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What's the Frequency, Berkeley?
Ilya Shapiro andMichael CollinsDid you know that cell phone radio frequency (RF) exposure causes cancer? It doesn ’t. The Federal Communications Commission has concluded there’s “no scientific evidence” linking “wireless device uses and cancer or other illnesses.” Despite the FCC’s scientific findings, however, the city of Berkeley, California, requires every cell phone realtor provide a notice in forming customers that, if they carry cell phones in a “pants or shirt pocket or tucked into a bra” when the phone is on and connected, they “mayexceed the federal guidelines for exposure to RF radiation. ”T...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro, Michael Collins Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Haunted Asylums – Stigmatizing or Just Entertainment?
Each Halloween we encounter the same debate: are haunted asylums stigmatizing or are they simply entertainment? While some may think haunted asylums are tasteless at worst, they don’t feel like they’re an actual detriment to the mental illness community. In this episode, we look at this argument from both sides and really dig into what happens when we use mental illness as a theme for entertainment.  While Jackie and Gabe both make great arguments, we toss this question back to you.  Are you offended by haunted asylums or do you see them as harmless entertainment — or something in between? Listen now and decide...
Source: World of Psychology - October 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Not Crazy Podcast Stigma Trauma Source Type: blogs

Popular heartburn drug ranitidine recalled: What you need to know and do
If you or a family member take ranitidine (Zantac) to relieve heartburn, you may have heard that the FDA has found a probable human carcinogen (a substance that could cause cancer) in it. The story is unfolding quickly and many details remain murky. Here is what we know so far and what you should do. What do we know so far? On September 13, 2019, the FDA announced that preliminary tests found low levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in ranitidine, a heartburn medication used by millions of Americans. This week, the drug companies Novartis (through its generic division, Sandoz) and Apotex announced that they were recalli...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joshua Gagne, PharmD, ScD Tags: Digestive Disorders Drugs and Supplements Health Source Type: blogs

Popular heartburn drug ranitidine (Zantac) recalled: What you need to know and do
If you or a family member take ranitidine (Zantac) to relieve heartburn, you may have heard that the FDA has found a probable human carcinogen (a substance that could cause cancer) in it. The story is unfolding quickly and many details remain murky. Here is what we know so far and what you should do. What do we know so far? On September 13, 2019, the FDA announced that preliminary tests found low levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in ranitidine, a heartburn medication used by millions of Americans. This week, the drug companies Novartis (through its generic division, Sandoz) and Apotex announced that they were recalli...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joshua Gagne, PharmD, ScD Tags: Digestive Disorders Drugs and Supplements Health Source Type: blogs

Indigenous Medicine – From Illegal to Integral
Brooke Warren Phuoc Le By PHUOC LE, MD and BROOKE WARREN In the 2020 Summer Olympics, we will undoubtedly see large, red circles down the arms and backs of many Olympians. These spots are a side-effect of cupping, a treatment originating from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to reduce pain. TCM is a globally used Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), but it still battles its critics who think it is only a belief system, rather than a legitimate medical practice. Even so, the usage of TCM continues to grow. This led the National Institute of Health (NIH) to sponsor a meeting in 1997 to determine...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Arc Health Brooke Warren complementary and alternative medicine cupping indigenous medicine Phuoc Le TCM traditional chinese medicine Source Type: blogs

Why the Fed Needs a Monetary Rule to Protect Its Independence
As the 2020 presidential election season heats up, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is being pushed from all sides.President Trump has castigated him for overly tight monetary policy and has implied that Powell is a “bigger enemy” than Xi Jinping.  Meanwhile,William Dudley, who recently headed the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the most important reserve bank in the system, boldly called for Powell to enter the political fray against Trump and use a tighter monetary policy to help defeat him in 2020.We ’ve seen this pattern before—only this time, it’s more extreme. President Trump, like many executives ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 4, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: James A. Dorn Source Type: blogs

VHA Doc ' s 3,000 Errors, DHS Docs ' ' Dual Loyalties '
It has been a rough news day for government-run health care. But not nearly so rough as government-run health care has been to its victims.First,  The Washington Post reports on the matter of Robert Morris Levy, a former pathologist at the Veterans Health Admininstration hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas who repeatedly showed up for work intoxicated and who “VA officials say…made 3,000 errors or misdiagnoses dating to 2005.” Levy showed up for work one day with a blood alcohol level of 0.4 percent, five times Arkansas’ legal limit. He misdiagnosed patients who actually had cancer and whose cancers spread untreat...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs

