“The pundits tell the public that the main split between conservatives and liberals is that conservatives favor small government and want to leave as much as possible to the market. By contrast, liberals believe that the government has to play an active role to ensure that basic needs are met and to limit inequality. This […]
“When an official report determines that health care costs are increasing at their lowest rate in nearly a decade, you’d think the media would notice. Instead, all we heard was more gloom and doom. ‘Health care spending surge seen’ is how the Chicago Tribune described the latest report from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid […]
“On February 23, 2007, a new grass roots advocacy group issued a press release to rally support for attorney, Jim Gottstein, in his legal battle with Eli Lilly over his role in providing secret company documents obtained in litigation to the media to alert the public about the health risks associated with Zyprexa that were […]
“The battle against Codex Alimentarius in the USA has been lost. Congress near the end of the 2006 legislative session passed the Codex legislation. Big Pharma is brilliantly managed. My guess is they will not risk a major confrontation with the American public at this time. They will probably simply slowly begin to mop up […]
“Those of us who believe passionately in universal health care must come to grips with how successfully the right has poisoned the public atmosphere, so that voters will consistently side against their own best interests in this debate. That is the message of some new public opinion researched presented to the Tuesday Group, a weekly […]
“Benefits for those who enroll in the state’s new insurance plan for the working poor are still slated to start by March 31, but enrollment will begin slightly later than anticipated. State officials previously said they expected enrollment in CoverTN to begin in February. Lola Potter, a state spokeswoman, said Wednesday that it’s unclear when […]
“Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the nation to offer discounts to customers who keep a low body-mass index. The program by Phoenix Cos. Inc. offers discounts up to 20 percent on life […]
“Beta carotene and vitamins A and E, antioxidant supplements taken by millions to fight disease, may actually raise the risk of death, a review of 68 studies on nearly a quarter-million people said on Tuesday. The finding drew fire from critics who said it was flawed and based largely on studies of people who were […]
“Dogs who get a little green under the fur while traveling gained the first drug Wednesday to prevent vomiting associated with motion sickness. The Food and Drug Administration said the drug, Cerenia, is the first to prevent and treat vomiting in dogs. When used in tablet form, the Pfizer Inc. drug can prevent vomiting associated […]
“The final push toward global eradication of polio has been full of pitfalls, but those fighting the disease expect to finalize a plan today that they believe should wipe out the virus. Backed by a new Harvard analysis that details the high costs of failure, an urgent World Health Organization meeting will bring together donors, […]
