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Peaceful Revolution: Current School Food Standards Don't Make Sense

Margo G. Wootan | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cafeteria Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Food, Congress, School Nutrition Standards, National PTA, Vending Machines in Schools, School Lunches, Parenting, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act, Parenting and Food, Childhood Obesity, United States Department of Agriculture, Junk Food, Junk Food Ban, American Medical Association, Usda, National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, Politics News
Margo G. Wootan

Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents, and that increase has been linked to soda intake and the sale of junk food in schools.

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A Good Guy at AMA Dies: Dr. Ron Davis, Tobacco Foe

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: American Medical Association, Dr. Ronald Davis, Ronald Davis AMA, The Serpent on the Staff, Ronald Davis Dies, Health, Tobacco Industry, Tobacco, Tom Brune, Ama and Tobacco, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

The AMA ought to apologize for the harm it caused the public health for its collaboration with the tobacco industry. It would be a fitting tribute to the legacy of Dr. Ronald Davis.

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Like Wall Street, Current Health Care Policy Privatizes Profit And Socializes Risk

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Economic Crisis, Government Health Care, Medical Bankdruptcy, Taxpayer-Subsidized Medical Costs, Unpaid Medical Bills, Privatized Medicare, National Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Socialized Risk, Rising Out-of-Pocket Health Costs, Socialized Medicine, For-Profit Insurance, Health, Single Payer Health Insurance, Privatized Profit, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Health Care, American Hospital Association, Unitedhealth, William McGuire, John McCain, Minimum Benefit Plans, America's Health Insurance Providers, American Medical Association, Home News
Michele Swenson

The excesses of the health insurance industry resemble those of Wall Street and the subprime housing market, typified by privatized profits for insurers and socialized risk for taxpayers and consumers.

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Why I'm Not Convinced Big Pharma Is Behind Pot Prohibition (But That's Not to Say They Aren't Looking to Cash in on Medical Marijuana)

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Pain Relief, American Medical Association, Health Care, Politics News
Paul Armentano

At the same time that federal lawmakers are proclaiming that pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is in a frenzy to bring dozens of new, cannabis-based medicines to market.

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Docs to Women: Pay No Attention to Ricki Lake's Home Birth

Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Gynecology, Baby, Midwives, Giving Birth, Childbirth Pain, American Medical Association, Ob/Gyn, Home Birth, Babies, Childbirth, Living News
Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein

The physicians of America have issued their decree -- they don't want you having your babies at home with midwives -- we can't imagine why not. They have no evidence to back up their claims.

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