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I'm Dr. EeKs & I work in Public Health, write at BloomingWellness.com & host the CausesorCures.com Podcast.

09/10/2025

What do vaccines, ghosts and coffee have in common?

A whole vibe. What do you think he was thinking?
09/05/2025

A whole vibe.
What do you think he was thinking?

09/03/2025

I Eat Carbs.

09/01/2025

Just got the standard 'True Crime' text from my friend who's going on a first date. Always amused by how the excitement for a new romantic prospect is perfectly timed with the 'In case I go missing, here’s the suspect' text.

Amen! 🙏
09/01/2025

Amen! 🙏

08/31/2025

Public health has always been political. John Snow literally needed a council vote to yank a pump handle. Now we have the internet to fight all day long.

08/30/2025

Can a Common Diabetes Drug Help You Live Past 90?

A study published in The Journals of Gerontology suggests that women with type 2 diabetes who start on metformin may have a significantly better shot at reaching age 90 compared to those on sulfonylureas.
Using data from the Women’s Health Initiative, researchers found that metformin was linked to a 30% lower risk of dying before age 90.
While the study wasn’t a randomized trial and can’t prove causality, it raises fascinating questions about metformin’s potential beyond blood sugar.
Longevity pill, anyone?

08/29/2025

The communal laundry room is its own Hunger Games: limited machines, high stakes, no mercy.
Today, as I pulled my clothes from the dryer, a guy hovered so close I could feel his breath. I wasn’t in the mood.
So I said, “Mind leavin’ some room for the Holy Spirit?”
He slow-blinked.
And the ghost of every nun I knew cheered.

08/27/2025

Is Cracker Barrel gluten-free?
J/k j/k.

08/27/2025

How often do you cook for yourself?

First it was mysterious drones hovering in the sky, now it’s a locally acquired malaria case for the first time since 19...
08/26/2025

First it was mysterious drones hovering in the sky, now it’s a locally acquired malaria case for the first time since 1998!
Feels like New Jersey is auditioning for a dystopian Netflix series. ;)

(Full scoop in comments.)

08/26/2025

I hate the leaf blower so much. I hate it more than the dog who hates it most.

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