Your nails are an outgrowth of your skin. They are made of protein–keratin–which protects your toes and fingers. Jazmin Fox-Skelly reports for the BBC on what your nails can tell you...
Diane Archer
Can RFK Jr. limit harmful chemical additives in our food supply?
Corporations add a multitude of chemicals into our food supply, about which you are likely not aware. What’s worse is that the FDA allows it. RFK Jr., our new Secretary of Health and Human...
Why do Americans die younger than people in other wealthy...
Americans have shorter life expectancies than people in other wealthy nations, even though we spend more on health care than other nations. The Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker looks at why it is...
Trump signs executive order creating “MAHA” commission
President Trump signed an executive order creating a Make America Health Again (“MAHA”) Commission to be chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed head of the US Department of Health...
2025: What will become of Medicaid?
At the moment, Republicans in Congress are eyeing major cuts to Medicaid–a program that provides critical health care to more than 70 million low-income Americans–as part of their push to...
Does UnitedHealth use flawed AI to deny care in Medicare...
Bob Hermann reports for StatNews that a case against UnitedHealth for using flawed AI algorithms to deny care to Medicare Advantage enrollees is making it way through the US District Court in...
When looking into nursing home care, ask about staffing levels
The vast majority of Americans would prefer to age in place–live out their lives in their homes. But, 1.3 million older Americans do not have the supports they need to age in place and end up...
Why it’s so hard to find a primary care doctor?
With the medical profession becoming increasingly corporatized and physicians burdened by administrative ordeals and unable to treat patients as they think appropriate, fewer people are becoming...
Should AI help with end-of-life decisions?
Artificial intelligence or AI is on the rise. If you haven’t yet tried using AI, check out Perplexity or ChatGPT. It boggles the mind how quickly they can answer your questions about just about...
Medicare Advantage inappropriate denials of care abound
Just as with restaurants, automobiles and homes, Medicare Advantage plans vary from awful to excellent. But, unlike with restaurants, automobiles and homes, you can’t choose a Medicare...