HEALTHCARE: Are there safer options than mammograms?

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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https://x.com/DawnsMission/status/2053114847634833440?s=20

Dr. Dawn Michael @dawnsmission

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Why do they keep pushing mammograms when safer options exist?

Mammograms are a multi-billion-dollar industry that does more harm than good. They crush the breast under massive pressure and deliver ionizing radiation 1,000× stronger than a chest X-ray — which can stimulate tumor growth, spread cancer cells, and cause new cancers, heart disease, and lung cancer.

False-positive rate is 50-70%. For every 1 life possibly saved out of 2,000 women screened, 50 get unnecessary surgery/chemo/radiation, hundreds more endure extra radiation and biopsies, and 70-80% of “tumors” found aren’t even cancer.

Ultrasound and QT thermography use zero radiation, have far fewer false positives, 40× higher resolution than MRI, and detect abnormalities 8–10 years earlier. They’re already standard in countries that ditched harmful 3D mammograms. Yet insurance refuses to cover the better options.

Mammograms need to be a thing of the past

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An excellent question?

@RobertKennedyJr @realDonaldTrump

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HEALTHCARE: The case for taking your health back into your own hands

Sunday, May 3, 2026

https://www.malone.news/p/the-cancer-weve-been-looking-for?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=583200&post_id=195777325&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The Cancer We’ve Been Looking For in All the Wrong People

  • Why a forty-three-year-old runner’s near miss is the lung cancer story you didn’t know you needed to hear—a review of “One Scan Saved My Life” by Shira Kupperman Boehler

Dr. Robert W. Malone
Apr 29, 2026

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There’s a particular kind of book that arrives at exactly the right cultural moment, and Shira Boehler’s One Scan Saved My Life is one of them. A healthy, forty-three-year-old mother of four — a runner, a never-smoker, the daughter of a pulmonologist — gets blindsided by stage I lung adenocarcinoma. The only reason she’s alive to tell us about it is because her husband nagged her into a preventive scan that wasn’t covered by insurance, wasn’t recommended by any guideline, and wouldn’t have happened at all if she’d left her care entirely to the system. If that doesn’t crystallize the case for taking your health back into your own hands, nothing will.

For readers sympathetic to the Make America Healthy Again movement, this book is going to land with unusual force, and the reasons are worth spelling out plainly.

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Sometimes we can’t worry about “insurance coverage” and let that dictate our health choices. This lady spent a few bucks and saved her own life. Remember the Gooferment is not your “Guardian Angel” (i.e., the clot shot recommendation; the old “food pyramid”; red dye number 3 thru whatever).

“Government healthcare is the first step to cyanide showers.” — unknown

 

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Buddha

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HEALTHCARE: IVF technology can cause heart ache if not done accurately

Sunday, April 26, 2026

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/florida-couple-identifies-biological-parents-their-non-caucasian/

Florida Couple Identifies Biological Parents of Their ‘Non-Caucasian’ Baby After Horrific IVF Embryo Mix-Up at Closing Clinic
by Cassandra MacDonald Apr. 23, 2026 10:45 am

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A Florida couple has confirmed they have identified the biological parents of the baby girl they carried and delivered, who is not genetically related to either of them due to an embryo mix-up at a closing Orlando-area fertility clinic.

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What a mess.  For the all the adults involved, I feel some sympathy.  For the baby and the “lost embryos”, I don’t now how to express my sadness that they were brought into this mess and will bear the brunt of the problem for there entire life.  

There is a reason that my old “Holy Mother Church” warned against all these forms of “birth control”.  Humanity understands so little about ourselves and “we” have the hubris to mess with the very essence of creation.

As gun-owning pro-life pro-choice little L libertarian, I think this is on of those “problems” where there is NO solution.

To quote “A STRANGE GAME. Only way to win is not to play at all” — the Joshua aka W.O.P.R. from the 1983 film ‘War Games’

“I wish I didn’t know about any of this. I wish I was like everybody else in the world.” — Matthew Broderick character in the 1983 film WarGames:

Seems two lessons that could be learned here.

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HEALTHCARE: Here’s one way of lowering the cost of prescription drugs!

