Read Online | January 10, 2026

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Our emotions play a key role in how our immune systems function and, in some cases, determine whether this coordinated defense system attacks our own cells, leading to autoimmune symptoms. 

Research suggests that chronic stress, trauma, and unprocessed emotions can trigger autoimmune diseases by overstimulating the immune system. 

Reassuringly, people can take evidence-based steps to support their emotional well-being and help improve autoimmune symptoms. (Read more)

• Procter & Gamble has updated Crest children’s toothpaste packaging to show only a pea-sized amount of toothpaste, after previous boxes encouraged excessive, potentially dangerous fluoride use.  
• People using common weight management medications such as Ozempic and Mounjara were found to regain lost weight less than two years after they stopped using the drugs.
• Eating preservatives is linked to a 40 percent to 49 percent higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

• Untreated sleep apnea nearly doubles the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, but treating it with a CPAP machine cuts the risk.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reduced the number of vaccines it recommends for all children, following a review of vaccination practices in other countries and evidence on the benefits of its vaccine schedule.

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🏥 Health News

A federal judge will allow the American Academy of Pediatrics and the other plaintiffs to sue Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for not recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women.

Plaintiffs, who are tied to vaccine manufacturers, said that Kennedy’s directive was arbitrary and capricious in violation of federal law, in part because it allegedly went against “the wealth of data and peer-reviewed studies that demonstrate the safety and efficacy of Covid vaccines for children and pregnant women,” and because Kennedy did not consult the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel that advises the CDC on vaccines.

Doctor plaintiffs said that they were being forced to spend time outlining various factors for people seeking COVID-19 vaccines, and that if the people ultimately chose not to receive a shot, insurers would not reimburse the doctors for their time. (More)

More Health News:

• The Epstein-Barr virus lurking silently in 95 percent of Americans may be a direct cause of systemic lupus.
• U.S. health officials confirmed that more than 7,700 cases of a deadly drug-resistant fungus were reported in the United States last year.
• A recent study of adults at high risk for suicide found that people who doom scroll during sleep hours have more suicidal thoughts.
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not regulate artificial intelligence tools and wearables used for health purposes.

🏥 Health Care

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Donna Pinto didn’t give her fourth mammogram screening much thought. Like a dental cleaning, it was routine—but this time, she received a callback. Within weeks, she was being scanned, biopsied, and advised to consider surgery.

There was one problem: She wasn’t sure she was sick.

Pinto’s experience highlights a problem that screening cannot always solve. Tests designed for people without symptoms are good at finding abnormalities, but far less reliable at predicting which ones will cause harm. In cancer screening, that uncertainty often pushes patients into a fast-moving chain of follow-up care—sometimes for conditions that might never have affected their health at all.

The question is not simply whether screening saves lives. It’s when, for whom, and at what cost. (More)

☀️ A Few Good Things

• ✍️ Health Viewpoint: Clear Thinking on the Childhood Vaccine Schedule by Jeffrey A. Tucker  

• 🍿 Movie: Learn how to close the “courage gap,” and what the research says about building courage as a skill with Makai Allbert on The Upgrade. (Watch on EpochTV)

• 🎵 Music: Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude in D flat Major, Op.28 No.15 (Listen)

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🍵 Food & Nutrition

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The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage people to eat more animal proteins and put a clear focus on eating real, whole foods.

1. Avoid Highly Processed Foods

Among the most significant changes are a direct call to limit or avoid highly processed foods. While previous guidelines warned of processed meats, they did not single out highly processed foods. 

2. Eat More Protein, Especially From Animals

The new guidelines suggest a 60 percent to 120 percent increase in recommended protein intake and place particular emphasis on animal proteins over plant proteins.

3. Recommendations on Fat

While the new guidelines keep the previous recommendations of a saturated fat limit at less than 10 percent, they recommend eating full-fat dairy as opposed to low-fat, and also list butter and beef tallow as potential cooking options. 

4. First Time Not Recommending Seed Oils

For cooking, the new dietary guidelines recommend oils and fats such as olive oil, butter, or beef tallow, which do not oxidize as readily at cooking temperatures as vegetable oils. (Read the science behind the changes)

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