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Health and Medicine

Gallup: More Americans View Moderate Drinking as Unhealthy

By Filings on Thu, 08/17/23
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“39% say drinking in moderation is bad for one’s health, up 11 points since 2018” - Gallup

P&D Podcast: Should We Heal or Pray? A Defense of Modern Medicine

By Filings on Wed, 05/03/23
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“We had an interesting conversation about his article which surveyed the history of Christian attitudes towards medicine and its practice….What should we think about medicine from a Christian point of view?” - P&D

Not cancelled: Dr. Kristin Collier at Univ of Michigan

By Filings on Tue, 08/16/22
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“Rather than bow to the pressure… medical school dean Marschall Runge defended the choice of Collier and the school’s commitment to freedom of expression. “Our values speak about honoring the critical importance of diversity of personal thought and ideas,” - Breakpoint

US regulators OK new COVID-19 shot option from Novavax

By Filings on Thu, 07/14/22
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“The Novavax vaccine is made of copies of the spike protein that coats the coronavirus, packaged into nanoparticles that to the immune system resemble a virus….Like the other vaccines used in the U.S., the Novavax shots have proved highly effective at preventing COVID-19’s most severe outcomes” - C.Index

Why Is the Death Rate for Men in the U.S. So High?

By Filings on Wed, 06/29/22
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“On average, American men tend to die about five years before American women do and eight years before men in other wealthy nations like Japan, Australia, Iceland and Norway.” - Relevant

Microdosing

By Filings on Fri, 04/08/22
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“Writing in Vox news, Luke Winkie describes a new and growing trend for health-conscious Americans: ‘microdosing.’ It consists of introducing small amounts of marijuana, magic mushrooms, ketamine, or other formerly illicit substances into a daily routine.” - Breakpoint

Number of COVID patients in US hospitals reaches record low

By Filings on Mon, 04/04/22
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“The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen more than 90% in more than two months, and some hospitals are going days without a single COVID-19 patient in the ICU for the first time since early 2020.” - C.Index

“About two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say science has had a mostly positive effect on society”

By Filings on Tue, 03/29/22
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“28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects and just 7% say it has had a mostly negative effect” - Pew

Ross Douthat: Lyme disease, Catholic suffering and the frontiers of medicine and faith

By Filings on Mon, 02/21/22
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“Anyone who goes through this kind of trial has to accept that, whatever God has in mind for you, it’s not the unbroken path to the American dream.” - RNS

Countering Vaccine Resistance with Respect

By Filings on Wed, 02/02/22
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“To counteract vaccine hesitancy, we must strike a delicate balance. As a hospital physician, I see firsthand the vastly increased risk of severe COVID illness, ICU admission, and death among the unvaccinated. …Yet we must resist the temptation to heap scorn on those who, for whatever reason, opt not to be vaccinated.” - Law & Liberty

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