Toxic plastics exposure: Why semen quality is declining and modern men are less fertile than their grandfathers
Avoid plastic packaging – opt for products packaged in glass, metal or paper instead of plastic. This can significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste that potentially breaks down into microplastics. At home, use wax paper, parchment paper or paper bags to store foods rather than plastic wrap.
Revealed: Poor diets are killing more people than smoking or alcohol, yet doctors get almost no training in nutrition
Even though evidence suggests that nutrition education can be effective, there are many reasons why it’s lacking. Medical students and physicians are some of the busiest people in society. The amount of information taught in medical curricula is often described as overwhelming – like drinking out of a firehose.
UN Pact for the Future: Developing nations cite ‘disease discrimination’ as world plans digital IDs, vaccine passports, massive censorship
“In spirit, the Summit and Pact for the Future is a relaunch of the Great Reset,” said Tim Hinchliffe, publisher of The Sociable. “Both talk about reshaping our world, which includes a desire to transform the financial system and to implement global governance surrounding issues such as climate change, healthcare and all things related to the SDGs” (Sustainable Development Goals).
Former Covid czar bragged about sex parties as he ordered New Yorkers to lock down, mask up
The public official in charge of New York City’s response to Covid-19 held sex parties and attended a dance party underneath a Wall Street bank during the height of the pandemic, while during the day he ordered New Yorkers to social distance and mask up.
Medical coder in Arizona details how huge ‘financial incentives led hospitals in US to use Covid treatments that killed patients’
Under the Covid-19 hospital protocols, patients “would be on the ventilators for 30 days or more sometimes, which was incredibly rare,” Smith said. “On top of that, they weren’t talking about disconnecting these patients from the ventilator, which should be something they’re talking about within 24 hours, because the longer you’re on, the less likely you are to come off the ventilator.”
Respiratory therapist and doctors admit ‘rush to use ventilators killed thousands of Covid patients’
Mark Bishofsky tried to convince doctors that “this wasn’t the right thing to do.” He explained: “When I started my career in 1999 I went to … a huge symposium talking about the risks of intubation – the risks of using a ventilator – and even back then it was known that intubation should be a last resort.
How menopause sets off persistent toothaches and other dental problems, but they can be managed
Decreasing bone density and receding gums exacerbate these problems. If the socket that holds the tooth is less dense, Sollecito said, it’s more vulnerable to bone loss. And gum recession can leave some tooth surfaces without the enamel that protects them from cavities.
Nigerians resort to fortified bouillon to cut steep rise in malnutrition as Africa grapples with climate-enforced hunger
If public health advocates and the Nigerian government have their way, malnourished households in the West African nation soon will have a simple ingredient available to improve their intake of key vitamins and minerals. Government regulators on September 17 are launching a code of standards for adding iron, zinc, folic acid and vitamin B12 to bouillon cubes at minimum levels recommended by experts.
Microsoft founder, philanthropist Bill Gates calls for debt relief for burdened African countries
Progress towards reducing the number of children whose growth and potential are irrevocably harmed by malnutrition is not fast enough, nor is it happening equally around the world and within communities, said Habtamu Fekadu, managing director for nutrition for the nonprofit Save the Children. He said prevention efforts at scale are needed, and the most cost-effective intervention is to encourage mothers to exclusively breastfeed their children in the first six months of their lives.
Taking healthcare to the sick: South Africa’s travelling ‘health train’ is threatened by systemic corruption
When the train began in 1994, many Black people in South Africa still lived in rural villages with little access to health facilities. It was a period of change in the country. The train began as an eye clinic, but it soon became clear that needs were greater than that.
