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How Belly Fat Affects Your Heart Health and Increases Cardiovascular Risk
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The Hidden Link Between Belly Fat and a Stronger, Healthier Heart

When people think about heart disease, they often focus on cholesterol numbers or blood pressure readings. However, there’s another major risk factor that deserves attention: belly fat. Understanding How Belly Fat Affects Your Heart Health can empower you to take proactive steps toward protecting your cardiovascular system. While many people view abdominal fat as a […]

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Beyond Access Why Health Equity Requires More Than Insurance Coverage
Health equity

Rethinking Depression Treatment: Where Psychedelic Therapy Fits In Today

Depression remains one of the most common mental health challenges worldwide, yet many individuals continue to struggle even after trying medication and psychotherapy. As researchers search for better options, a new conversation is gaining momentum: Rethinking Depression Treatment: Where Psychedelic Therapy Fits In. This emerging approach does not aim to replace existing treatments but rather […]

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The Future of Preventive Care Are Public Health Systems Prepared
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The Future of Preventive Care: Are Public Health Systems Prepared

Preventive care has always been the backbone of public health. Vaccination campaigns, disease surveillance systems, maternal health initiatives, and early screening programs have saved millions of lives worldwide. However, as global health challenges evolve, one critical question continues to surface: The Future of Preventive Care: Are Public Health Systems Prepared ? Today’s health landscape looks […]

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What Are Climate-Related Health Risks
Environment

Understanding Climate Change and Its Growing Impact on Public Health

In an interconnected world, diseases can cross borders faster than ever before. A local outbreak can quickly become a regional or even global concern. This reality raises an important question: who monitors disease outbreaks worldwide, and how do they manage such a complex responsibility? Behind every public health alert and safety advisory, there is a […]

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Next Week in Public Health, December 18, 2025

Programming note! We’re not going away for the next two weeks, but like everyone else, we’ll be slowing down a bit. Same cadence, same articles, but we have something special planned for the last two 2025 issues. Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases. Dr. […]

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Next Week in Public Health, October 23, 2025

APHA is coming up, and we’ll have more details about that soon. We’re partnering with WE in the World to share tools, strategies, and methods to help continue the work from a grassroots perspective. Here’s what’s in the research. And what’s in the news. Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over […]

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Next Week in Public Health, October 2, 2025

We’re switching things up a bit and moving this blog to Thursday. Sort of works better for us on our end. For all you peeps impacted by the shutdown, stay strong. Here’s the research we’ve been tracking. And what’s in the news Single-dose psilocybin rapidly and sustainably relieves allodynia and anxiodepressive-like behaviors in mouse models […]

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Next Week in Public Health, September 19, 2025

We’ve been working on mapping relationships within HHS leadership (I forget if I mentioned this last week), but we still have some work to do. As with everything, we’re trying to juggle the different motives: financial, ideological, or personal. Oh, maybe, just maybe, public help should be opposed to fascism. We gently explain why here: […]

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Next Week in Public Health, August 15, 2025

I know we didn’t pay enough attention to the shooting at the CDC last week. I could blame the firehouse of insanity, the bizarre lack of media coverage of this event, the general shrugs that accompany mass shootings, or the fact that I was in a daze working on a project. I don’t know. So […]

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Next Week in Public Health, July 25, 2025

Do you follow the HHS Facebook page? I do, mainly because I think I should. But, boy, it’s adopted the bizarre self-promotional tactics of the president. I’ve always been loath to jump into the comment sections on public Facebook posts — no good can come of it. Helpfully, I work under an HHS contract, so […]

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