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How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents

SELL SELL SELL LIE – April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on these products around the globe. These drinks, targeted to young kids, may promise un... Read More...

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Anne Lamott’s Meditations on Life – Love and the Cycle of Aging REGISTER NOW

SOBRIETY BECOMES HER – Happening Tomorrow April 10, 2024 - In a series of deeply personal Washington Post columns, Anne Lamott has explored aging from the miracles that age makes easier to see to the “superpo... Read More...

April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health

Friends: The Fisherman and the Stork

TRUE LOVE – March 30, 2024 - Thirteen years ago, a poor fisherman in a small village was retrieving his net from a lake when he heard a noise behind him and turned to find a majestic being standing on the bow ... Read More...

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Podcast Examines Perils of Intense Meditation

AUDIO – EXTREME IS EXTREME! – March 31, 2024 - The four-episode series focuses on retreats held by the Goenka network, teaching a popular meditation technique called Vipassana. Participants follow a strict schedule, ... Read More...

April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health

Richard Serra – Minimalist Sculptor’s Steel Creations Awed Viewers, Dies at 85

WALLS AROUND THE WORLD – March 26, 2024 - Serra’s sculptures defined a generation of art-making. Working on an unusually large scale, Serra crafted gigantic artworks that enlisted spirals, cubes, and cones of ... Read More...

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More Than 8 Drinks a Week Increases Woman’s Risk of Heart Problems

SAVE THYSELF – March 29, 2024 - Women who said they drink eight or more alcoholic drinks per week were anywhere from 33 to 51% more likely to develop coronary heart disease. The study also found that women who drank ... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Greta Thunberg

“I have learned you are never too small to make a difference.” – Greta Thunberg ... Read More...

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Loneliness Worse than Smoking, Alcoholism, Obesity

VIDEO – JOIN A 12-STEP GROUP? – March 22, 2024 - Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary discusses a new study that suggests loneliness can lead to premature death on ‘Varney & Co. WATCH@Fox ... Read More...

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Three Months After Leaving Patton State Mental Hospital She Was Dead

AUDIO – SCANDAL or FATE? – March 13, 2024 - The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly $121 million over five years to oversee and review reentry homes in Los Angeles County, Taxpayers paid about $5,... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health

Walking Can Cut Disease and Death

WALK ON THE MILD SIDE do do do – March 6, 2024 - For people with low and high amounts of sedentary time, getting any number of steps higher than 2,200 per day was linked with lower odds of developing car... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health

Microplastics Found Clogging Human Arteries

LIKE OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS? – March 9, 2024 - ”It’s extraordinary,” cardiologist Eric Topol, “I’m a cardiologist for three decades plus and I never envisioned we’d have microplastic in our arteries and its pr... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Trauma

90% of Liver Transplant Websites Use Stigmatizing Language

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME... – March 6, 2024 - A “vast majority” of liver transplant centers use stigmatizing language, such as “alcoholic” or “alcohol abuse,” when describing patients with alcohol use disorder... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 12 2024

‘Black Balloon Day’ Remembers Those Lost to Overdose

AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND – March 6, 2024 - “The black balloon is a symbolism of death, and today is Black Balloon Day,” said Tahira Malik, founder of Samad’s House. “Historically, when you go to a funeral, you’re wearin... Read More...

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The Man Who Cheated Death Again and Again

LONG TERM LONGEVITY – Feb. 26, 2024 - Sid Korn should be dead. First came encephalitic polio as a baby. Next, binge drinking, a mood-altering habit acquired in college to beat loneliness, became routine ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMar 5 2024

Anxiety Drug Killed My Son and So Many Are Dying From It

HOW MANY MORE? – March 3. 2024 - The drug that helped Alex Cottam turn his life around was also the one that ended up killing him. Alex, a 27-year-old software engineer, had been prescribed pregabalin to help h... Read More...

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Wendy Williams’ Family On Her Sobriety

FAIRY TALE GONE WRONG – Feb. 21, 2024 - The former talk show host’s loved ones spoke to People ahead of the Feb. 24 premiere of the two-night Lifetime special “Where Is Wendy Williams?” The project was produce... Read More...

