The United States spends more on healthcare than any other industrialized nation. But, this is one case where the economic tenant of “you get what you pay for,” does not seem to hold true. That is because all of that extra spending does not seem to result in better access to healthcare, or better outcomes […] Read more

Jon Basso’s restaurant in Las Vegas is known as the “Heart Attack Grill,” and he makes no bones about it that eating his ginormous overstuffed burgers can give you one. In fact, he is so proud of his “killer burgers,” he has recently put on display, the remains of a patron who indeed died of […] Read more

Do you remember Dr. “Bones” McCoy from the original “StarTrek” TV show? When he pointed a hand-held medical device, called a tricorder, toward a life form, it made scientific-sounding noises and gave him diagnostic information of all kinds. Apparently, that short-lived show (pulled from network television after only three seasons, to all Trekkie fans’ shock […] Read more

In this era of so-called “Fake News,” a new study has revealed that more than half of all Americans now believe in what are commonly said to be “ health conspiracy theories.” Of course, this is largely driven by social media. Who’s Facebook page isn’t littered with “news” items with headlines screaming, “These 5 Foods […] Read more

The benefits of animal-assisted health therapy are becoming increasingly well known. Hospital patients welcome therapy dogs to pet and love. They claim it boosts their mood and speeds recovery time. But did you know that dolphins have a built-in healing system that uses ultrasound? They use sound to communicate, navigate in their environment, use sonar, […] Read more

Regular readers of these pages know that I try to help you how to be prepared for just about any kind of plague or invasion. But, this is one for the record books! A formerly peaceful neighborhood in Boise, Idaho, was recently overrun by a gang of rowdy goats! According to local KTVB reporter Joe […] Read more

A self-described vegan in Australia may have bitten off more than she could chew when she complained to local authorities about the smell of cooking “meat and fish” from her neighbor’s barbecues. Cilla Carden made headlines this week for her legal beef, in which she claimed the odors from her neighbors’ barbecues had destroyed her […] Read more

Hurricane Dorian has killed at least five people in the Bahamas as the Category 2 storm stalled out over the 700-island Commonwealth nation located east of the Florida Keys. Category 5 winds of 157 mph or higher made landfall Sunday night, September 1, 2019. Dorian is the strongest hurricane recorded in the Bahamas. To make […] Read more

Shocking figures on sexual misconduct by doctors have revealed that foreign-trained doctors are involved in 60 percent of cases involving sexual misconduct with patients, despite only making up just 30 percent of NHS doctors.   In the past three years, foreign-trained doctors accounted for 23 of the 38 incidents of sexual misconduct by physicians. The […] Read more

It’s a touchy subject but human contact is vital to our health and well-being. Unspoken communication flows between people who share direct skin-to-skin contact. Sometimes, the act of touching is intentional but there many occasions when humans touch each other subconsciously – without conscious awareness. One little-known factoid is that our skin is, in fact, […] Read more