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Combatting Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections
“The Good Virus is the most important documentary film I have seen in years.” Karl Drlica, Prof. of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University New from Bullfrog Films, The Good Virus explores the global efforts of leading scientists combatting one of the most pressing health challenges of our time: the […]
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Cavity and Periodontal Disease Prevention
Our teeth are our only permanent body part, so it makes sense that they must be cared for if you are going to live a long, healthy life. Unlike the rest of our body, once formed, they are not continually rebuilt through routine metabolism. Teeth are, under healthy conditions, essentially indestructible, as demonstrated by fossil […]
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No Screening for Black Men’s Prostate Cancer Epidemic
Would the below statements from the American Family Physician (11/2024) be true if, after 40 years of a prostate cancer epidemic, it was White men, not Black men who have been suffering and dying? “Black men: Compared with White men, Black men have a more than 60% higher incidence of prostate cancer, an earlier age at diagnosis, […]
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Peter Doherty: Public Science Communicator
A lecture series can promise much. But one run out of a corporatised university comes with its own burdens and blemishes. There is the stifling sense of brand and name that hovers over proceedings. The logo is everywhere, a permanent reminder about the role of the chief donor, sponsor or name of the individual associated […]
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The official death toll in Gaza is a lie: The casualty numbers are far, far higher
The death toll in Gaza is way too low by every imaginable metric. We need to be stressing this – all the more so when Israel’s apologists are vigorously engaged in a disinformation campaign to suggest that the figures are inflated. On 6 May, 7 months into Israel’s slaughter, there were reported to be 34,735 […]
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Math proves that Israel’s stated goals are an epic lie
Twelve buildings are destroyed every hour in Gaza. (Hadi Daoud APA images) When you’re in Gaza and see the destruction firsthand, the clearest conclusion is that Israel’s stated goals are an epic lie, on a par with “a people without a land for a land without a people,” packaged and sold to the world. The […]
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“Medicalization”: Profit and Behavior-Control
Thanks to the credulity and docility of the majority of Americans, Big Pharma has largely succeeded in medicalizing virtually every deviation from corporate-dictated, machine-like, behavioral uniformity. In an era of expanding ignorance, fear sells–especially through meticulously crafted TV ads. (“Ask your doctor if Viagra may be right for you.”) The collusion between Big Pharma and […]
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Ceasefire Projection
This visual is based on statistical projections by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health. Their projections powerfully illustrate how many Palestinian lives are at stake in the next six months. They looked at four areas: traumatic injuries, non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases (including pandemics), […]
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How Consumer Drug Advertising Turned the Public into Pill Poppers
One night in 1997, as Americans were parked on the couch in front of an episode of Touched by an Angel, they were touched by something else unexpected: an ad for a prescription allergy pill called Claritin®, promoted directly to the consumer! Prescription drugs had never been sold directly to the public before, because, without […]
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