Amanda Head
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I know, and I appreciate that. Listen, if we're going to be talking about the Maha movement, when you're talking about Maha, I know it's not one of the stipulations of it, but I'm pretty sure a requirement of being healthy ever or again is not getting burnt to a crisp by lightning.
I know, and I appreciate that. Listen, if we're going to be talking about the Maha movement, when you're talking about Maha, I know it's not one of the stipulations of it, but I'm pretty sure a requirement of being healthy ever or again is not getting burnt to a crisp by lightning.
Yeah, you know, there were a lot of starkly revelatory items that President Trump talked about, and I'll give you some of those statistics in a moment. But Dr. Drew, what was interesting to me as I was hearing you tell your story about what you went through with prostate cancer and what you're currently going through, I was thinking to myself, you know,
Yeah, you know, there were a lot of starkly revelatory items that President Trump talked about, and I'll give you some of those statistics in a moment. But Dr. Drew, what was interesting to me as I was hearing you tell your story about what you went through with prostate cancer and what you're currently going through, I was thinking to myself, you know,
At a time when our medical and our health and our pharmaceutical industry is so distrusted right now, then they want to heap this on, you know, creating even more skepticism around, you know, did he know? Didn't he know? Did they test for PSA? Did they not? Who didn't examine him? Who did examine him?
At a time when our medical and our health and our pharmaceutical industry is so distrusted right now, then they want to heap this on, you know, creating even more skepticism around, you know, did he know? Didn't he know? Did they test for PSA? Did they not? Who didn't examine him? Who did examine him?
But President Trump spoke about some of these statistics, and these are, you knowβ It's hard. I get it that it is very hard for parents to listen to these statistics because there is a parental impetus to protect your children. But the conversation around vaccines and a lot of the issues from vaccines cannot be emphasized enough. Here are some items.
But President Trump spoke about some of these statistics, and these are, you knowβ It's hard. I get it that it is very hard for parents to listen to these statistics because there is a parental impetus to protect your children. But the conversation around vaccines and a lot of the issues from vaccines cannot be emphasized enough. Here are some items.
More than 40% of American children have at least one chronic health condition. Since the 1970s, rates for childhood cancer have increased 50%. In the 1960s, less than 5% of children were obese. Now it is over 20%. So they are talking about the pesticides on our crops. They're talking about the nutrition in our foods and all of these things, the overprescribing of certain drugs for children.
More than 40% of American children have at least one chronic health condition. Since the 1970s, rates for childhood cancer have increased 50%. In the 1960s, less than 5% of children were obese. Now it is over 20%. So they are talking about the pesticides on our crops. They're talking about the nutrition in our foods and all of these things, the overprescribing of certain drugs for children.
You know, the emphasis obviously is going to be on the younger population because if you have unhealthy children, those unhealthy children grow up to be unhealthy adults. So if you can target people in the formative years, then that is a huge breakthrough in the health establishment.
You know, the emphasis obviously is going to be on the younger population because if you have unhealthy children, those unhealthy children grow up to be unhealthy adults. So if you can target people in the formative years, then that is a huge breakthrough in the health establishment.
And isn't it amazing that for so long there has been this perception that on the left side of the aisle, they were the ones that were so health conscious, you know, going vegan and caring about all the things that were in their foods. And yet they weren't the ones who made this happen. And drug costs. They weren't the ones to make this happen.
And isn't it amazing that for so long there has been this perception that on the left side of the aisle, they were the ones that were so health conscious, you know, going vegan and caring about all the things that were in their foods. And yet they weren't the ones who made this happen. And drug costs. They weren't the ones to make this happen.
It was Donald Trump in concert with Jay Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. and all of these folks who are helping lead this movement. I just think it's amazing to see. And I talk to people all the time who consider themselves to be, you know, kind of hippie on this side of things. And they used to be Democrats. And they said, you know, I haven't changed, but the party certainly have.
It was Donald Trump in concert with Jay Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. and all of these folks who are helping lead this movement. I just think it's amazing to see. And I talk to people all the time who consider themselves to be, you know, kind of hippie on this side of things. And they used to be Democrats. And they said, you know, I haven't changed, but the party certainly have.
I'll miss the Italian cars and I will miss the French wine, but not if it means that I get really cheap prices for pharmaceuticals for my fellow Americans. I actually knew this was happening from personal experience because I used to suffer from debilitating migraines and migraine drugs are some of the most expensive ones on the market when they first get released.
I'll miss the Italian cars and I will miss the French wine, but not if it means that I get really cheap prices for pharmaceuticals for my fellow Americans. I actually knew this was happening from personal experience because I used to suffer from debilitating migraines and migraine drugs are some of the most expensive ones on the market when they first get released.
And I have a sister-in-law whoβmy family's actuallyβI married into a Canadian family. My sister-in-law on the northern side of the border was paying just, I think, a $35 copay for her drug. I was payingβI think the ultimate price was about $615 because it was a brand-new drug. Unfortunately, I knew this.
And I have a sister-in-law whoβmy family's actuallyβI married into a Canadian family. My sister-in-law on the northern side of the border was paying just, I think, a $35 copay for her drug. I was payingβI think the ultimate price was about $615 because it was a brand-new drug. Unfortunately, I knew this.