Otherweb Archive - Opinion - Health

• "Bobby’s f**king smart, dude": Anti-vax QB Rodgers gives glowing endorsement of RFK Jr.
• Is it possible you don’t have ADHD and you’re just a bit of a twat?
• FDA OKs Zyn nicotine pouches, allowing them to be sold by tobacco retailers nationwide
• David Lynch: Heaven is a place on earth
• Trump has threatened to pull out of the World Health Organization. But a rapid exit would cede influence and miss an opportunity to reform
• Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
• My Wife’s Tendency to Blow Things Out of Proportion Just Reached a Wild New Level
• Former talk show host Wendy Williams says she feels like she's in prison
• Care and Feeding: How do we navigate our daughter’s wedding without alienating her?
• Republican lawmakers are again introducing legislation to protect babies born alive in botched abortions
• How to find a lube that won’t trigger yeast infections? Here’s how to do it
• A scary government report implies that drinking is manifestly reckless
• Why I've never liked Timothée Chalamet. Here's why
• ONS reported fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to lowest level on record
• Christina Dent: The evangelical Christian fighting to end the drug war
• I am poorly but, for the first time in nearly two decades, I am unpoor
• At last, Britain has a legal drug consumption room – thanks to one man's civil disobedience | Kojo Koram
• Trump says she plans to 'put the country back in shape' with her 'Be Best' program
• The Examination is looking for an energetic, creative and strategic person to help drive real-world change through our journalism
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• New York Attorney General Launches Investigation of Guardianship Providers
• Dear Care and Feeding: I’m hosting my spouse’s sibling and their 2-year-old son for two weeks. How do I survive this?
• Ultraprocessed foods are having a moment in the spotlight once again
• The NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is the largest funder of biomedical research on the planet
• Something big is happening in the world of contraception. It’s going backwards | Barbara Speed
• Heritage Foundation promotes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in new ad
• NSW’s mental health system is on its knees. Here is why psychiatrists like me have resigned | Prachi Brahmbhatt
• Tim Tebow and his wife Demi-Leigh Tebow are expecting their first child together
• Pharmacy benefit managers hiked prescription drug costs by over 1,000%, according to a new FTC report
• Kate Middleton’s cancer battle is now in remission and she’s looking forward to a ‘fulfilling year’
• Influencers are using the Los Angeles fires to hawk wellness products
• The Los Angeles Fire Department is keeping paramedics stocked with expired medication, a whistleblower says
• Paid to Care: When Class, Power, and Caregiving Collide
• The links between alcohol and cancer are clear, but most Australians are unaware of the risks | Ranjana Srivastava
• Two-year-old Arthur Tétrault was rushed to the hospital after nearly drowning. His parents say doctors threatened to take him off life support
• U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s latest report on the link between alcohol consumption and cancer doesn’t make sense
• In 1981 at 40 years old, I was diagnosed with gender dysphoria by world-leading gender therapist, Dr. Paul Walker
• Time to Put the Inflation Reduction Act on Ice
• Care and Feeding: Is Christmas defined by a tree? Here’s what you need to know
• Ask A.J.: I’m prone to compulsive gambling, and my family wants me to go to a casino. How do I say no?
• How to do it: I’m in my late 20s and want to date seriously, but sex has always been disappointing. What’s the best way to find someone?
• Being a parent means you’re never quite your own person again, but that self-sacrifice can pull off a miracle
• Dear Care and Feeding: I hate being jealous of my daughter's in-laws. Here's what to do
• The ‘never die’ movement is no way to live
• Dementia care reform won’t wait
• Another Study on Flavored Vaping Products the FDA Can Ignore
• ‘The Great Pandemic Is Coming’: Ex-CDC Chief Warns of Looming Bird Flu Threat
• The doctor will see you never – the NHS in 2025
• Care and Feeding: Is it OK to tell my stepdaughter that she does Only Fans?
