Editorial - The HighWire

NOW: White House Greenlights Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Health Disorders

Updated 8:16 AM EDT, Sun April 19, 2026

A historic shift in the field of mental health has just happened. Decades of failed therapies mixed with dangerous and ineffective pharmaceutical drugs have just been met with a disruptive event with far-reaching significance. A new Executive Order from the White House reads: “Psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine compounds, show potential in clinical studies to address…Continue reading NOW: White House Greenlights Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Health Disorders

The Quiet Kill: How Assisted Suicide Became a Growth Industry

Updated 11:58 AM EDT, Mon April 13, 2026

An 84-year-old woman wakes up in excruciating back pain. An ambulance rushes her to Vancouver General Hospital. She is frightened, hurting, and barely settled into the emergency room when the first physician approaches her. Before any diagnosis. Before any treatment plan. Before so much as a scan. The very first words out of the doctor’s…Continue reading The Quiet Kill: How Assisted Suicide Became a Growth Industry

Hot Data: What the AI Boom Is Doing to the Land Around Us

Updated 6:29 AM EDT, Thu April 16, 2026

Nobody asked the people living within six miles of an AI data center whether they wanted to be warmer. Nobody asked the deer, the pollinators, the soil, or the migratory birds either. Nope. They didn’t get a vote. A new study has put numbers to something that was hiding in plain sight. Researchers analyzed more…Continue reading Hot Data: What the AI Boom Is Doing to the Land Around Us

Nineteen Companies. Twenty-One Investigations. Zero Admissions of Wrongdoing.

For those who still need proof that the pharmaceutical industry views human health as a commodity and patients as revenue streams, a new review published in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics just handed it to you—documented, sourced, and damning. The study abstract declared: “Reported bribes amounted to about US $12.6 million, with sanctions exceeding…Continue reading Nineteen Companies. Twenty-One Investigations. Zero Admissions of Wrongdoing.

Updated 9:24 AM EDT, Wed April 8, 2026

Your Body Was Never Broken. That Was the Point.

For decades, an increasingly unhealthy American public has been handed the same story. The human body is fragile, complicated, and largely dependent on medical intervention to function properly. Got a problem? Hold on, there’s a drug for that. Feeling run down? Probably a deficiency. Something more serious? Here’s a lifelong prescription. What we haven’t been…Continue reading Your Body Was Never Broken. That Was the Point.

Updated 7:51 AM EDT, Mon April 13, 2026

Ed Clay’s Hardest Fight: Former MMA Fighter Steps Into One of Medicine’s Most Controversial Frontiers

“Life is what happens when you’re making plans. This is one of those stories.” That’s how Del Bigtree introduced Ed Clay during a recent conversation on The HighWire, and it’s hard to think of a better way to describe the path that led Clay from professional fighting to running a regenerative medicine hospital. The Nashville-born…Continue reading Ed Clay’s Hardest Fight: Former MMA Fighter Steps Into One of Medicine’s Most Controversial Frontiers

Updated 2:32 PM EDT, Tue April 7, 2026

2026’s Pivotal Fight For Religious Medical Freedom

The framers of our Constitution incorporated two divine rights into the founding documents of America: religious freedom and church-state separation. The failed pandemic response strained these rights, and many others, for U.S. citizens seeking vaccine exemptions on religious grounds. The legal battles playing out over COVID-era religious violations and state-level moves to deny such rights…Continue reading 2026’s Pivotal Fight For Religious Medical Freedom

Updated 4:46 AM EDT, Sat April 4, 2026

Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier: The Erythritol Problem

That “sugar-free” label center stage on the protein bar wrapper? Or the one promising guilt-free bit of sweetness in our morning cup of coffee? Well, it turns out that hailed sugar-free sweetener might be doing something our bodies—and our brains—were not designed to handle. Yes, we’re talking about erythritol, the innocent sweetener that sits in…Continue reading Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier: The Erythritol Problem

Updated 12:26 PM EDT, Wed April 1, 2026

Tick Tock: Inside Pfizer’s Bid to Vaccinate Against Lyme

Pfizer is adding a new vaccine to its repertoire. The Big Pharma behemoth is preparing to bring a Lyme disease vaccine to market with its French partner, Valneva. The company recently announced the news, which comes at a time when public trust in pharmaceutical giants remains shaky, particularly following the contentious rollout of mRNA COVID…Continue reading Tick Tock: Inside Pfizer’s Bid to Vaccinate Against Lyme

Updated 12:27 PM EDT, Mon March 30, 2026