Monday, April 6, 2026

https://www.boredpanda.com/unknown-interesting-facts-msn/

Published Apr 01, 2026
57 Interesting Facts To Make Your Boring Day Feel More Productive
Edvinas Jovaišas
BoredPanda staff

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#18

North Dakotans are used to pharmacists like Schlecht and to having pharmacies in small towns like Forman. In North Dakota, there are no Walgreens or Walmart pharmacies. Instead, North Dakotans get their medications from the 171 independent and locally-owned pharmacies throughout the state. This is no accident: It’s the result of a forward-thinking policy choice, the Pharmacy Ownership Law, that, since 1963, has given North Dakotans pharmacy care that outperforms care in other states on every key measure, from cost to access.⁠ ⁠ In North Dakota, prescription drug prices are more affordable than in two-thirds of all states. Pharmacies are more plentiful, with more per capita than in neighboring South Dakota, Minnesota, or nationally, and they’re more broadly distributed; North Dakota’s rural areas are 51 percent more likely to contain a pharmacy than similarly-populated areas of South Dakota. And in general, independent pharmacies provide higher quality care, studies and surveys of customer satisfaction find.⁠ ⁠ North Dakota reaps economic benefits, too, from this local ownership. Without the Pharmacy Ownership Law, a 2014 report from ILSR estimated, about 70 of North Dakota’s independent pharmacies would close. Chain pharmacies headquartered around the country and out-of-state mail order companies would fill the gap, and ILSR estimates that direct economic losses to the state’s economy would be at least $17 million, and as high as $29 million, without accounting for indirect impacts such as lost tax revenue.⁠ Instead of focusing on corporate profits, North Dakota’s policy prioritizes health care, and the state’s residents are the ones who benefit.⁠

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“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” George Bernard Shaw

The States often show us they way to do the impossible.

Imagine the uproar from Big Pharma if this became a national law!

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HEALTHCARE: “free” heath care in socialized medicine ain’t so free

Friday, March 27, 2026

https://www.foxnews.com/health/patient-canada-waits-over-12-hours-hospital-emergency-room-id-rather-pay

Patient in Canada waits over 12 hours in hospital emergency room: ‘I’d rather pay’
Nearly all of the waiting room’s 150 seats were full, patient shares
By Melissa Rudy Fox News
Published March 16, 2026 6:00am EDT

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A woman seeking emergency care for severe abdominal pain recently shared her frustration on social media with the long wait times at a Canadian hospital.

Amanda Gushue, 37, first visited her primary care physician — who sent her to the emergency department (ED) with a swollen appendix.

After waiting for two hours in triage, she was sent to the waiting room — where she was shocked to see that it could be anywhere from five to 15 hours before she could see a doctor or nurse.

She ultimately waited another 10 to 12 hours before she was seen.

Nearly all of the 150 seats were full, according to Gushue, a resident of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. “This is what we deal with when we go to the hospital on a regular basis — you’re looking at spending a full day there,” she told Fox News Digital.

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What is the value of your time?

Lawyers and plumber bill by ten minute blocks.  $400 per hour is 6.66666¢ per minute.  

The patient’s time is valued at zero?

As “bad “ as health care is in the USA, most ERs advertise the wait times on bill boards.  And, we have enough “Urgent Cares” to accommodate everyone with money.  Sucks if you’re poor and depend on “charity care” or VA health care.

On the road to Niagara Falls, I saw ads for MRIs for $100 cash from midnight to 8 AM.  That’s for all the Canadians who have to wait months for an MRI.  I’ve read stories that cancer patients’ tumors metastasize and become inoperable while they were waiting. Argh!  That sucks.

So clearly, the systems in both countries need improvement.  

Perhaps, there needs to be better insurance on both side of the border.  I remember a similar time when you had to pay for service and get reimbursed a large percentage of the cost.  Maybe that is the key to improvement. 

For me, my regular primary care doc is 5$ per visit, urgent care, is 30, and an ER is several hundreds.  So my time value dictates urgent care.

My hint, from my spouse, is call and ambulance to go to the ER.  She believes, and I think she’s right, that that gets you seen sooner.  Costs more, but saves time.

Time to get the Gooferment out of HEALTHCARE!

