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The HealthScare Debate

David Spiegel | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living


David Spiegel

So the health scare mongers accuse the government of what the private insurers are now doing. The anti-change 'protesters' are angry and they're not gonna take it any more. The only problem is that the private insurers have already taken it, and the anti-reformers are angry at the wrong people.

Video: Treatment Options For Uterine Fibroids

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Kathy Plesser, MD

Dr. Jacoby describes the symptoms and indications for hysterectomy and also about uterine artery emobolization, a method of shrinking fibroids in women who have completed childbearing.

Video: A Clinical Trial Explaining DCIS

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


Kathy Plesser, MD

Since all DCIS is not the same as regards malignant potential, Dr. Shelley Hwang describes a clinical trial that will hopefully provide some answers.

The National Cancer Institute Should Delay Its Collaboration With Love/Avon

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Samuel S. Epstein

The NCI should insist that Avon reformulate its products to phase out all toxic ingredients and replace them by safe alternatives before proceeding with their important initiative.

What Defines A Woman...And What Does California's Prop 8 Have To Do With Menopause?

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Rebecca Booth, MD

Recently I have held some interesting conversations stemming from the debate about California's Prop 8. Specifically, if the law defines the state of matrimony to be legal only between a man and a woman, how does the law define a man and a woman?

Help Women and Girls Fight HIV/AIDS

Joyce McFadden | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


Joyce McFadden

Ensuring equal access to prevention, treatment, care and support for women and girls requires ending the gender inequality and discrimination that drive the pandemic.

Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World

Jim Luce | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Jim Luce

EngenderHealth focuses on far more than fistula repair and prevention. They are dedicated to improving the overall health and well-being of people in the countries where they work.

In Global Recession, Health Care Reform Which Saves Money Is An Economic Imperative

John Geyman | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


John Geyman

While the so-called "debate" over health care reform heats up, the only real option to reform health care -- single-payer national health insurance (NHI) -- is being largely overlooked.

Market-Driven Inflation of Health Care Costs and Spreading Hardships

John Geyman | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business


John Geyman

We are in the second Gilded Age, and conservative market policies fail the public interest.