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Steele: VA Is Encouraging Vets To Commit Suicide (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Jumping feet first onto the newest the-government-will-kill-you bandwagon is RNC chairman Michael Steele, who said on Fox today that a Veterans Affairs manual is "encouraging them [veterans] to commit... More
Submitted 6 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
Science Makes Another Play for Human Longevity
(www.truthdig.com)
Following a calorically restricted diet may be one way to extend the human life span, but this potential path to longevity comes with the built-in hitch of having to significantly scale back food... More
Submitted 6 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Healthcare’s 13 Tyrants
(www.inthesetimes.com)
For those still clinging to quaint notions of the American ideal, these have been a faith-shaking 10 years. Just as evolutionary science once got in the way of Creationists’ catechism, so has... More
Submitted 7 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
The public option's last stand
(www.salon.com)
I would have preferred a single-payer system like Medicare, but became convinced earlier this year that a public, Medicare-like optional plan was just about as much as was politically possible. Now... More
Submitted 7 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
GOP, Right-Wing Pundits’ Misinformation Fuels Hysteria at Democrats’ Public Forums on Healthcare Reform
(www.democracynow.org)
Opponents of President Obama’s healthcare plan continue to disrupt town hall meetings held by Democratic lawmakers. We speak with Stanley Zuber, a registered nurse who attended a town hall in... More
Submitted 7 months ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
We’ve seen this movie before
(newmexicoindependent.com)
And it’s the same today as always. Now we have some 50 million Americans without health insurance. If they are not eligible for Medicare, they might as well be playing Russian roulette with their... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Smokeless "E-Cigarettes" Raise New Health Concerns
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Sacramento, CA - Health advocates think California should follow its neighbor's lead in stamping out electronic cigarettes. Oregon has banned the sale of "e-cigarettes," but they are still available... More
Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Smokeless "E-Cigarettes" Raise New Health Concerns
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
SALEM, Ore. - Oregon is the first state to ban the sale of so-called electronic cigarettes, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon be in court to fight the same battle nationally.... More
Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Farm Antibiotic Overuse Could Pose Human Health Threat
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Jefferson City, MO - Scientists from around the country are studying and discussing suspected dangers of routine use of antibiotics by industrial farms. Livestock and dairy producers in Missouri and... More
Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Americans Double Down on Antidepressants
(www.truthdig.com)
The number of Americans who are exploring the concept of better living through antidepressant chemistry nearly doubled in the decade from 1996 to 2005, according to a study published in Archives of... More
Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
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