Can HSAs Be Saved?
The House and Senate healthcare bills targeted HSAs for extinction. Now President Obama says he might be willing to keep them.
09 Mar
2010
09 Mar
2010
Just say “No” to GMOs!
Doctors from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine warn the public to avoid genetically modified foods.
05 Mar
2010
Your Victory on the McCain Bill
We did it! Hundreds of thousands of messages poured into the Senate opposing Senator McCain’s bill, the bill that would have wiped out current legislative protections for dietary supplements. More and more messages were arriving by the day. The entire Congress began to take note. Senator McCain was embarrassed by our ad whose headline pointed out that he was misrepresenting and did not seem to understand his own bill.
02 Mar
2010
Supplements Under Fire: Suzanne Somers Spars with Bill O’Reilly
A vocal advocate for integrative medicine, Somers sparred with O’Reilly on Fox TV regarding the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010, proposed by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.
02 Mar
2010
FDA Memo Blasts Diabetes Medicine Avandia
Sens. Charles Grassley, I-Iowa, and Max Baucus, D-Mont., have released an October 2008 memo written by FDA drug-safety reviewers Drs. David Graham and Kate Gelperin. The memo concludes that Avandia poses serious risks exceeding those of Actos, a competing drug.
02 Mar
2010
Death in a White Coat
Two fourth-year Harvard Medical School students question the slow trickledown to medical schools from the 1999 Institute of Medicine report blaming medical errors for 98,000 deaths annually.
24 Feb
2010
Senator McCain – Please Read Your Own Bill
On Monday, Senator McCain released a Senate Floor Statement defending his Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010. He lashed out at “opponents of the bill and their well-paid Washington lobbyists” who have “spread false statements and rumors about the legislation”. But a close examination of McCain’s statement reveals that he does not understand his own bill.
23 Feb
2010
Is President Obama’s New Healthcare Proposal Better? No!
Why the current reform effort is destined to fail.
23 Feb
2010
Got Chemicals?
Your doctor inquires about your health history and that of your family, but are you asked which chemicals you apply to your body every day?
23 Feb
2010
Saving Lives, Wasting Money
It’s paradoxical that our healthcare system, which excels at saving lives, can’t seem to cure itself of squandering money. A landmark comparative effectiveness study suggests ways to improve care and reduce waste — but appears to be ignored