Otherweb Archive - Opinion - Health

• NYC’s old ‘tough on crime’ laws worked — I know because I was busted as a drug addict criminal
• The Hidden Cost of Comfort
• How do we know who we are? Here’s how to answer the question
• Mushrooming health subsidies are creating sick incentives for government to push suicide
• From mindfulness to learning something new: seven simple strategies for wellbeing | Matt Fisher
• Woke Medical Association Scrubs DEI Info From Website After Brutal Report
• Care and Feeding: What to do with your stepsisters who have had a rough time?
• Thoughts on Fatherhood: A Post-Birth Dispatch - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Elton John is right, marijuana legalization was a ‘great mistake’ - Washington Examiner
• Celebrating Brian Thompson's murder is ghoulish
• Montana man's cancer diagnosis changed his life: 'I trusted that he was doing what was best for me'
• America’s health insurance crisis in six charts
• The CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans
• Iran's Khamenei warns that women's rights movement 'inflames unrest'
• Q: My husband refuses to wash his hands after using the bathroom. I feel like I’m raising three kids. What can I do to impress upon him?
• Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans
• Women’s body hair shouldn’t be controversial. It’s time to stop policing our physical choices | Nova Weetman
• Cal Thomas: The ultimate gift
• "Tradwives" were the hot online topic in 2024 — but offline, women are more independent than ever
• 'Flexi-schooling' isn't the answer for time-pressed parents - but something has to give | Emma Brockes
• Dr. Anthony Fauci’s recent article in Clinical Infectious Diseases raises serious concerns about his political bias and selective presentation of facts
• This guide explains what to expect when a patient is having a miscarriage or is at high risk for one
• Congressional Drug-Pricing Reforms Upend Trump’s Strategy
• NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s alleged hospital hoodwink in Nassau County
• I stood up to the ‘boys club’ at the heart of our justice system – and was vindicated | Charlotte Proudman
• Changing Laws and Changing Lives: Why ProPublica Is Dedicated to Local Investigations
• Care and Feeding: How can I convince my family to just buy my teens gift cards?
• Murder of a healthcare CEO: No excuse, no caveat
• Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.
• Betsy McCaughey: Don’t blame insurers’ greed — government made a mess of our health care
• This is a gift guide for the Lost Boys in your life
• Biden is funding an army of 100 trainers who will convince military parents to affirm their kids’ ‘trans’ identities
• My New Wife Is Getting a Bad Bargain Out of Our Sex Life
• Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Here’s what you need to know
• As an oncologist, I learn from my patients what matters most in life | Ranjana Srivastava
• Missouri Legislative Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Pro-Mask-Policy Letter
• No, Socialized Medicine Wouldn’t Have Saved Health CEO
• A masked gunman shot and killed the CEO of the country's largest health insurance company
• If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins
• Why do we tolerate a system where you go bankrupt for a hip replacement? Peter St. Onge asks
• How To! hosts Carvell Wallace and Courtney Martin break down their favorite advice of the year
• Chaz Ebert on Loss, Intuition and Her ‘Cougar’ Group Chat
• Marjorie Taylor Greene called out for belief that vaccines cause Autism
• Trump says his nominee for HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will not take away vaccines like the polio vaccine
• One in 20 Canadians who died last year were killed through medically assisted suicide
• Failed War on Drugs Policies Won't Stop the Overdose Crisis, But Harm Reduction Can Save Lives | ACLU
• Texas sues New York doctor who prescribed abortion pill that killed unborn baby and sent pregnant woman to hospital
• The day the pope met a psychedelic evangelist
• Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy defended the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, saying, “Murder isn’t justified. It isn’t. It isn’t. It isn’t. It isn’t. It isn’t. It isn’t. It isn’t
• The BBC’s attacks on Steven Bartlett reek of hypocrisy
• What could we be missing when it comes to the connection between poor social support and postpartum mood disorders?
• In 1963, Robert F. Kennedy set out to walk 50 miles to Camp David. He was inspired by his brother John Kennedy’s efforts to encourage fitness
• Elton John condemns marijuana legalization, but doesn’t mention prohibition’s harms
• Bird flu is a real pandemic threat. Are we prepared for the worst? | Devi Sridhar
• Don’t credit drug warriors for reducing overdoses
• Care and Feeding: Is it OK to invite Tom to Christmas?
• “I can’t afford my oxygen”: The human toll of health insurance profits
• I bet you know at least one person who won’t consider wearing hearing aids. It’s the same with someone who has a hearing loss and expects others to speak louder
• A Strange Alliance: Oxygen Companies and Their Medicare Patients Want Congress to Pay the Companies More
• Brickbat: Blast Off in the Comments
• Two Human Bodies, Both With Unalienable Rights - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Bernie Sanders: 'Nobody, nobody should applaud' the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
• How to Do It: Is this a real thing where a person cannot fall asleep without sexual release? — Stoya
• It’s been a grim year for baby-making. But what can the Christmas story teach us about having a child?
• Dear Care and Feeding: I believe my brother’s wife killed him. What should I do?
• Opponents of euthanasia warn of situations just like that of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi underwent surgery after falling and breaking her hip in Luxembourg
• Trump promises to end Daylight Saving Time, sparking fierce debate on social media
• REPORT: House Republicans Open Antitrust Investigation Against CVS Caremark
• Sen. Ron Johnson threatens to subpoena unredacted records withheld by the Biden administration on COVID-19 vaccines
• McConnell warns RFK Jr.: Hands off the polio vaccine
• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues New York abortionist for sending abortion drugs to Texas woman who ended unborn child’s life
• "No one would design a system like this": UHG CEO Witty says U.S. health care is "flawed"
• Care and Feeding: How do I explain to my daughter that I don’t believe in Jesus?
• 5 years after giving birth, a Mississippi mother was arrested for a felony based on a postnatal drug test
• Hospitals are giving pregnant women drugs, then reporting them to CPS when they test positive
• The Final Boss of Our Medical Misery
• "Our privatized health care system is like that for a huge amount of Americans," says Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
• The Left’s Assassination Lust Is Misdirected
• Obamacare has failed - Washington Examiner
• "Condolences are pouring in": UnitedHealth CEO pushes customer "messages of support" to employees
• "Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far," says Elizabeth Warren
• We have no business even knowing each other. But the value of my work wife cannot be overstated | Emily Mulligan
• Care and Feeding: What to do when your sister reconnects with your parents?
• U.K. extends ban on puberty blockers indefinitely, citing 'unacceptable safety risk'
• The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly
• What China Must Do to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl
• Health care in America is a mess. Not because it is private, but because it is a bizarre hybrid
• Elizabeth Warren called the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a warning
• The people cheering Brian Thompson’s murder can’t have the medical utopia that they want
• Is Longer Life Really Possible?
• Technocratic Education Reform Is Dead. Long Live School Choice
• Britain is walking into an American opioid crisis
• Tuberville Slams Activist Doctor, NIH For Hiding Negative Effects of Puberty Blockers
• Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Here’s what you need to know
• Dr. Naydeen Gonzlez-De Jess: Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ failed to address the real problem
• This guide to reporting on health and medicine issues was originally published in November 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic
• No Pseudonymity for Plaintiffs Challenging Employer's COVID-19 Protocols
• My daughter could have died. I blame US insurance companies | Melody Schreiber
• Q: I’m still obsessed with my ex. Should I help her? — Prudence