Tag: Clinical medicine

  • Four Wars Old

    Four Wars Old

    At least 90 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel’s assault on Gaza so far. This visual tella the story of Palestinian children in Gaza, who have experienced multiple assaults and multiple types of trauma since 2007, leading to a widespread mental health crisis among youth.

  • Big Pharma and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

    Since 1997, the U.S. is one of only two countries (the other being New Zealand) that allows direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for health products like medications and procedures. Such DTC advertising in the U.S. increased from $2.1 billion in 1997 to $9.6 billion in 2016 — and continues to rise. And you wonder why two-thirds of […]

  • If It Was Allowed, I’d Hold You Down and ….

    I think it is generally accepted that the practice of medicine has changed radically over the past fifty or so years.  The medicalization and corporatization of life have “progressed” simultaneously as most doctors have become obedient servants of the corporate state. But wait, one may object, and with some justification. The development of micro-surgical techniques […]

  • Corona Sirens

    Corona Sirens

    If this is going on at Surrey Memorial Hospital  in British Columbia Canada where else is it going on? “These patients take up beds and nursing support that would normally be used to treat incoming emergencies. This bed-block forces us to routinely treat strokes, heart attacks, traumas, miscarriages and palliative patients in the hallway.” — “Visitor ‘overwhelmed’ […]

  • Finding Reconnection through the Power of Human Touch

    The famous “rescuing hug” I was recently reminded of the incredible story of the “rescuing hug” photo (above). To sum up the basics: Kyrie and Brielle Jackson were born on October 17, 1995 — 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Kyrie weighed only 2 pounds, 3 ounces. Brielle was even smaller and far more […]

  • What the Government Wants

    What the Government Wants

    “FDA sued by prominent docs over suppression of ivermectin to treat COVID ” “Ivermectin: Australian regulator bans drug as Covid treatment after sharp rise in prescriptions” “Health Canada warns against using anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19“

  • Forever Chemicals, Everywhere

    Forever Chemicals, Everywhere

    Image credit: Great Lakes Now Forever Chemicals are found everywhere from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the mountaintop of Mt. Everest. Following 80 years of manufacturing various PFAS chemicals, the world is swimming in chemical permanence. And yes, it is a toxic price society pays for modern-day conveniences — made easy! But maybe […]

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