Martha Rosenberg

3 days ago | kevinmd.com | Christopher Foster |Susan Levenstein |Sean Lee Jordan |Martha Rosenberg

Introduction: Financing cancer or fighting it? Tobacco remains the single largest preventable cause of cancer worldwide, responsible for nearly 8 million deaths annually, including 1.2 million from exposure to secondhand smoke. Despite decades of public health efforts, global tobacco use continues to pose a significant threat to cancer prevention. The question remains: Are we truly winning the war against the world’s leading carcinogen, or are we merely negotiating with death?

1 week ago | kevinmd.com | Martha Rosenberg |John Connolly |Brian A. Primack |Sarah Kwon

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Urologist Diana Londoño discusses her article, “From healers to influencers: How fear took over health care advice.” Diana addresses the concerning trend of physicians using fear-inducing tactics on social media, which she argues prioritizes engagement over genuine patient well-being. Instead of guiding and comforting, this approach often leaves people feeling scared and confused about their health choices.

2 weeks ago | kevinmd.com | Jennifer Jonsson |Martha Rosenberg |Michael McGuire |Rebecca Miller

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Practicing internist and psychiatrist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article, “How America became overmedicated—and what we can do about it.” He raises concerns about the high rate of psychotropic medication use in the U.S., citing CDC data suggesting nearly 1 in 4 adults may be taking these drugs, often without clear long-term plans or exit strategies.

3 weeks ago | dissidentvoice.org | Martha Rosenberg

“Recommend ‘Heaven’ to your followers?” reads the punchline of a recent cartoon depicting a person who has arrived at the pearly gates. What was the name of your first pet reads a similar St. Peter cartoon about social media and the Internet. While we try to  laugh, social media has devolved from its original promise of an online identity and the chance to find like-minded peers and express an opinion to what is sometimes an opportunist and capitalistic monster.

3 weeks ago | counterpunch.org | Martha Rosenberg

The deaths of two people and illness of one from a possible fatal and rare brain disease clustering in Oregon have public health officials and medical professionals worried. They fear a returning threat from the prion disease mad cow (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) which roiled US markets 20 years ago. It led to devastating international boycotts of US beef, agricultural market upheavals, medical panic and widespread distrust of the US government which was seen to mismanage the outbreak.