Prescriptions of GLP-1 drugs to children under 12 are rising at extraordinary speed. Are we turning a childhood health crisis into a lifetime pharmaceutical market? Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE The GLP-1 boom is moving into the elementary-school years. A new Pediatrics study examined more than 3.5 million children ages […]
Loneliness and social isolation don’t just break hearts. Find out why social disconnection is a modern day disease epidemic and what we can do about it. This article has been adapted from an article by Chimnonso Onyekwelu and Meleni Aldridge for our sister organization, ANH International. Read the full article here. Listen to the audio […]
From Michelle Perro, MD. Visit her Substack for more. Listen to the audio version of this article: Prior to this part launch, part rant, and of course, weed whacking, I need to give credit to my podcast producer, Anne Temple. We were prepping for the next podcast and she mentioned that in her neck of […]
The EPA is retreating from stronger safeguards against PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge, leaving farmers, families, and the food supply exposed to toxic “forever chemicals.” Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE The fertilizer spread on American farms may be carrying toxic “forever chemicals” into our soil, water, crops, livestock, and food. […]
Paraquat is so poisonous that a single sip can kill, yet it is still sprayed on American farmland and allowed near the food supply. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE Paraquat is so toxic that the Environmental Protection Agency says one small sip can be fatal. It cannot be […]
Real food may be more alive than regulators are willing to admit. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE Scientific research on food quality may have been missing one of the most important attributes of healthy foods all along. It was back in the in the 1920s, that Russian biologist […]
An apple isn’t what it used to be. Neither is a carrot, a head of broccoli, or a stalk of kale. And while we spend hundreds of billions of dollars managing the diseases that come from eating nutritionally hollow food, the upstream cause — the soil itself — is systematically being handed over to the […]
A new scientific paper and expert panel has challenged the simplistic “ultra-processed food” narrative and has been instrumental in redefining US policy in this area. But does it go far enough? How does it deal with the growing amount of ‘synbio’ or bioengineered food hitting US supermarket shelves? Listen to the audio version of […]
The chemical industry promised that newer “short-chain” PFAS would be safer—but emerging science suggests these replacement “forever chemicals” may be just as dangerous, and even harder to track. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE For years, chemical manufacturers defended a massive transition away from older “legacy” PFAS chemicals like […]
Strong evidence of the impact of fluoridated drinking water on cognitive development was a major reason for HHS’s altered stance on fluoride. A widely cited new fluoridation study—relying on old data—claims there are no risks to brain development; but its flawed design and failure to address available evidence make its value limited. Listen to the […]