Harm Reduction

“Just got the following email from KinderFarms, a "natural" kid's medicine company that objects to all the "unnatural" things found in children's OTC medications.

I explained that excessive consumption of rich and high-salt foods and alcohol can lead to symptoms such as dangerous irregular heart rhythms and shortness of breath. Lars wondered whether these habits were becoming more or less prevalent.

Recently, 42 attorneys-general banded together to sue Meta, its minions, and compatriots (the “Meta-monde”) for harming teens, including causing suicide, anorexia, and depression.

Next Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) is scheduled to consider 

I described the vaccine approval process, noting that the FDA evaluates the safety and efficacy while the CDC recommends the appropriate recipients.

In last night’s “Red State vs.

I am not a big fan of electronic health records (EHRs), at least as they are presently designed. They are more billing platforms than clinical data repositories, easily accessible to clinicians.

Even the casual New Yorker is aware that Asians seem to wear masks covering their mouth and nose in greater numbers than other groups. That behavior was true prior to COVID and has persisted.

Artificial intelligence is a field of misnomers beginning with its very name.

To achieve that more accurate quantification of the number of daily steps that might lead to better health, the researchers did a meta-analysis seeking to