health
24 pieces tagged “health”, newest first.
‘Systemic Racism’ Is Killing Black Americans ... Slowly?
A study purports to show that “systemic racism” is causing higher rates of sustained stress among black Americans and thereby shortening their lifespans.
Microplastic Scaremongering and Manipulation
Contrary to popular opinion, you likely do not have a credit card’s worth of plastic floating around in your body.
How Do Cellphones Affect Our Health?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long believed that cellphone radiation can cause tumors or certain types of cancer, and he wants more research.
Good News: MAHA Fixes Dietary Guidelines
The food pyramid has been flipped on its head, emphasizing whole foods and limiting processed foods while enraging leftists on social media.
Ozempic and the ‘Body Positivity’ Metamorphosis
Big-girl celebrities have slimmed down, abandoning the “body positivity” movement in a very physical and public way. Is nature finally healing?
ObamaCare and the Government Shutdown Fight
The past week has been a turbulent and unsettling time for the nation, but lost in the headlines is a potential government shutdown at month’s end when current funding expires.
Lizzo Changes the Game for Body Positivity
Reality has caught up with the plus-size singer, who is demonstrating that it’s essential to keep evolving, to be open to listening to hard truths, and to admit when what you’re doing isn’t working.
Taxpayers Funding Unhealthiness?
RFK Jr. raises the question about the responsibility of healthy living for anyone receiving government handouts.
SNAP and Shilling for Big Soda
Right-wing social media influencers were caught promoting soda companies over good health and taxpayer dollars.
New Year, New You — Without the Fat-Activist Whiners
People are once again being encouraged in their health and fitness journeys.
Reforming Health Insurance
While the Dems who support ObamaCare blame insurance companies for high costs and frustration, they once again fail to look in the mirror.
Plus-Sized Lizzo Makes a Change for the Better
Ms. “I Am the Beauty Standard” is now losing weight. Is this finally the beginning of the end of body positivity’s most toxic wing?
Obesity Is a Big Problem
A new report from House Republicans says obesity will cost us up to $9.1 trillion in medical costs over the next decade.
Gas Stove Fearmongering Heats Up
A new study dubiously attempts to connect gas stoves to pediatric asthma.
Why Is ObamaCare Still So Terrible?
Bloated government plays a huge role, of course, but so does the increasing girth of Americans.
Child Speech Issues: Return of the Masks
We know how detrimental masking was for kids the first time around. Are we really going to stand for it happening again?
Trans-Slenderism: The Soft Anarchy of Self-Gratification
The secular relativist worldview starts with the premise that there is no God, therefore beauty standards are a social construct.
Big Medical Comes After Children Again
Obese children are a parenting failure, and physicians are going to profit from it.