Health

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients.  Angioplasty and stents—percutaneous coronary intervention…

The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers and group health plans to cover certain preventive-care services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force at…

Some employees working on the CDC’s measles response were warned they could face layoffs. Read More 

Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the “make America healthy again” movement. Read More 

During Black Maternal Health Week, a national campaign to raise awareness and improve outcomes for Black mothers, the Detroit-based organization Mothering Justice is spotlighting what…

What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they promote expensive, risky procedures with no benefit? “Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)”—angioplasty…

HHS denied censoring Dr. Kevin Hall, the researcher who announced his early retirement on Wednesday, saying it was a “deliberate distortion of the facts.” Read More 

Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients to sign up for procedures…

Celebrating 2024. Celebrating Your Support. What a year NutritionFacts.org had! Our successes, output, and outreach in 2024 are thanks to your support. We simply cannot…

Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing as “1-vessel disease,” “2-vessel disease,”…

There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency setting. They don’t prevent heart…