Health Crisis

Severity Of Europe E. Coli Outbreak Stuns Experts

AP | DAVID RISING and MARIA CHENG | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Tainted Food, Germany E. Coli, Foodborne Illness, Health Crisis, Food Contamination, E. Coli Outbreak, E. Coli, World News

BERLIN — The foodborne bacterial outbreak that has hit Germany and other European nations is unlike anything Western experts have seen: 16 dead ...

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Health Overhaul Likely To Strain Doctor Shortage

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Primary Care Physician, Health Crisis, Primary Care, Health Care Reform, Senate Health Bill, Health Bill, Health Care Crisis, Primary Care Crisis, Health Care, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the land...

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Chevron's Blogger Propagandists: Accuse First, Ask (No) Questions Later

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Lies, Health Crisis, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Scandal, Chevron Ecuador, Bloggers, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

We would like to introduce you to a few of the "pro-Chevron" bloggers out there, and the groundless claims they made in the aftermath of September's phony "bribery scandal."

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Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Crisis, Food Choices, Dieting, Fda, Nutrition, Weight Gain, David Kessler, Diet, Living Ne, Food Industry, Food Policies, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.

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Now We See You, Now We Don't

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Crisis, Drones, Pakistan, World News
Kathy Kelly

Even when we don't recognize the humanity of people bearing the brunt of our wars, these very people have eyes to see and ears to hear. They must be asking themselves, who are the terrorists?

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Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Getting Worse

CNN | Nkepile Mabuse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zimbabwe Outbreak, Cholera Outbreak, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Epidemic, Cholera Crisis, Zimbabwe Cholera, ZImbabwe Crisis, Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak, Doctors Without Borders, Health Crisis, World Health Organization, Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic, Cholera Epidemic, Africa, Cholera, World News

The outbreak -- one of the world's largest, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) -- is only getting worse, and could be a stepping-stone t...

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One Year Later: Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death Reminds Us More Must Be Done

Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Overdose Deaths, Boston, Heath Ledger Dies, Fatalities, Mental Health, Personal Health, 911, Heath LEdger Overdose, Drugs, Los Angeles, New York, Bill Richardson, Death, Heath Ledger Pills, Drug Use, Health Crisis, Heath Ledger Suicide, Health, Chicago, Prescription Drugs, Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Drug Abuse, Philadelphia, Heath Ledger, Anxiety, Heath Ledger Death, Drug Overdose, Healthy Living News
Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston

Drug overdose now ranks as a leading cause of preventable death, second only to motor-vehicle accidents. Accidental overdoses killed more Americans last year than did firearms.

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Turning to the Vedas to Fix the Health Care System

Francine Hardaway | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, India, Health Crisis, Ayurveda, The White Tiger, Jiva Institute, Health Care, Jiva, Healthy Living News
Francine Hardaway

In India, people learn to take personal responsibility, a nation of entrepreneurs. In America, we are currently a nation of learned helplessness, waiting for our bailouts at the government's door.

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