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Lyme Victims from Around US to Gather at IDSA Headquarters and Demand Changes to Guidelines for Lyme
Lyme disease victims from around the US will unite at the Infectious Diseases Society of America headquarters for the 2014 Mayday Project protest.
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Ruling Class Racketeers
Sylvia Mathews Burwell is a dream come true from neoliberal heaven (or more aptly, hell) for the elites controlling both sides of the Money Party.
For US Mothers, Conservative Policies Can Be Deadly
For much of the last decade, maternal mortality rates have declined globally. But in the United States, they have consistently increased and are now at one of the highest …
Did the CIA’s Fake Polio Vaccination Program in Pakistan Help Fuel a Global Health Emergency?
The World Health Organization has designated the spread of polio in Asia, Africa and the Middle East a global public health emergency requiring a coordinated "international response."
Marijuana Refugees: Virginia Family Moves to Colorado to Treat Epileptic Child With Cannabis Oil
Last year, Dara Lightle and her nine-year-old daughter, Madeleine, became "marijuana refugees" when they moved from Virginia to Colorado.
Uruguay Releases Regulations for World’s First National Legal Marijuana Market
Consumers Must Choose Between 3 Forms of Access: Domestic Cultivation, Membership Clubs, or Licensed Sales in Pharmacies.
Absurd: Colorado Veterans Suffering From PTSD Denied Legal Marijuana in Colorado
Yesterday, a bill failed to pass the Colorado House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs committee that would have added post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of "debilitating medical …
The Neoliberal Turn in American Health Care
The failings of the Affordable Care Act are rooted in a long shift away from the idea of a truly universal health care.
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Narrative Medicine Isn’t the Same Old Story
Narrative medicine - with its focus on the individual patient as a person with specific pains, pasts, and agency - has become increasingly popular as a pedagogical tool.
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The Stealthy, Ugly Growth of Corporatized Medicine
Obamacare needs to be recognized as a big step forward in a process that was already well underway, which is to convert the practice of medicine from a patient-oriented …