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The Fentanyl in the Coke Killed Her Sister

VIDEO – NOT FAIR – Feb. 21, 2024 - I’m angry at what happened to them. I’m angry at the people who sold them those drugs,” Casey told ABC10 at a community vigil for her sister. Keely Pereira was visiting her hometo... Read More...

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The Ripple Effects of Overdose Deaths

FAMILIES NEED LOVE – Feb. 21, 2024 - When someone overdoses and dies, surviving loved ones can feel as if they’ve been thrown into a crater of grief. Athey, a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, said... Read More...

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Drug Deaths Have Devastating Impact on Loved Ones

COUNTRY IN CONSTANT MOURNING – Feb. 21, 2024 - 125 million American adults know at least one person who died by overdose. For many, it was a devastating loss. 40% of Americans know someone who died of a ... Read More...

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Bigger Scandal Than Thalidomide!

BABIES DEFORMED AGAIN – Feb. 22, 2024 - Since the 1970s, it has been known that sodium valproate can harm babies in the womb. So why was it prescribed to pregnant women? “My kids are fabulous, but I’d known for years... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 27 2024interventionlife expectancyTrauma

Lots of Young People on Lots of Psychiatric Drugs

THEY’RE CUSTOMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST – Feb. 16, 2024 - Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously. The phenomenon is increasing despite warnings... Read More...

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How Does Alcohol Affect the Gut Microbiome?

IMPORTANT – Feb. 5, 2024 - A frothy beer or a glass of wine can enhance a meal and settle the mind. But what does alcohol do to the trillions of microbes living in your gut? As with much of microbiome science, “there... Read More...

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Father of Pharmacist Who Died Calls CVS Memo ‘corporate garbage’

PUSHERS – Feb. 12, 2024 - Ashleigh Anderson, 41-year-old died after suffering a heart attack during her shift at CVS in 2021. Anderson was the only pharmacist on duty the day she collapsed. First respond... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 20 2024life expectancyTrauma

Lawmakers Champion MDMA as a ‘game-changer’ in PTSD Treatment

VIDEO – LET IT WORK IF IT WORKS – Feb. 15, 2024 - Advocates and lawmakers across the political spectrum are optimistic about its chances for approval and pushing for a speedy rollout of so-called “MDMA-assisted the... Read More...

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Phthalates aka “everywhere chemicals” Found in the Womb

VIDEO – IS NO PLACE SAFE? – Feb. 7, 2024 - The US saw roughly 57,000 preterm births caused by phthalates in 2018. More than 8 million metric tons of phthalates and similar chemicals are consumed annually — ei... Read More...

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Tylenol PM and Advil PM and Benadryl Linked to Dementia?

VIDEO – SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS – Feb. 2, 2024 - Dr. Charles Puza, a New York–based physician, has recently shocked over a million people on TikTok by revealing that the continual use of anticholinergic medicat... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 6 2024life expectancyMental Health

Lifestyle & Environment Will Cause Cancer Cases to Jump 77% by 2050

KEEP IT SIMPLE – Feb. 2, 2024 - The global cancer burden is projected to surge by 77% to over 35 million new cases in 2050, stemming from population growth, aging, and changing risk factors associated with soc... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerFeb 6 2024life expectancy

US Babies Born Prematurely Has Grown by 12%

ANXIOUS TO GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA? – Jan. 31, 2024 - The rate of babies born prematurely in the US grew 12% from 2014 to 2022 to nearly 8.7%, with pronounced racial and age disparities among the mothers. Black mo... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 6 2024life expectancy

Do Tea Drinkers Age Slower?

YES – Jan. 23, 2024 - From our skin to our cells, the food we eat supplies a range of essential nutrients that can support our body’s microbial machinery and help us to live longer, healthier lives. One bevera... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 30 2024life expectancy

Hugh Hefner ‘Was so addicted to painkillers and Viagra’ – Friends Feared He Would Die From an Overdose

FEELING NO PAIN – Jan. 19, 2024 - A new memoir from his widow Crystal Harris, 37, whom he married in 2012, has revealed that many of Hefner’s family members were concerned about him years earlier. Hef be... Read More...

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