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Financial Toxicity is Hurting my Cancer Patients

By LEILA ALI-AKBARIAN MD, MPH As news of Tom Brokaw’s cancer diagnosis spreads, so does his revelation that his cancer treatments cost nearly $ 10,000 per day. In spite of this devastating diagnosis, Mr. Brokaw is not taking his financial privilege for granted.  He is using his voice to bring attention to the millions of… Read More: Financial Toxicity is Hurting my Cancer Patients »

Brain-gut connection explains why integrative treatments can help relieve digestive ailments

During the 20th century, medicine became very good at compartmentalizing different systems of the body in order to understand them better. However, today we are increasingly realizing that different systems of the body are interconnected and cannot be completely understood in isolation. The brain-gut connection is one very important example of this phenomenon. Anatomy of… Read More: Brain-gut connection explains why integrative treatments can help relieve digestive… »

We Need to Talk About That Haunting Blowjob Machine Viral Video

Every day we stray further from God’s light, and the day we learned about a viral video of a Chinese “automatic sperm collector” is no exception. Twitter user @AngryManTV posted the cursed thread of video clips showcasing a Dalek-like device supposedly created to “help clinics collect semen from donors reluctant to masturbate in a hospital… Read More: We Need to Talk About That Haunting Blowjob Machine Viral… »