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Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. July 18, 2008.
Doctors are getting fed up with private insurers. Here's a look at what out-of-pocket costs could look like for patients.

High-Quality, Universal Health Care Is Possible -- With No Premiums or Deductibles

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. July 16, 2008.
What's more, this new plan from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel would rein in health care inflation and insulate our health system from lobbyists.

Quiet, Please! How Noise Pollution Could Send You to the Hospital

Ursula Sautter, Mary Desmond Pinkowish, Ode. July 15, 2008.
Neurosis, hysteria, stress, nausea, and high blood pressure -- just a few of the health problems linked to noise.

China's Pollution Olympics

Peter Navarro, Asia Times. July 15, 2008.
It's tough to tout "green games" when cancers related to water pollution are among the leading causes of death in China's countryside.

Obama-Care Versus McCain-Care: Real Differences in Plans for Our Health System

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. July 11, 2008.
The two candidates are worlds apart on the most pressing domestic issue of our time.

Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age: LSD and Other Psychedelic Medicines Make a Comeback

Charles Shaw, AlterNet. July 11, 2008.
After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback.

It's Time to Fix Bush's AIDS Policy

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. July 10, 2008.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is tangled in ideological restrictions. Fixing the legislation would save millions more lives.

Burning Tires for Power: Green Energy or Health Hazard?

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. July 10, 2008.
The idea of burning waste tires for energy is catching on, and one city is hoping to build the biggest facility yet. But some residents are concerned.

Doctors Push Cholesterol Drugs on Kids

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 10, 2008.
The obesity epidemic is largely of our own making. The solution has to come from healthy activities, not the pharmaceutical industry.

Congress Passes Key Medicare Bill

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. July 9, 2008.
Ted Kennedy showed up for the vote. McCain did not.

Will Richmond, Calif., Be the First to Stand Up to Chevron?

Bill Gallegos, New America Media. July 8, 2008.
Richmond could be the first US city to decide to stand up to the Chevron oil company and impose a cap on its plans for further expansion.

New Health Care Campaign To Pour $40 Million into Push for Universal Coverage

Roger Hickey, Campaign for America's Future. July 7, 2008.
It's time to replace our fragmented, wasteful health care system with one that provides quality, affordable care for every American.

Health-Care Crisis Endangers Economy

Jason Leopold, Consortium News. July 6, 2008.
A new report urges policymakers to find a solution to the health-care crisis; long-term fiscal problems may develop if the issue is not addressed.

Echoes of Vietnam: VA Stalls, Dissembles While Vets Suffer and Die

Penny Coleman, AlterNet. July 4, 2008.
The latest episode of the Department of Veterans Affairs' callous denial of veterans' suffering is a continuation of a long tradition.

The Science of Happiness: Is It All Bullshit?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. July 4, 2008.
Just because a Harvard academic says something is so, doesn't mean it is.

Why Can't Women Sleep?

Gayle Greene, Ms. Magazine. July 3, 2008.
And why is the high level of insomnia among women ignored by researchers?

Will This Man Fix American Health Care?

Ezra Klein, The American Prospect. June 27, 2008.
Max Baucus wants to convince us to let him try.

Ecstasy Is the Key to Treating PTSD

Amy Turner, The Times of London UK. June 27, 2008.
At last the incurably traumatized may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. And controversially, ecstasy may be key to taming their demons.

Tough Economy Tightens Surrogacy Market

Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. June 26, 2008.
Increasing numbers of infertile people have been using surrogacy to have children, but a tougher economy is pushing it further out of reach.

Is a Health Industry Turf War Delaying the Next Medical Revolution?

Rick Weiss, Science Progress. June 26, 2008.
Genetic tests are one of the hottest new tools in medicine. They're also one of the most controversial.

Low Sperm Counts and Deformed Penises: The Chemical Industry Has a Hold on Your Reproductive Future

Joshua Zaffos, Colorado Springs Independent. June 26, 2008.
From car seats to condoms, nasty compounds have invaded our lives. Hormones are going haywire, and our human future is at risk.

It's Time To Get Rid of the Good-People-vs.-Bad-People View of Drug Use

Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. June 25, 2008.
When discussing treatments for drug addiction, instead of arguing about ideology, let's look at science.

Hysterics: Are Hysterectomies Too Common?

Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. June 24, 2008.
One in three women has a hysterectomy before her 60th birthday. Yet only 10 percent of these procedures are to treat life-threatening illnesses.

Will Women Give Hormone Maker A Second Chance?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 24, 2008.
A new menopause drug is on the market. But don't expect women and physicians to be the easy customers they were back in the Premarin days.

Contaminated Veggies Are the Meat Industry’s Fault

Allison Kilkenny, Buffalo Beast. June 24, 2008.
The latest salmonella scare shows that even vegetarians are still at the mercy of the meat industry.

Nanotech: Why Something So Small Can Be So Dangerous

Carole Bass, Yale Environment 360. June 23, 2008.
Nanotechnology is booming. But concern is growing that its development is outpacing our understanding of how to use it safely.

Paying More, Getting Less: Just Where Do America's Health Care Dollars Go?

Joel A. Harrison, Dollars and Sense. June 23, 2008.
If people grasped the size of the health care bill they already pay (through taxes), opponents of a universal single-payer system would be in trouble.

Why We're Suddenly Paying Through the Nose for Gas

Michael T. Klare, The Nation. June 21, 2008.
Oil companies, speculators and OPEC played their part, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the crisis.

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