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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
49d ago“Should Canadian doctors, as Boing Boing reported, refuse care to American trans patients?”
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- annabeth...
I agree almost completely, and also feel really passionate about this topic. My top reasons are 1. Never unnecessarily alter a body of a person who hasn’t made that decision for themself 2.... - stephen...
How do we realign the incentives in Healthcare to actually support wellbeing?
Currently, there are many conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives in the Western medical system. For example, Doctors by default "fight" for their patients to live as long as possible, even when that’s not what might actually benefit the patient’s overall wellbeing (or... - ballz2dwallz...
choosing to take hormones to change genders before puberty is also irreversible. and gender re-assignment surgery is irreversible. those are legal things people can do with their body (not everywhere, but most... From Chatgpt: The impact of male circumcision on the sexual health risks for female partners has been studied, with several findings indicating potential benefits for women when their male partners are circumcised. Here are the key points: 1.... - onI’m passionate about the power of storytelling—whether through music, writing, visual art, or conversation—to inspire change and bring people together. Much of my work focuses on women’s empowerment, resilience, social justice, and finding hope in difficult circumstances.by
I understand what you're saying, but in my experience when someone is in active addiction they usually are too far gone to know whether or not they want it.... When does being careful become its own kind of reckless?: Practitioners
The waiting room I am an ER nurse. I was an ER nurse in January 2021, working twelve-hour shifts in a facility where COVID patients were on gurneys in hallways because the ICU had been full since Thanksgiving. The vaccine existed. We knew it worked.... Are psychedelics actually medicine?: Prohibitionists
"This time it’s different" Purdue told us OxyContin was safe. Merck told us Vioxx was safe. Theranos told us a finger-prick could replace a lab. In each case, the evidence was promising, the enthusiasm genuine, the financial incentives enormous.... How should a normal person decide what's true?: Personal verification
Eighty million prescriptions September 30, 1999. Merck launched Vioxx with full FDA approval. The New England Journal published the VIGOR trial. Doctors wrote 80 million prescriptions. By the time Merck pulled it, internal data had shown cardiovascular risk since 2000.... Yeah but hopping into a meeting. I’ll share more when I have time. Also, to be clear, I love circumcized penises. The vast majority of dicks I’ve come across have been circumcized....