Despite decreasing rates of alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, the use of cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise. According to data collected from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the use of cannabis in pregnant women aged 18 to 44 years rose from 2.37% in 2002 to 3.85% in 2014… Read More »
Dive Brief: HHS is launching a program to revitalize data collection of and insights into office-based doctors’ health IT use, the agency announced Tuesday. The program, which will be run by the nonprofit medical group American Board of Family Medicine, will focus on software interoperability and burden on providers to inform future rulemaking. Clunky IT… Read More »
Children’s Health Defense (CHD), founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., created “The Jab” video above, which highlights the gold rush that occurred for pharmaceutical companies when the World Health Organization declared swine flu a pandemic in 2009. While Big Pharma got richer, an experimental vaccine was hastily rushed to market, and thousands suffered adverse effects… Read More »
If you’ve never made fruit compote before, you’re in for a treat! Fruit compote is an easy way to change up how you make use of frozen fruit by serving it warm like a sauce, perfect for enjoying fruit in the cooler months. Whether you freeze some of your favorite seasonal produce to enjoy in… Read More »