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The Gardasil Vaccine -- Introduction to a Series

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Living News, Merck, Genital Warts, Harvard School of Public Health, Pap Test, Gardasil Vaccine, Teenage Sexuality, Fda, Center for American Progress, Ceravix, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Women's Health, Dissident Voice, Ins, New England Journal of Medicine, Health News, Cervical Cancer, Lucinda Marshall, Healthcare, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.

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Children Are Living Messages We Send to a Future We Will Not See!

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Dr. Neal Barnard, School Lunches, New England Journal of Medicine, Food, Anthony Geraci, Childhood Nutrition, Christina Pirello Health Education Initiative, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Christina Pirello

Our kids are fat and at risk of dying young now. We must change the way we think about nourishing our kids.

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Why Common Foods May Hurt Your Health

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Thyroiditis, Abdominal Pain, Constipation, Gas, Distention, Iron Deficiency, Gluten, Diarrhea, Osteoporosis, CBS News, Bloating, Celiac Disease, Type 1 Diabetes, Weight Loss, New England Journal of Medicine, Nutrients, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

There's a disease that American doctors are absolutely terrible at diagnosing. It's estimated that three million Americans have celiac disease, and only a small percentage of them know it.

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If You Like Medical Bills, You'll Love These

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Npr, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Care Reform, New England Journal of Medicine, Max Baucus, Universal Health Care, Campaign for America's Future, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Salomeh Keyhani, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Sullivan

Medical insurance paperwork is universally recognized and universally loathed. It could serve as a potent symbol of everything wrong with America's dysfunctional, for-profit health insurance system.

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Medical Scans Lead To High Doses Of Radiation For Some Patients, Study Finds

nytimes.com | ALEX BERENSON | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer, Radiation, Medical Tests, Living News

At least four million Americans under age 65 are exposed to high doses of radiation each year from medical imaging tests, according to a new study in ...

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For the Health of the Nation: Ensure a Public Option

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: The New Yorker, Public Option, President Barack Obama, Canada, United Steelworkers, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Kaiser Family Foundation, Republican, Tommy Douglas, Dr. Atul Gawande, Kiefer Sutherland, Single Payer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Universal Health Care, American Medical Association, Pre-Existing Conditions, New England Journal of Medicine, World Health Organization, Life Expectancy, Health Care, National Health Care, Infant Mortality, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

The last time the World Health Organization stacked up countries' health systems, the United States came in 37th, behind Chile, Morocco, Cyprus and even drug war-torn Colombia.

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New England Journal of Medicine Reports Mental Health Epidemic Among Republican Governors

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mental Illness, Mark Sanford, Andy Borowitz, Mental Health, Prison, Tourette-Syndrome, Sarah Palin, New England Journal of Medicine, Bernard Madoff, Bernie Madoff, Republican Party, Who-Moved-My-Soap, Republicans, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

According to the study, the symptoms of the epidemic include "bizarre, uncontrollable behaviors" and "grandiose self-ideations," including an impulse to compare oneself to Biblical figures.

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Just How Corrupted Has American Medicine Become?

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Corruption, Neurontin, Big Pharma, New England Journal of Medicine, Medicine, Health, Drug Companies, Cme, Drug Sales, David Franklin, Pfizer, Fda Approval, Drug Marketing, Fda, Epilepsy Drugs, Drug Company Executives, Parke-Davis, Warner-Lambert, Doctors and Drug Companies, Business News
Bruce E. Levine

Drug-company corruption of American medicine is of course not news. What is news is that such corruption has become so egregious, so transparent, and so embarrassing.

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Cigarette Company Funded Lung Cancer Study

New York Times | Gardiner Harris | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Liggett Group, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cigarettes, Liggett Select, Vector Group, CT Scans, Lung Cancer Studies, Lung Cancer Deaths, Lung Cancer Foundations, Lung Cancer Cigarettes, Cigarette Brands, New England Journal of Medicine, Business News

In October 2006, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College jolted the cancer world with a study saying that 80 percent of lung cancer deat...

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FDA: Effectiveness Of Popular Antidepressants Exaggerated

Wall Street Journal | DAVID ARMSTRONG and KEITH J. WINSTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Antidepressants, New England Journal of Medicine, Effexor, Fda, Bad Data, Zoloft, Business News

The effectiveness of a dozen popular antidepressants has been exaggerated by selective publication of favorable results, according to a review of unpu...

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