• Israel's war on Gaza may have killed almost 65,000 people in under 9 months, Lancet study suggests
• Mental health has gained much-needed attention in the U.S
• The University of Utah’s medical school paid over $75,000 to be a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges
• A Second Act is structured around the stories of ten people who suffered cardiac arrest and survived
• Kroger and Sam’s Club say they do not sell mifepristone, despite pressure from pro-life groups
• Somehow, I have earned the devotion of an ageing black Lab
• We don't need to wait to fix adults social care
• One in five Americans have resolved to improve their physical health this year, and a quarter plan to take Ozempic
• Care and Feeding: Is it fair to demand that an elementary schooler abstain from eating the junk food that all her friends are eating?
• Time to end the lingering COVID protocols
• Canadian doctors have suggested killing euthanasia victims by taking their organs
• Is ‘sleep divorce’ the key to marital bliss? | Coco Khan
• Why we are still arguing about the health effects of moderate drinking
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's nominee for NIH director, still disagrees on COVID-19 response
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• A recent study found vegans who drink plant-based milk are at a higher risk of depression than those who drink cow-based milk
• Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to HHS has broken taboos. Here’s why
• Whistleblowers say Canadian doctors pressured them to accept euthanasia amid long-term disabilities
• Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate
• From ‘gestation’ to ‘gentle’: across Europe, why do we talk about parenting in English? | Olga Mecking
• It will take more than cash to repair the NHS
• This New Year’s resolution should be ‘eat less meat’, says food expert
• New York is seeing the hidden toll of legal weed: violence, psychosis and mayhem
• Biden’s Surgeon General wants health warnings on alcohol products that mention cancer risk. It’s the latest sign of how leftists want to use the government to meddle in Americans’ lives
• I tried ‘intermittent sobriety’. Here’s what I learned jumping on and off the wagon | Arwa Mahdawi
• Brian Thompson, the CEO of the largest health insurance provider in the US, was gunned down on the street in New York City
• 'Exposing China’s Complicity in America’s Fentanyl Crisis’ panel was meant to sow fear of China, writes Aaron Sobczak
• Pro-Life Christian Detained for Preaching Gospel, Offering to Adopt Babies at Abortion Clinic
• How to Do It: I’m a 75-year-old man who married the love of my life four years ago. I’ve had a difficult time coming. I’m at a loss as to what to do
• Here’s what my patients taught me in 2024 - and how it can set us all up for better mental health in 2025 | Saretta Lee
• This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live
• Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Here’s a question for you
• Anorexia nervosa can be confused with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
• Gov. Hochul must play hardball with lawmakers to protect NYers from madmen
• Virginia NICU nurse Erin Strotman, 26, charged with felony child neglect and felony malicious wounding
• 'Spiderman' star Tom Holland says he wants to 'disappear off the face of the earth' when he has kids
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the focus, knowledge, enthusiasm, and influence to effect much-needed change in our food system
• Dr. Fauci’s testimony to Congress was ‘at a minimum, misleading’: Robert Moffit
• As a child psychiatrist, I see what smartphones are doing to kids' mental health – and it’s terrifying | Emily Sehmer
• Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it | Wes Streeting
• Jocelyn Wildenstein was a cautionary tale of extreme plastic surgery — but Gen Z isn’t listening
• Weak allegations of shaken baby syndrome keep tearing families apart
• Harry Chandler, a medic who helped rescue injured service-members during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, died at the age of 103
• Bryan Johnson’s $2 million per year health regimen is the subject of a new documentary, ‘Don’t Die’
• America’s gold-standard media outlets have largely ignored one of the most egregious medical scandals in our nation’s history
• Medical marijuana legalization takes effect in Nebraska after lawsuit dismissal
• I was thrilled to finally have all this information in one doctor’s office. But I had no idea how much time I would spend on it
• I thought I could be a ‘cool mum’ – just strap my baby to me and keep living life as usual. I was so wrong | Tara Kenny
• We can tell the truth about pregnancy without scaring women to death – in fact, it’s vital that we do | Emily Oster
• Is man’s search for meaning found in a protein bar? Here’s what it means to be manly