Questions for a Polar Bear Expert
(The New York Times) The Trump administration is reversing a longstanding ban on oil exploration on the coastal plain of the Arctic...
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The Surprising Climate And Environmental Legacy Of President George H. W. Bush
(Forbes) I awaken to the news that the 41st President of the United States passed. President George H. W. Bush was a Republican, a...
Potential Cure for Alzheimer's Found by New Study
(The New York Post) Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease. Prior to last week,...
Autism prevalence now 1 in 40
(CNN) A survey of parents across the United States estimates that one in 40 children has autism spectrum disorder, according to a study...
The FDA just approved a drug that targets cancers based on DNA,
(Business Insider) The FDA on Monday approved a new cancer treatment in an unconventional way: not by tumor type, but rather by the...
U.S. climate report offers few policy solutions
(Boston Herald) A landmark U.S. climate change study by 13 federal agencies brings greater urgency to the question of what Americans can...
Medicare for All Lost Big Time in the Midterms
(Forbes) Democrats won big during the midterm elections earlier this month. As of this writing, they appear to have picked up 39 seats in...
First gene-edited babies claimed in China
(Associated Press) A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this...
3 ethical reasons for vaccinating your children
(Salon) Across the country, billboards are popping up suggesting that vaccines can kill children, when the science behind vaccination is...
How Some Stress Can Actually Be Good for You
(TIME) Stress is often viewed as an exclusively negative sensation: Work deadlines pile up, family drama takes its toll, busy schedules...
Anti-vaccine community behind N.C. Chicken Pox outbreak
(BBC) A North Carolina school with a large anti-vaccine community is at the heart of the state's largest chickenpox outbreak in decades,...
This is the new great debate on climate change
(World Economic Forum) The debate over climate change is no longer about what causes global warming. Rather, the issue for policymakers...
4 Better Ways to address Pre-Existing Conditions
(The Federalist) In a recent article, I linked to a tweet promoting alternatives to Obamacare’s pre-existing condition regulations,...
New Members Of Congress Want Medicare For All
(The Daily Caller) The House Medicare for All Caucus could count some new members when the 116th Congress convenes in January, although...
Empathy Being Used To Revolutionize The U.S. Healthcare System
_Source- Forbes- For the U.S. health care system’s most chronically ill patients, going back and forth between the home and hospital is,...
FDA approves opioid painkiller 1,000 times stronger than morphine
-Source-USAToday- A new opioid tablet that is 1,000 times more potent than morphine and 10 times stronger than fentanyl was approved by...
Blood pressure drug recalled because it might give you cancer
(BRG) - If you’re taking a medication to help regulate your blood pressure, you’re obviously at least mildly interested in maintaining...
Turn to movies and art for a mental reset during these trying political times.
-Source- The Federalist- No one should bury her head in the sand about the reality of our politics, culture, and media. But we also...
The Most Imperative Improvement to Health Care
-Source-Town Hall- Healthcare is broken in the United States. Both parties seem averse to the idea of creating a viable, workable...
Nancy Pelosi Wants To Revive Climate Change Panel Behind Cap-And-Trade
-Source-The Daily Caller- Should Democrats win control of the House this election, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will ask her caucus...
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