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The June issue of AMA’s “Journal of Ethics” offered a strong defense for transgender biological men to “consolidate their identities” with the ability to have children. Though the article states that there have been no documented successful transplants to date, the procedure is seen to be reasonable under their Hippocratic Oath. The article further postulates that government funds should be made available for these surgeries, since insurance companies may be slow to adopt coverage in this area, due to its cost, efficacy, and controversies. The AMA article ends with, “the case could be made that no moral obstacle stands in the way of justifying subsidies for UTx (uterine transplants) for some transwomen and transmen…”.

Perhaps some Christians have strong feelings on the subject of transgender surgery, in all its forms. Perhaps medical and financial resources could be utilized in other ways for the betterment of society and the furtherance of an eternal-based message. However, as Biblical Christians, we do not need to be looking for fights that distract from our testimony. We need to keep the main thing the main thing… Christ and Him crucified for our sins. 

Matters of Heaven and Hell should take precedence over the earthly. 

This episode is actually the second version of a rant I recorded based on a Facebook post I had a reaction to. I discovered I hadn’t had my mic turned on after recording the first version of the rant and despite feeling slightly better after voicing my feelings to all of you, I still felt compelled to share my thoughts. Which brings us to this version. The Facebook post in question was from a fellow physician who wrote that only 40% of Americans are considered obese. Her caption stating she learned the statistic during continuing medical education combined with my poor decision to read the comments got me very upset. It just reminded me again of how pervasive weight discrimination and fat shaming is in our culture, and also within medical culture. So I’m sharing my thoughts about it here.

The obesity referred to in the Facebook post was almost certainly defined using BMI because that’s how the medical world defines it. I’ve addressed all the problems with the BMI previously and even in June of this year the American Medical Association released a statement urging physicians to reconsider how they use BMI because of its history and racial implications involved with its use. So many things about the reference to obesity in the post got me riled up, and understanding the misuse of BMI is just part of it. It sparked a complicated reaction in me because I am a board-certified obesity medicine physician and though I don’t actively practice due to not believing in the interventions we’re taught to prescribe, until recently I was coaching weight loss. The unease I felt in responding to the post (I didn’t), and my offense at some of the comments inferring that people categorized as obese are disgusting, just combined into upset that led to this episode. So please join me as I break down again what is wrong with BMI, with the arbitrary categorization of obesity, with assuming weight indicates health, with not allowing for health at any size, and in examining my own personal feelings about my place in it all. I end with a promise to you, and myself, to strive for more courage in addressing these errant beliefs amongst my colleagues. 

About Dr. Michelle Tubman

Dr. Michelle Tubman is a physician and health coach. She helps women ditch dieting and thrive at any size. For the longest time she believed that weight loss was the answer to all her problems. But decades of yo-yo dieting and restriction left her miserable, unhealthy, and exhausted. Now she teaches women how harmful dieting can be and shows them the way to true health and wellness.

As a physician specializing in both emergency and obesity medicine, with additional training in nutrition, eating psychology, and coaching, Michelle can tell you with certainty that dieting is dangerous. Studies associate compromised health more with yo-yo dieting than higher body weight. Yet, everywhere you turn, shrinking your body is hailed as the solution. Women don't need to change. Attitudes do. So let's stop self-shaming, speak out against sizeism, and fiercely champion unconditional self-celebration!

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Inspired by one of our favorite movies, where the plot revolves around one town’s cult-like obsession with “the greater good,” we discuss the pro-abortion side’s rationalizations for legalized abortion and their belief on how it supports “the greater good.”

Their "Greater Good" Arguments We Cover:

• Greater Good for women’s health?
• Greater Good for the economy?
• Greater Good for the disabled?
• Greater Good to solve “unwanted children”?

Links Mentioned:

• Billboard outside Orlando airport warns travelers of DeSantis’ anti-abortion policy -Florida Phoenix
• Fact Sheet: Reasons For Abortion - Charlotte Lozier Institute
• Women Betrayed Section of LifeDynamics.com
• Pro-Life America Podcast Episode 57: CDC - A Snake Pit of Agendas
• Yellen says ending abortion access would be 'damaging' to U.S. economy, women - Reuters
• Understanding why women seek abortions in the US - BMC Women’s Health
• Gruber confirms eugenics plot of abortion detailed in Maafa 21- Life Dynamics
• The Racial Targeting Report - Life Dynamics
• Pro-Life America Episode 46: The Alarming Decline of Birth Rates Worldwide
• Abortion: 6 Impacts on the Economy - Newsmax
• Patricia Heaton: ‘Iceland isn’t eliminating Down syndrome—they are just killing everyone who has it.’ - America Magazine
• Canadian veteran offered assisted suicide after asking for wheelchair help - Catholic News Agency
• Lime 5: By Mark Crutcher
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May marks Older Americans Month and AMA's Senior Physicians Recognition Month. Rachelle E. Bernacki, MD, MS, joins to discuss surgical care and improving health outcomes for senior patients. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

His medical contemporaries once considered him to be a "clever, money-mad neuropath." But what makes Dr. Albert Abrams a bit different than other charlatans we’ll meet this season is that though he was dismissed within the medical community for quackery in his time, he probably wasn’t a guy running a con – at least not on purpose. 

