many low-income households. However, efforts to control its long-term growth must confront the realities of population aging and the past policy choices that today shape how elderly households increasingly qualify for and receive benefits.
Apr 30, 2026
Apr 29, 2026
The number and share of people without insurance grew in 2024, increasing for the first time since 2019, according to KFF's analysis of data from the American Community Survey (ACS). This issue brief describes trends in health coverage in 2024, examines the characteristics of the uninsured population , and summarizes the access and financial implications of not having coverage.
Apr 29, 2026
Apr 29, 2026
The indictment of a top adviser to former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci casts a spotlight on efforts to conceal key COVID-era communications from the public.
Apr 29, 2026
Not every narcissist is a Patrick Bateman waiting in the wings
Apr 29, 2026
Trump CDC Pick Not Just About Vaccines or Elections – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Trump CDC Pick Not Just About Vaccines or Elections – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control, comes billed as a “home run pick” but may face pressure from the “vaccine-skeptical” Robert F. Kennedy’s HHS. Kennedy ally Aaron Siri recalls that Schwartz, “with threat and force, mandated almost every major vaccine on civilians and…
Apr 29, 2026
The Inflation Reduction Act increased the generosity of Medicare prescription drug coverage—most notably by introducing a new out-of-pocket cap for enrollees and increasing the financial liability that plans face.
Apr 29, 2026
Supervised consumption sites have become a flashpoint in the debate over how to address the opioid crisis, often framed in stark terms of success or failure. But the evidence tells a more complicated story: these sites are neither a panacea nor a proven failure, and evaluating them requires a clearer understanding of scale, access, and policy constraints.
Apr 28, 2026