Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/102539/medical_research_recession%3A_funding_flatlined_for_diabetes%2C_cancer%2C_alzheimer%27s_/ The Wall Street bailout cost $700 billion. The entire National Institutes of Health budget is less than $30 billion -- and sinking. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:01 PDT Rick Weiss, Science Progress http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/102354/is_health_care_a_%22right%22_or_a_%22moral_responsibility%22/ One thing is certain: Health care is not simply a privilege. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Maggie Mahar, Health Beat http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/102400/lsd_cured_my_headache/ Cluster headaches cause such severe pain that some sufferers are driven to suicide. Now one man believes he's found a surprising cure. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT Arran Frood, Independent UK http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101874/will_the_economic_meltdown_undermine_interest_in_health_care_reform/ The current bailout is costing us only a third of what we pay each year for chronic illnesses like cancer, diabetes and obesity. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:01 PDT Niko Karvounis, Health Beat http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101868/obama_vs._mccain%3A_how_the_underinsured_would_fare_under_the_candidates%27_health_plans/ Some 25 million Americans may be underinsured; that is, their insurance, good or bad, does not cover all their medical care. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:01 PDT Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101526/how_bad_is_mccain%27s_melanoma_/ The public deserves to know how advanced McCain's skin cancer is. If pilots have to release medical records, so should would-be presidents. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:00:01 PDT Sam Stein, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101327/women%27s_health%3A_yet_another_issue_sarah_palin_is_out_of_touch_on/ Women voting for McCain-Palin is like chickens voting for Col. Sanders. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:01 PDT Cecile Richards, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101145/the_harsh_economics_of_the_global_water_crisis/ It is our era's greatest scandal that 1.6 million children die of preventable illness each year. We can fix that. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:00:01 PDT Julie Chowdhury, The Wip http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101029/which_candidate_would_better_handle_the_hiv_aids_epidemic_/ Worldwide, 33 million people are infected. One candidate has a formal plan to deal with this health crisis. The other doesn't. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:01 PDT Todd Heywood, RH Reality Check http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/101021/tan_is_the_new_tacky/ There is nothing inherently healthy about tanning. It can give you wrinkles and cancer. Good thing it's gone the way of the Ugg boot. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:00:01 PDT Verena von Pfetten, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/100805/mccain%27s_health_plan%3A_you%27re_on_your_own/ An estimated 20 million people would lose employer coverage under McCain's plan. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00:01 PDT Jared Bernstein, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/100789/most_results_of_drug_studies_never_published/ The results of over half of all clinical trials on drug safety and effectiveness are not published within five years of the drug going on the market. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT Maggie Mahar, Health Beat http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/100783/which_candidate%27s_health_plan_would_do_the_most_for_ordinary_americans_/ Neither candidate is talking much about the people who fall through gaps in our public safety net. And neither plan is truly universal. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:00:01 PDT Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/100485/the_first_debate%3A_will_candidates_discuss_women%27s_welfare_along_with_the_world%27s_and_wall_street%27s/ Bailing out Wall Street while ignoring the global health needs of mothers and children is both a critical foreign policy and economic issue. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:01 PDT Serra Sippel, RH Reality Check http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/100403/americans_think_iraq_is_%27improving%27_but_in_its_best_hospitals%2C_not_even_the_elevators_work/ In Iraq's hospitals, no-working elevators are just another reminder of a country that's not working. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:00:01 PDT Arkin Hamed, Dahr Jamail, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/100154/epa_woud_like_you_to_drink_rocket_fuel/ Even though the pollutant perchlorate has been found to cause health risks, EPA doesn't mind that its in your drinking water. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:00:01 PDT Carl Pope, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/99987/rape%2C_torture_and_humiliation_in_women%27s_prisons%3A_a_global_state_of_crisis/ Physical and psychological abuse are rampant in women's prisons from the U.S. to Canada to Pakistan. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:00:01 PDT Lys Anzia, Women News Network http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/99558/we_can%27t_afford_mccain_and_palin%27s_anti-science_beliefs/ Their combined anti-science positions may be devastating for the economy, the environment and our health. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT John Tirman, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/99848/how_to_treat_the_rare_diseases_that_big_pharma_leaves_behind/ There is little incentive for drug companies to research treatments for rare diseases. But collaboration with nonprofits could make it happen. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT Sheldon J. Segal, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/99366/obama_and_mccain%27s_health_care_plans%3A_the_story_mainstream_press_won%27t_tell_/ Health policy talk means little if it's not placed in the context of real people's lives. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review