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Oklahoma lawyers charged with helping non-residents set up cannabis businesses

Welcome to another episode of "Cannabis Daily"! 

Here are today's stories:

• Oklahoma lawyers charged with helping non-residents set up cannabis businesses - MJBizDaily
• American Medical Association opposes legalization, supports expungement - Marijuana Moment
• Quebec cannabis corporation workers go on one-day strike - Global News
• Why those with cannabis convictions should be a priority in the European industry - BusinessCann

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Topics Discussed:

• The abortion industry’s disturbing sense of humor
• Gut-wrenching medical practices
• Sexual misconduct and assault within the abortion industry
• Drug use and addiction in the abortion industry
• Clinic workers resentment of babies and/or women
• Clinic workers speak out
• One patient shares her unbelievably true experience

 Links Mentioned:

• PeopleOfChoice.com 
• Lime 5: Exploited By Choice - By Mark Crutcher
• "Primetime Propaganda" - Pro-Life Voice (Newsletter of Life Dynamics)
• Pro-Life America Podcast Episode 50: Women Raped & Sexually Assaulted In Abortion Clinics
• Life Dynamics Report: Rape & Sexual Assault In The American Abortion Industry
• Documentary: An American Abortion Clinic
• Video: Abortion Clinic Employees — “Babies Born Alive Daily”
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Topics Discussed:  

•  Life Dynamics ABMAL project
• Tort reform & how it has impacted abortion injury cases
• Who the Tort reform really benefited
•  The “Slut or Nut” Defense
• The abortion industry is filled with the washouts of medicine 

Links Mentioned: 

• Video: Christi’s Choice
• Lime 5: Exploited By Choice - By Mark Crutcher

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Topics Discussed: 

• Quick recap of the last episode.
• Why it's so important for us to know how the abortion industry operates.
• The importance of Tort Reform and how it has impacted the abortion industry.
• How insurance companies benefit from abortion coverage.
• How the medical community benefits from legalized abortion.
• Why women need to talk with their G.P.s, Gynecologists and/or OBGYNs regarding their position on abortion and if they do abortions, refer for abortions, or have connections with the abortion industry.
• Tricks abortionists use to hide money from malpractice settlements.
• We want to hear your questions about abortion and the abortion industry.

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• Life Dynamics' Pamphlet: Patient's Rights 
•  Learn About The Battle Ahead In Our Book, Siege.

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Despite strong economic growth of recent years, an even more important number tells a much less encouraging story.

For three years in a row now, we’ve suffered an unprecedented decline in life expectancy—with self-inflicted harm striking more Americans in the prime of life. The lead author of a new study for the American Medical Association says, “the whole country is at a disadvantage compared to other wealthy nations.”

While people around the world enjoy steady increases in longevity, America has been moving in the wrong direction for the first time in a century.

Experts say prime causes are drug overdoses, suicides, and alcoholism—“deaths of despair” that inflict a horrible toll, despite declining rates of crime and poverty, and dramatic improvements in medical care.

Prospective leaders in an election year must confront this threat to our national well-being that prematurely steals spouses, parents, neighbors and work colleagues from those who need them.

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Despite strong economic growth of recent years, an even more important number tells a much less encouraging story.

For three years in a row now, we’ve suffered an unprecedented decline in life expectancy—with self-inflicted harm striking more Americans in the prime of life. The lead author of a new study for the American Medical Association says, “the whole country is at a disadvantage compared to other wealthy nations.”

While people around the world enjoy steady increases in longevity, America has been moving in the wrong direction for the first time in a century.

Experts say prime causes are drug overdoses, suicides, and alcoholism—“deaths of despair” that inflict a horrible toll, despite declining rates of crime and poverty, and dramatic improvements in medical care.

Prospective leaders in an election year must confront this threat to our national well-being that prematurely steals spouses, parents, neighbors and work colleagues from those who need them.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historian Christy Ford Chapin of University of Maryland Baltimore County and Johns Hopkins and author of Ensuring America's Health talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her book--a history of how America's health care system came to be dominated by insurance companies or government agencies paying doctors per procedure. Chapin explains how this system emerged from efforts by the American Medical Association to stop various reform efforts over the decades. Chapin argues that different models might have emerged that would lead to a more effective health care system.