There is a persistent taboo surrounding discussing bowel movements, but it is hindering vital conversations with doctors that are essential for the early detection of serious health issues.
Bowel cancer remains one of the most common cancers across the UK, but public understanding of its symptoms and crucial screening procedures frequently lags.
One issue is that symptoms of bowel cancer can often appear similar to less severe health conditions, meaning that patients can ignore the signs until it is too late.
Mr Jeremy Clark, a consultant general surgeon specialising in colorectal diseases at Nuffield Health in Brighton, has underscored five critical warning signs the public must recognise. Continue reading
The recent rise of thyroid cancer in the United States has been dramatic. Since 1975, the incidence of thyroid cancer has nearly tripled, increasing faster than any other type of cancer.
‘Granny’ was an old friend and contributing columnist to the family of web-sites of Kettle Moraine Publications. Was she a pharmacist or pharmacologist? Absolutely not – but she was in her 80’s and had learned from a personal standpoint about the good and bad of that which is manipulated by the likes of BIG Pharma and those who they line the pockets of – our elected Congress official-DUMB and those in the Medical field who continue to buy into all of the nonsense of the sales pitch.
You probably don’t think of your poop as art or a book, but each time you finish doing your, um, business, your fecal matter tells a story. That’s because we are what we eat, and whatever we eat eventually plops into the toilet.
Berries, nature’s colorful and flavorful jewels, are not just a treat for the taste buds but also a boon for heart health. Numerous studies highlight the role berries play in reducing heart attack risk while promoting overall cardiovascular wellness.
You’ve probably heard that few things in life are certain except death and taxes, but we’d like to add something else to the list: cleaning up in the bathroom.
Banner Health’s University Medical Center Phoenix became the first hospital in the United States to successfully perform a new procedure aimed at treating patients with leaky heart valves.
On December 5, 2025, the CDC’s ACIP committee voted 8-3 to end the automatic Hep B shot for every newborn. For the first time since 1991 hospitals can no longer treat every baby as if they were born to an infected mother.
The costs of at least 350 drugs in the U.S. are expected to rise in 2026, according to a new analysis, despite many of the drugmakers pledging to offer more favorable prices under new Trump administration policies.
US drug prices are set to rise again in 2026, with drugmakers planning increases on at least 350 branded medicines, according to new data from healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.
If you opened your mail-order pharmacy box this month only to find a 30-day supply of your maintenance meds instead of your usual 90-day bottle, you’ve hit a 2026 “Quantity Limit” wall. Across the country, prescription auto-refills are switching quantities without explicit patient approval, leaving many seniors to manage three times as many shipments. This isn’t a mistake by the pharmacist; it is a direct result of new 2026 insurance quantity limit policies designed to control costs as the new $2,000 Part D out-of-pocket cap goes into full effect. By shortening your supply, insurers can more closely monitor your “adherence” and reduce the financial risk of “wasted” medication that occurs when a patient’s dosage changes mid-quarter.
UnitedHealth’s decision to push roughly one million seniors out of its Medicare Advantage products marks a break from the incremental tweaks that usually define this market. For older Americans who built their budgets and care relationships around these plans, the shift is not an abstract business story but a direct hit to how they will access doctors, drugs, and hospitals next year. I see it as the clearest sign in two decades that the balance of power between giant insurers and aging consumers is tilting again, and not in favor of retirees.