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HEALTHCARE: an explicit decision-making metric—the Smallest Worthwhile Difference (SWD)

Saturday, February 21, 2026

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/what-is-the-smallest-worthwhile-difference?publication_id=1119676&post_id=188707056&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

What is the Smallest Worthwhile Difference in Cardiovascular Risk?
Novel measure tested for public acceptance of statin therapy
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Feb 21, 2026

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The investigators applied an explicit decision-making metric—the Smallest Worthwhile Difference (SWD)—defined as the minimum absolute risk reduction in ASCVD events that individuals consider sufficient to justify long-term statin use.

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I’m on a statin and have been for awhile.  Both my GP and cardio doc recommended it, back before the COVID craziness and I, along with a lot of people, lost confidence in Big Pharma and Big Medicine.  Of course, no one should ever have any trust in Gooferment politicians and bureaucrats.  During the interim after I started static, I’ve seen a lot of chatter about statins, side effects, and risks.  Makes me less confident in the therapy.  

BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), I’ve gotten this far with their advice so I’ll stick with it.  Concerned but befuddled.

YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary!)

As Sharyl says: “Do Your Own Research. Make Up Your Own Mind. Think For Yourself.” — Sharyl Attkisson

If you’re wrong, at least you make your own decision with “informed consent”.

I trust my car to an “expert”; in the absence of evidence to the contrary, I guess I’ll trust my doctors.  For Now!

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HEALTHCARE: Reality About Modern Medicine — the doctors are shills with pocketbooks to be filled

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/the-most-unsettling-reality-about?publication_id=975571&post_id=187200412&isFreemail=true&r=60qmwq&triedRedirect=true

Real Health
The Most Unsettling Reality About Modern Medicine
Money is often the root of all evil, and the medical system is no exception. But there’s something even more disturbing going on that nobody is talking about.
The Vigilant Fox
Feb 09, 2026

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There’s a reason doctors love pushing vaccines. The more they inject, the more money they make.

The foot traffic alone brings in big money, but there’s another perverse incentive, and once you hear it, it will make you angry.

RFK Jr. explains: “Pediatricians who vaccinate 80-85% of the kids in their office, get these giant bonuses… And that’s why they throw you out of the office if you fight back…You’ll lose them their bonuses.”

Sadly, these perverse financial incentives aren’t limited to vaccines but across many areas of medicine.

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It revealed how, during COVID, core medical ethics quietly collapsed—how consent became optional, coercion was reframed as care, and vulnerable people were treated as obstacles rather than patients.

This isn’t about ideology. It’s about what happens when fear, authority, and institutional pressure override conscience.

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Disgusting. Any wonder why no one respects ”experts”?

“If you’re not paying for it, then you are the product.” — Unknown, but old internet adage

In this case, “We, The Sheeple” are nothing more that cash cows to be milked, abused, and killed when “necessary”.  Informed Consent —  that’s a joke.  Medical ethics are another joke.

This is a “War Crime” and the perps should be hung!

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HEALTHCARE: Shouldn’t the US emulate Denmark with respect to vaccines

Sunday, January 11, 2026

https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/can-the-us-emulate-denmarks-control?publication_id=1119676&post_id=183742515&isFreemail=true&r=3snn7d&triedRedirect=true

Can the US Emulate Denmark’s Control Over Communicable Disease?
Dr McCullough responds to vaccine ideology
from Peter Hotez on FOX Business, The Evening Edit
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Jan 07, 2026

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Denmark maintains high control over vaccine-preventable diseases despite having one of the most streamlined childhood vaccine schedules among high-income nations. The Danish program vaccinates children against about 10–11 diseases, fewer than the 16–18 historically targeted by the U.S. schedule. Core Danish vaccines cover measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, and HPV. The system omits universal vaccination for RSV, influenza, rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, varicella (chickenpox), and meningococcal disease.

Denmark has universal healthcare, a national health registry, and high compliance rates, which enable rapid outbreak detection and treatment.

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I especially like the idea that patients and doctors can decide if a particular vaccine is needed.  Since individuals are different, everything should be subject to their specific needs.  We are learning that now organs are being created custom for the individual to avoid complications and rejections.  

We need more “science” and a lot less Gooferment “knowing what is best for us”. 

Argh!

