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Category: Direct Primary Care

What Kids are Learning in School

Posted on October 30, 2022 by John C. Goodman

A survey of recent high school graduates finds that:

62 percent reported either being taught in class or hearing from an adult in school that “America is a systemically racist country,” 69 percent reported being taught or hearing that “white people have white privilege,” 57 percent reported being taught or hearing that “white people have unconscious biases that negatively affect non-white people,” and 67 percent reported being taught or hearing that “America is built on stolen land.”

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Is Period Regulation Really a Health Issue?

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Hormonal contraception created the ability for women to delay or go months without having their menstrual period. This was initially thought to be detrimental to women’s health but was later decided it made no difference and became a selling point for certain brands of contraceptives. Nowadays there is a different type of pill intended to regulate menstrual bleeding. However, in this case it’s designed to bring about the onset of menstruation rather than delay it and the drugs are the same pills used in chemical abortions.

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Thursday Links

Posted on October 27, 2022October 26, 2022 by John C. Goodman
  • Scott Sumner on why Truss failed: bad luck.
  • The case for vaccinating toddlers for covid is very weak. (WSJ)
  • For young men, the risks of Covid boosters outweigh the benefits. (WSJ)
  • Against pickleball.
  • California’s Prop 19 would make featherbedding mandatory at dialysis clinics.
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Is Aging a Disease? Or is it Merely the Cause of Age-Related Diseases?

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Devon Herrick

As people age their health deteriorates and they become more prone to diseases and chronic conditions. For instance, heart disease kills more Americans than any other ailment. Heart disease is correlated with advanced age. About 80% of deaths from heart disease are age 65 or older.

Cancer too is a disease of old age. Fewer than 25 cancer diagnosis per 100,000 population occurs in people under the age of 20. For those age 45 to 49 the rate of cancer per 100,000 people is 350. Once you reach age 60 cancer rates are triple, with more than 1,000 per 100,000 population.

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