Marijuana Reform Organization Issues Warning Against Vaping THC Oils Obtained from Unlicensed Sellers; CDC Does Not
It is a sad state of affairs in public health when we have to rely upon a marijuana law reform organization to issue a critical health warning on the severe risks of vaping unlicensed THC oils, while the CDC remains silent.According to anarticle inUSA Today, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) warned consumers " not to buy THC vape products from unlicensed retailers. " The organization ' s Deputy Director--Paul Armentano--explained the danger associated with the use of illicit THC vaping products: " Unregulated illicit market cannabis products, like products in any unregulated marketplace, ar...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - August 29, 2019 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Trump ' s Trade Policy So Far: Too Many Trade Wars, Very Little Trade Liberalization
This past week was an eventful one for trade policy, and not in a good way. In the trade world these days, no news is good news, and any tweets are probably bad news. President Trump ’s trade policy has been stridently protectionist, abusive of the constitutional separation of powers, destructive to U.S. alliances, and fundamentally flawed as a strategy to achieve its stated goals.Last week, President Trump was agitated by China ’s retaliatory tariffs (which were in response to tariffs previously imposed by the Trump administration), and in reaction to the Chinese retaliation,Trump announced on Twitter some retaliatio...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 27, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 26th 2019
Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/ Longevity Industry Consulting Services Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 25, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Why Medicare for All Will Not Cure What Ails the Hahnemann
By ASEEM R. SHUKLA, MD The impending closure of Hahnemann University Hospital is a local tragedy.  Eliminating a 170-year old institution is certain to exaggerate the daily travails of the economically disadvantaged inner-city population that Hahnemann serves as a safety-net hospital.  The closure is also a national tragedy. Hospitals are the towering, visible monuments of our healthcare system, and closings imply that something insidious ails that very system—that all is not well.   Hospitals are complex entities with varied financial drivers, and the solution is never simple.  And the mo...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Hospitals Medicare Aseem Shukla Hahnemann University Hospital Medicare For All Source Type: blogs

Funding the National Health Service by Selling Access to Patient Data
In a recent note, I discussed the challenges facing theNational Health Service (NHS) in the deployment of IT across this huge health system (see:National Health Service a"Balkanized" Mess; Special Problems with IT). Now comes news that a former British politician is advocating the sale of NHS health data as a source of new revenue (see:A Former Science Minister Wants to Fund the NHS by Selling Access to Patient Data). Below is an excerpt from the article:Now, as...[NIH] finances face increasing pressure, [Paul] Drayson, a former U.K. science minister, is on a mission to help save the government-funded NHS by sell...
Source: Lab Soft News - August 20, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Genomic Testing Healthcare Business Healthcare Innovations Hospital Financial Medical Consumerism Medical Ethics Medical Research Pharmaceutical Industry Public Health Source Type: blogs

Everyone Is Having the Wrong Healthcare Debate
By STEVEN MERAHN, MD In 1807, in an effort to spite the British and French for shipping interference (and forced recruitment of American citizens into military service), the United States Congress passed an Embargo Act, effectively shutting down trade with these two countries. Britain and France quickly found other trading partners; the US, then limited in our capacity to sell products outside our borders, was left with a devastated economy and a gaping hole in our face. It took only weeks before Congress passed a loophole; they repealed the act within 15 months of its passing. It was a great lesson in unintended co...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Politics Uncategorized Health care debate Health Care Reform Steven Merahn universal healthcare Source Type: blogs

‘I Apologize for What You Are About To See’
By HILARY HATCH, PhD The growing movement to include the patient voice in medicine through Motivational Interviewing, patient-reported outcomes, social determinants of health and shared decision-making One day in 2011, as a part of my research on ways to improve patient-provider communication about health behaviors, I was shadowing Dr. G., a talented young internist with a cheerleader demeanor. He marched through 12 afternoon patient appointments with confidence and purpose. But when he saw the name of the last patient on her schedule, he turned pale, faced me and said, “I apologize for what you are about to see....
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Patients Psychology Hilary Hatch motivational interviewing patient-reported outcomes Phreesia Social Determinants of Health Source Type: blogs

A Proposal to Improve Healthcare and Make It More Affordable
By STEVE ZECOLA Americans spend about $3 trillion per year on healthcare, or about $10,000 per person per year. Despite these expenditures, Americans are worse off than their international counterparts with respect to infant mortality, life expectancy and the prevalence of chronic conditions. In policy debates, Republicans mostly prefer to let the marketplace devise the appropriate outcomes, but this approach ignores the market failures that plague the industry. On the other hand, Democrats propose a variety of solutions such as “Medicare for All” which nationalizes all healthcare insurance or, as a variant, ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Medicare For All Source Type: blogs