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HEALTHCARE: When the number of administrators goes up at a rate 18 times as much as … … 

Friday, January 9, 2026

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/01/02/the-healthcare-grift-in-one-chart/

THE HEALTHCARE GRIFT IN ONE CHART

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When the number of administrators goes up at a rate 18 times as much as the number of physicians, you no longer have healthcare, you have a massive grifting operation, designed to enrich health insurance corporations, hospital corporations, Big Pharma corporations, corporate executives, government bureaucrats “overseeing” the healthcare grift, and the politicians who were bribed to create and exacerbate the grift.

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I remember seeing my Mom’s bill for my appendectomy when I was I’m guessing about 10.  It was for my three day stay in the (I hink) Knickerbocker Hospital.  (I remember thinking that was a funny name for a hospital.)  It was for more than one hundred dollars, but less than two hundred.  My Mom luckily had (?Blue Cross Blue Shield?) thru her employer AT&T.  But she had to pay the bill first and submit a “claim”.  (I’d never heard that before.).  Since it was a lot of money, her whole family sat down and looked at the bill, line by line, and item by item.  I never knew if they found any discrepancies.  But, in the end, everyone chipped in.  I wasn’t privy to who kicked in what.  And, when my Mom got the check for 80% of the claim, she paid everyone back.  Simpler times; lower costs.

From that story, I distill that “Health Care costs” would be a lot less if everyone has to pay a percentage.  Maybe, that percentage could be tied to the poverty line. BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), everybody pays something. One tenth of a percent up to say ten percent for Medicare / Medicaid Insurance.

I remember two facts: (1) when motorized wheelchairs were new, there was a TV commercial that promised a free one for every one of Medicare; and (2) some news report asserted that a sixth of all Medicare claims in southeast Florida were fraudulent.  Wish I had captured those two “facts” as proof but I am positive of the memory.  (I so sure because at the time my sainted Mother In Law was always griping about phone calls trying to get her to take one. )

So, instead of sending people to jail, the grift was allowed to continue and grow.

Argh!

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HEALTHCARE: Do you know your type?

Monday, November 24, 2025

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251111-the-magic-of-the-worlds-rarest-blood-type?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter

The magic of the world’s rarest blood type
Jasmin Fox-Skelly
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Only one in every six million people have the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in the hope it could save lives.

Blood transfusions have transformed modern medicine. If we are ever unlucky enough to be injured or need serious surgery, blood that has been donated by others can be life-saving.

But not everyone is able to benefit from this remarkable procedure. People with rare blood types struggle to find donated blood that will match their own.

One of the rarest – the Rh null blood type – is found in just 50 known people in the world. Should they ever be in an accident that needs a transfusion, their chances of getting one are slim. Those with Rh null are instead encouraged to freeze their own blood for long-term storage.

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Thanks to the USAF, “APOS” might as well be tattooed on my fore head. Laugh!

Seriously, due to my now sainted wife’s terminal illness, I have donated a lot of blood and platelets.

In ingineering skrule, Brother Austin Barry would always give us time off from lab work to donate blood. His rationale was that we were too dumb to do anything useful in the lab and he would not have to worry that we were killing our selves of others in the lab. (He accidentally electrocuted himself in the lab one year, but it didn’t shock him back to sanity.)

The tin foil hat brigade has (imho rightly) pointed out that the RNA covid “vaccine” (that revised the definition of vaccine) has many side effects. They urge the unvaxed to store their own blood and the rest of us should insist on unvaxed blood for transfusions. (IMHO if I need a transfusion, I think the RNA fragments are the least of my worries!)

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First, there are currently 47 known blood groups and 366 different antigens, as of October 2024. That means that a person receiving an O negative donation could still have an immune reaction to any of the other antigens present – although some antigens provoke more of an immune response than others.

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Learning that there are so many blood groups and antigens has alerted me to inquire what my loved one’s blood characteristics are. The article warns that you may not find out that you are one of the “unlucky winners” of an “immune response”. It would seem that everyone should get this information!

This story has a very happy ending. It appears that several groups of companies and scientists are hot on the quest for a universal donor “golden” Rh null blood type artificial blood. That would obviate the need for blood which always seems to be in short or near short supply.

Until that day comes, I urge everyone to donate. I’m too old now and they don’t want “old” blood, but I would if I could. Argh!

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