The Opioid Crisis Proves That Medicine Safety Isn’t Only for Kids
Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, Codeine, Vicodin, Fentanyl, Methadone, Morphine, Heroin; what do these drugs have in common? For starters, they all belong to the opiate class of compounds. Opiates are painkillers that act upon dopamine receptors in the brain, making you feel good even when your body tells you otherwise. Another thing they all have in common […]
Americans Plan to Avoid Sugar, Eat More Sustainably in 2018
A national consumer survey of 1,023 Americans conducted by Wakefield Research on eating habits in 2018, found that most (67%) Americans will be prioritizing healthy or socially-conscious food purchases in 2018. Their primary point of emphasis is cutting back on sugars, with nearly half of consumers (47%) planning to eat less sugar or […]
Changing Communities, One Healthy Meal at a Time
Getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes made Chad Cherry abruptly rethink his relationship with food. He took the increased risks of blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and stroke so seriously that he decided to become a chef, to learn how to combat the poor diet he’d become accustomed to. Amazingly, the hospital that treated him […]
Is Porn at Work Fueling the #MeToo Movement?
Who could have predicted that when the New York Times broke the story in early October about Harvey Weinstein’s sexually abusive behavior, it would unleash a tsunami of complaints against some of the world’s most powerful men, many of whom have since been forced to resign? The list reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood […]
Mothers of Children Lost to Addiction Deluge Trump With Their Message
MaryBeth Cichocki doesn’t want her son to be forgotten – especially by the president of the United States. Like many moms nationwide, she fears that the focus of the opioid epidemic has shifted from treating addiction like a disease to an indictment of drug dealers and sellers. But those most at fault, Cichocki said, are the large […]
David Beckham: Malaria Must Die – so Millions Can Live
British soccer legend David Beckham put his star-power to use on Wednesday in a bid to reinvigorate the fight against malaria under the slogan “Malaria must die – so millions can live”. The retired athlete joined ranks in a campaign by Malaria No More UK, a British charity, to star in a short film in […]
Tom Petty: Another Celebrity Lost to Opioids
The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner established that chart-topping singer and songwriter Tom Petty’s death on Oct. 2, 2017, was from an accidental drug overdose. He suffered drug toxicity from the mixture of benzodiazepines (“benzos” or sedative-hypnotics), an antidepressant and opioids that caused cardiac arrest and multisystem organ failure. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a […]
This Should Scare You More Than Terrorism: The Opioid Epidemic
Terrorists move over. There’s a far worse terror in town that is indiscriminately targeting kids and adults, killing well over 10 times more Americans a year than all terrorist attacks of the last 16 years combined. That’s correct. While politicians have spent several trillion dollars on foreign wars, they’ve distracted us from the very real […]
From Heroin to Hope Dealer
“But Dad, you’re a successful drug addict.” Those words spoken by my teenage son, Nick, chilled me to the bone. The charade I’d lived for more than a decade was crumbling. My son was following in my footsteps, using a drug that could kill us both. I need to do something before one of us […]
Nearly 21 Million People Now Have Access to HIV Treatment
About 20.9 million people now have access to the antiretroviral therapy, according to a new report by the UN agency leading the global push to end AIDS, spotlighting that this remarkable progress has been made possible by people living with HIV demanding their rights, strong leadership and financial commitment. “People, no matter what their health […]
