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ACT UP Is at It Again
Long before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands …
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As FDA Loosens Stranglehold on Research, Studies Use Hallucinogens to Treat Psychiatric Illness
More than 35 years ago, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with similar agencies around the world, imposed a crushing stranglehold on legitimate research with psychedelic …
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Paul Ryan’s Religion of Convenience
On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan strayed from the current Republican mantra when he said he “respectfully disagrees” with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). What Ryan disagrees with is …
Decoding Medical Bills (Infographic)
Americans can’t afford health care. The average American family spends $19,393 annually for health care coverage. 60% of personal bankruptcies are linked to medical bills.
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Some Relationship Counseling for Feminism and the Left
(Photo: Mike Atherton / Flickr) Marriage is the only form of deep connection our society enthusiastically endorses. People seek marriages for the same reason they are so hard to …
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Forty-Eight Percent of Chicken in Small Sample Has E. Coli
A recent test of packaged raw chicken products bought at grocery stores across the country found that roughly half of them were contaminated with the bacteria E. coli. E. …
In Barcelona, Austerity With an Iron Fist
Protesters in the streets of Madrid, Spain during the general strike on Thursday, March 29, 2012. (Photo: reed_sandridge) Criminalizing public meetings, expanding police powers and weaponry, and applying anti-terrorist …
Prevention for the Sickest 10 Percent Is Best Treatment Plan for People, Economy
A woman has her blood pressure checked at the 11th annual Wilmington Wellness Day on Sept. 18, 2010. (Photo: Christiana Care) Spending on health care in America has skyrocketed …
Suicides Outpace Combat Deaths, and Benefits Access a Struggle, for Veterans of Falklands/Malvinas War
The battle for the British-controlled Falkland Islands off the coast of Argentina continues to kill, even 30 years after Argentine troops landed there on April 2, 1982. The struggle …
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Patients Rarely Considered in Press Coverage of Medicare
For the elderly and disabled, catching up on the daily news during the latest Beltway brinkmanship—the deal to extend payroll tax cuts, unemployment benefits and current Medicare doctor fees—could …