"Are we using therapy as a substitute for religion?" Provocative essay: If we are seeking perspective, understanding, and a better path forward, how do we find it these days? @honestpsychpod open.substack.com/pub/honestpsyc…

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The suggestion that independent pharmacies “lack the capacity” to fill gaps left by #PBM-owned pharmacies ignores the reality that independent pharmacies are often the only health care providers in rural areas. | NOLA.com ow.ly/oafH50WFf8g

“More prescriptions don’t mean more revenue,” Lavella says. “#PBM reimbursements are so bad that sometimes filling another script just means losing more money.” ow.ly/o3lv50WFfBA

I woke up to dozens of emails from desperate patients who have nowhere to turn. Here is one: "I’ve struggled with pain for 30 years, following 3 car accidents and an abusive x husband who ultimately put me in ICU. But now all they want to give me is Suboxone. I was on it for

I've written at The Daily Pouch about a first-hand account of #wctc2025 which reveals muddled thinking, blatant bias, and a fair bit of hypocrisy on display from some attendees. daily-pouch.com/world-tobacco-…

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The health freedom movement is a bunch of tyrants that act like they endorse medical autonomy when in fact, they really advocate for policies that are free-from Western medicine. They want extreme leaders that ban shit they don’t like and then want taxpayer funded “natural”

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Vaccines already have one of the strongest safety records in medicine. We monitor them constantly for rare problems. If safety were the goal, we’d strengthen that monitoring — not revive a task force that legitimizes vaccine skepticism. reuters.com/business/healt…

If the endgame is the total eradication of nicotine, the policy is no longer tobacco control, it is prohibition. That might play well on a conference stage, but it’s completely detached from how people actually quit smoking in the real world. daily-pouch.com/world-tobacco-…

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📢 U.S. FDA and Dr. Marty Makary 👮‍♂️🚔 there will be no plausible deniability when it comes to the masses of people, suffering and dying in pain from lack of access to the medications they need 👇💊 Opioid pain medication when taking as prescribed is safe and effective 💊

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A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees nature.com/articles/s4158… drive.google.com/file/d/1BbPSW2… Prokaryotic abundances within the wood of living trees, as determined by 16S qPCR (per dry gram wood). Abundance distributions are split by species, with the mean heartwood

“I remember way back when—when things were profitable, things were fun in the pharmacy—but now it’s very stressful. You don’t turn out numbers, you’re not going to survive.” ow.ly/bTQG50WGzvl

Sometimes satire/humor is needed to cope with the toll demanded by trolls. So: my free-of-charge course to protect you and yours. Or to train you to be a troll. Either way: Welcome to Advanced Trolling: Sealioning. Death by a million bad-faith questions: medium.com/digital-diplom…

Survey reveals low public knowledge of HPV and its vaccine More than a third of US adults are unfamiliar with #HPV, and more than 70% are unaware it causes oral cancers cidrap.umn.edu/human-papillom…

The Secret Life of Online Emotions: How Specific Feelings Shape What Goes Viral What goes viral online isn't just about what's said—it's about how it feels. Why? #DrChuckDinerstein tinyurl.com/4cfexws3

The ritual element of addiction plays a big role 👇