Weight Loss: June 2017

Friday, June 30, 2017

$45 Billion to Fight Opioid Abuse? That’s Much Too Little, Experts Say

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Grass Roots Activists Won The War On Smoking. Can They Win The War On Climate Change?

Grass Roots Activists Won The War On Smoking. Can They Win The War On Climate Change?
They can if they study the tobacco playbook.

June 30, 2017 at 08:10PM
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Seth Meyers Is Pretty Sure Trump Knows Absolutely Nothing About Healthcare

Seth Meyers Is Pretty Sure Trump Knows Absolutely Nothing About Healthcare
There's one big orange speed bump for Republicans working frantically to win enough votes for their health care bill.

June 30, 2017 at 03:01PM
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

All the “wellness” products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop

All the “wellness” products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop
The US is deeply divided—except when it comes to choosing their next pseudoscientific "wellness" product.

June 30, 2017 at 01:24AM
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Trump Nominates Indiana Health Commissioner as Surgeon General

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This Florida Man Gets Paid Over $7,000 A Year For His Good, Healthy Poops

This Florida Man Gets Paid Over $7,000 A Year For His Good, Healthy Poops
This video starts off nasty (just get a *dedicated* poop fridge, my guy) but it takes a turn when you meet Roland David Shepard, a gastroenterologist who performs fecal transplants to treat people infected with a bacterium called C. diff.

June 29, 2017 at 04:37PM
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What Would Happen If You Held In All Your Sneezes?

What Would Happen If You Held In All Your Sneezes?
You don't do it, but you definitely know someone who does. Are they going to be okay?

June 29, 2017 at 02:34PM
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Everything you never wanted to know about how ticks hunt you (and how to avoid them)

Everything you never wanted to know about how ticks hunt you (and how to avoid them)
Your complete guide to the horrifying reality of tick season.

June 29, 2017 at 01:42PM
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Shit Stirrers: Meet The People Doing Poop Transplants The Government Doesn’t Want Them To

Shit Stirrers: Meet The People Doing Poop Transplants The Government Doesn’t Want Them To
The FDA has banned doctors from performing poop transplants for most illnesses. But a Tampa clinic is teaching the procedure to desperate patients with a variety of gut troubles — even kids with autism.

June 29, 2017 at 01:01AM
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The Health Care System Is Leaving The Southern Black Belt Behind

The Health Care System Is Leaving The Southern Black Belt Behind
The disparities partly stem from a lack of access to care — but access is complicated.

June 28, 2017 at 10:59PM
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This Well-Researched Video On Exercise Will Make You Want To Get Up And Go To The Gym

This Well-Researched Video On Exercise Will Make You Want To Get Up And Go To The Gym
There are even more compelling reasons to embrace physical activity than looks (and looking good is pretty great in itself).

June 28, 2017 at 07:42PM
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How ‘Wellness’ Became an Epidemic

How ‘Wellness’ Became an Epidemic
Why are so many privileged people feeling so sick? Luckily, there's no shortage of cures.

June 28, 2017 at 06:48PM
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Psychics Who Hear Voices Could Be On to Something

Psychics Who Hear Voices Could Be On to Something
The ways some "healthy voice hearers" cope might be able to help people with psychotic disorders.

June 28, 2017 at 05:46PM
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Colbert Comes Up With His Own Sham Lifestyle Brand To Compete With Gwenyth Paltrow's 'Goop'

Colbert Comes Up With His Own Sham Lifestyle Brand To Compete With Gwenyth Paltrow's 'Goop'
"Goop" has started selling $60 "healing" stickers that can "hydrate" and "heal." Wanting to get in on such a smart/dumb market, Stephen has developed his own lifestyle brand "Covetton House."

June 28, 2017 at 03:07PM
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

What Should a Therapist Wear?

What Should a Therapist Wear?
When your clothing is meant to help patients heal.

June 27, 2017 at 08:06PM
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Seth Meyers Takes A Closer Look At Trumpcare, Which Will Leave 22 Million More People Uninsured

Seth Meyers Takes A Closer Look At Trumpcare, Which Will Leave 22 Million More People Uninsured
"This bill is like a Slipknot tramp stamp. You definitely want to hide it and the people who've seen it are terrible people."

June 27, 2017 at 03:07PM
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Sen. Susan Collins says she'll vote to block Republican health-care bill

Sen. Susan Collins says she'll vote to block Republican health-care bill
Senator Susan Collins of Maine tweeted Monday evening that she'll vote no on a motion to proceed the Senate health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.

June 27, 2017 at 03:22AM
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Meet The Dogs With OCD

Meet The Dogs With OCD
Could understanding canine compulsions help find new treatments for people with obsessive–compulsive disorders, too?

June 26, 2017 at 11:54PM
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Unauthorized and Sick, Some Immigrants Steer Clear of Medical Care

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The Lab Says It’s Cancer. But Sometimes the Lab Is Wrong.

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The Solution for Skin Ailments Could Be Right Under Your Nose

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U.S. Malaria Donations Saved Almost 2 Million African Children

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Nearly Half of Teens Have Had Sex by Age 19, Survey Finds

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The $100 Billion Per Year Back Pain Industry Is Mostly A Hoax

The $100 Billion Per Year Back Pain Industry Is Mostly A Hoax
A new book investigates the ways people in pain are being swindled, and explains what actually works.

