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Why the Public’s Growing Disdain for the Supreme Court May Help Obamacare
Fully three-quarters say justices' decisions are sometimes influenced by their personal political views.
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Ruling Clears Way for 9/11 Health Fund to Cover Cancers
It will allow not only rescue workers but also volunteers, residents, schoolchildren and passers-by to apply for money to pay for compensation and treatment for cancers developed in the …
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Over Six Million Young Adults Insured Thanks to Obama’s Health Care
A recent poll also showed that about 71 percent of Americans view the provision favorably.
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Meat Glue for Dinner?
“Transglutaminase is an enzyme made by the fermentation of bacteria and added to meat pieces to make them stick together. Yes, "meat glue” — it's what's for dinner!"
America’s Opiate War: The Medical Luddites vs. People in Pain
With frightening hubris, narcs from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), are now muscling into the practice of medicine.
Oklahoma Doctor Refuses to Provide Rape Victim With Emergency Contraception
“An Oklahoma emergency room doctor refused to provide emergency contraception to a 24-year-old female rape victim.”
Why You Can Thank Dan Quayle for Twenty Years of Policy That Keeps Americans in the Dark About Their Food
“More than a million people have asked the FDA for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food, yet we still don't have it.”
Mainstream Media Miss the Boat, Again, on the Medical Utility of Marijuana
Clinical data published last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal once again affirmed the safety and efficacy of cannabis as a therapeutic agent - a conclusion that directly …
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What the Right Gets Right About Abortion and the Left Doesn’t Get
The most determined abortion opponents will say or do almost anything in the service of their cause: Distortion, deception, manipulation, intimidation, even murder.
Mental Health Movement Resists Chicago Austerity Measures
Chicago Shuts Down 6 of the Cityu2019s 12 public mental health centers, moves towards privatization of services.