The social and commercial determinants of health impact everyone, no matter socio-economic status, cultural identity, or religious tradition.

Tatiana Schlossberg’s published essay, A Battle With My Blood, speaks to the heart of health literacy as a global community. Her article is read aloud.

Schlossberg, T. (2025). A battle with my blood. The New Yorker.

Learn more about stem cell therapy from the National Marrow Donor Program:

https://www.nmdp.org/what-we-do/about-us

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) was renamed as Blood Cancer United. Learn more about research into 9/11 and blood cancer risk in first responders:

https://bloodcancerunited.org/resources/blog/research-now-911-and-blood-cancer-risk-first-responders

For information on mRNA vaccine research, and impact of funding cuts:

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-report-sounds-alarm-on-health-fallout-from-mrna-vaccine-funding-cuts/

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

drmichelabull.com

Domestic violence is the universal family's quicksand. Silence is violence.

Coercive control is domestic violence.

WomensLaw.org. About abuse:

https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/forms-abuse/emotional-and-psychological-abuse/forms-emotional-and-psychological-abuse-0

Mineo, L. (2022). 'Shadow pandemic' of domestic violence. The Harvard Gazette,

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/06/shadow-pandemic-of-domestic-violence/

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

drmichelabull.com

Vaccines save lives, full stop.

A short list of preventable childhood diseases due to vaccines.

Adults need boosters, too. How about you?

Covid was not mentioned on this episode. Parton's quote serves as reference:

Don't be a such chicken squat, get out there and get your shot. Dolly Parton

Please consult a medical provider for best vaccine advice!

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

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Please enjoy a REDUX of a poem I wrote for a loved one.

It's been a tumultuous year for all. Hang in there. Love is eternal.

Free copies of newsletter are available on my website: drmichelabull.com

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

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Caregivers caretakers keep love lines strong and healthy.

A fig tree figures prominently in a loved one’s garden.

Love, Dr. Bull

The course of true love never did run smooth.

~ William Shakespeare

Only love can break your heart.

~ Neil Young

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

drmichelabull.com

Smack talking fitness chewing gum (FCM) and other unhealthy looksmaxxing trends.

References

Murthy, Vivek (2023). Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/23/surgeon-general-issues-new-advisory-about-effects-social-media-use-has-youth-mental-health.html

De Shields, André (2019). Three cardinal rules.
https://youtu.be/wji_iWItUi8?si=R4DCwPiTdEqbCB4C

The hare and the tortoise, The AESOP for children.
https://read.gov/aesop/025.html

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

drmichelabull.com

Dear Listeners,

Please note the audible caution with brief description of content prior to play. Part memoir, part history, the poem describes back-to-back April Fools' Days that were particularly cruel for one military family and community. The tragedies that befell my neighbors and classmates exemplified powerful lessons:

• Physicians are often lonely and suffer in silence
• Military psychiatrists are vulnerable to suicide just as the patients they treat
• A military widow with children determined to keep family together was potent opposition for an F3 when it ripped through the neighborhood

Dedicated to veterans and military families affected by moral injury, PTSD, and suicide. On a separate note, April marks a history of tragic freight.

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

drmichelabull.com

We appreciate the consideration for our recent deviation, with concern about caregivers no matter the age. If resolutions are slower than molasses in January, we are keeping it copacetic. No negative body image or post-holiday fitness lectures here, just to be clear.

US Department of Health and Human Services | Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | Food is Medicine: A Project to Unify and Advance Collective Action
https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/food-medicine

US Department of Health and Human Services | ODHP | Nutrition and Healthy Eating
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/nutrition-and-healthy-eating

US Department of Health and Human Services | ODHP | Sleep
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/sleep

United Nations | A Wake Up Call to Fight Hunger
https://youtu.be/HeVhr9V28jA?si=skKS8K6Co59SH6Ae

United Nations | Commercial Determinants of Health
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/commercial-determinants-of-health

Neko Case - I Wish I Was the Moon (Live from the Lung)
https://youtu.be/JbPD88elviY?si=C31Z5bJGmJRiD64Q

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now.

drmichelabull.com