June 26, 2017 at 04:02PM
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John Oliver Explains The Huge Risk Posed By The Anti-Vaccination Movement

John Oliver Explains The Huge Risk Posed By The Anti-Vaccination Movement
From Andrew Wakefield's disastrous debunked paper to Minnesota's recent resurgence of measles, Oliver's here to demystify America's vaccination issues.

June 26, 2017 at 03:05PM
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The Psychedelic Revolution Led by a 74-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor

The Psychedelic Revolution Led by a 74-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor
George Sarlo is throwing cash at research into how drugs like magic mushrooms can help people overcome trauma like his own.

June 26, 2017 at 01:57PM
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Sunday, June 25, 2017

Testosterone Wars

Testosterone Wars
A seller of dietary supplements is succeeding by promising power to the aggrieved.

June 26, 2017 at 07:15AM
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'Glow' Star Betty Gilpin: What It's Like To Have Pea-Sized Confidence With Watermelon-Sized Boobs

'Glow' Star Betty Gilpin: What It's Like To Have Pea-Sized Confidence With Watermelon-Sized Boobs
From "GLOW" star Betty Gilpin: "I won’t name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress."

June 25, 2017 at 07:37PM
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Saturday, June 24, 2017

How to not get ripped off at the doctor's office

How to not get ripped off at the doctor's office
The doctor's office is a risky place for us 20-somethings with slim savings.

June 24, 2017 at 11:50PM
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Cuts to Medicaid May Limit Access to Nursing Homes

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At Nursing Homes, Medicaid Cuts Would Reach Even the Upper Middle Class

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Friday, June 23, 2017

Senate Health Plan Falls Short of Promise for Cheaper Care, Experts Say

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How Medicaid Works, and Who It Covers

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These Smart Girls Are Here To Debunk Anti-Vaxxer Nonsense

These Smart Girls Are Here To Debunk Anti-Vaxxer Nonsense
A group of impressive 8th graders from The Nueva School's Science Rap Academy researched, wrote, sang, and shot this video that should put all anti-vaccine arguments to bed.

June 23, 2017 at 05:29PM
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Even Little Kids Understand That Universal Healthcare Is A Good And Necessary Thing

Even Little Kids Understand That Universal Healthcare Is A Good And Necessary Thing
As the new healthcare bill will affect the lives of millions of Americans — the most important of which are children — Jimmy Kimmel decided to speak with some actual kids to hear their thoughts.

June 23, 2017 at 03:11PM
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NASA Calls Bullshit on Goop's $120 'Bio-Frequency Healing' Sticker Packs [Updated]

NASA Calls Bullshit on Goop's $120 'Bio-Frequency Healing' Sticker Packs [Updated]
The product, which is literally a sticker, supposedly uses "NASA space suit material" to "rebalance the energy frequency in our bodies."

June 23, 2017 at 02:17PM
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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Why Black Women In A Predominately Black Culture Are Still Bleaching Their Skin

Why Black Women In A Predominately Black Culture Are Still Bleaching Their Skin
Investigating deep-rooted ideals in Jamaica.

June 23, 2017 at 07:51AM
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In Defectors From the North, Doctors in South Korea Find Hope (and Data)

In Defectors From the North, Doctors in South Korea Find Hope (and Data)
A program tracking the health of North Korean refugees rests on the premise that someday, health care will once again be a shared responsibility.

June 23, 2017 at 04:48AM
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Insurers Battle Families Over Costly Drug for Fatal Disease

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14 Years Old. Losing Muscle Every Day.

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Chiropractors are bullshit

Chiropractors are bullshit
You shouldn't trust them with your spine or any other part of your health.

June 22, 2017 at 07:32PM
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Republican Senators Are Finally Releasing The Text Of Their Health Care Bill Today

Republican Senators Are Finally Releasing The Text Of Their Health Care Bill Today
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has finally released the text of the "Better Care Reconciliation Act Of 2017," the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, after weeks of secrecy. You can read it right here.

June 22, 2017 at 04:48PM
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Seth Meyers Questions Why Senate Republicans Don't Know What's In Their Own Health Care Bill

Seth Meyers Questions Why Senate Republicans Don't Know What's In Their Own Health Care Bill
Seth keeps his cool, but he goes pretty scorched-Earth pointing out literally every possible complaint about the Republican senators' secretive process around the American Health Care Act.

June 22, 2017 at 04:14PM
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Why Green Olives Come In Jars, But Black Ones Come In Cans

Why Green Olives Come In Jars, But Black Ones Come In Cans
A tale of economics, dinner parties and death.

June 22, 2017 at 02:33PM
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As She Operated On Babies' Birth Defects, A Doctor Hid Her Own Diagnosis

As She Operated On Babies' Birth Defects, A Doctor Hid Her Own Diagnosis
A surgeon's secret: Dr. Mary Austin repairs a birth defect called spina bifida in utero. She doesn't let her pregnant patients know that she herself has spina bifida.

June 22, 2017 at 09:54AM
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

What Would Happen If You Never Had To Use An Alarm Clock?

What Would Happen If You Never Had To Use An Alarm Clock?
For a large majority of us, waking up to an alarm is the norm not the exception. But what if the opposite was true? What would happen if we let our bodies dictate when we wake up, and not the machines?

June 22, 2017 at 02:45AM
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