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  • Comprehensive health insurance is on the way Posted by Ed Koch


    The Jerusalem Post BlogCentralAuthority Authority: 141
    The Democrats have pulled off a great victory. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is often disparaged by the media when compared to House Speaker Nancy Pelosis effectiveness. But he was able to line up 58 Democratic senators, plus independents Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders, so that the first obstacle to the Senates ...
    1 day ago
  • Take This Little Sugar Pill, Sugar. Youll Feel Much Better !!!


    Cheyanne's CampsiteAuthority Authority: 124
    So the word is out on placebos. They work, and the drug companies cant understand why. This article from WIRED tells the history of placebos, and basically everything youve always wanted to know about placebos, but were afraid to ask. As the story goes, a World War II nurse didnt have any morphine to give an injured ...
    1 week ago
  • Neratinib: Something May Be Happening ...


    The Assertive Cancer PatientAuthority Authority: 133
    During all the drama of the past couple of weeks--my getting sick while out of town, ending up in the hospital, and then having to make a decision about radiating the new tumor in my head--my battle to get the drug neratinib on compassionate use grounds kind of fell by the wayside.  I didnt forget about it, ...
    1 week ago
  • Should Drug Companies Disclose Their Research Failures?


    John Goodman's Health Policy BlogAuthority Authority: 529
    Companies waste many millions going down experimental paths that their competitors have already found to be dead ends… M.I.T. is proposing dead-end drug disclosure, a concept for drug makers to share information about compounds they have tried and shelved, for reasons like toxicity or inefficacy. Full New York ...
    1 week ago
  • 2009/11/17


    John Goodman's Health Policy BlogAuthority Authority: 529
    Secret to successful dieting : Every other day, eat nothing. Does posting calories reduce calorie consumption? Two studies say no and the third is inconclusive. Fighting obesity may take a village : In France, it’s called Epode. Diabetes kills more than breast cancer and AIDS combined . Drug companies are ...
    1 week ago
  • Breasts, Docs and Perceived Reality


    Harrumph!Authority Authority: 119
      Confusing Doctors Again Not much funny about breast cancer, eh? However, the medical community is giving us a big yuk on mammogram schedules. Like the ending of G.I. Joe cartoons, the moral of the episode invariably included, “And now we know…and knowing is half the battle.” In this case, the U.S. ...
    1 week ago
  • Confusing Doctors Again


    Marry in MassachusettsAuthority Authority: 466
    Not much funny about breast cancer, eh? However, the medical community is giving us a big yuk on mammogram schedules. Like the ending of G.I. Joe cartoons, the moral of the episode invariably included, "And now we know...and knowing is half the battle." In this case, the U.S. Preventive Health Task Force announced ...
    1 week ago
  • Price-Gouging On Drugs: Another Argument For Single-Payer


    Manifesto Joe's Texas BluesAuthority Authority: 114
    By Manifesto Joe For decades, Ive heard that one big reason drug companies charge so much for their products is that they need plenty of money for R&D; (research and development). Staying on the pharmaceutical cutting edge, the argument goes, is part of what has given America "the greatest health care system in ...
    1 week ago
  • >>Drug Makers Raising Prices Before Reform


    And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and TomorrowAuthority Authority: 143
    Drug Makers Raising Prices Before Reform – NYTimes.com A typical move for businesses is to hike prices up right before a sale.    It seems the drug companies are in the process of doing just this  in light of the restrictions that  Congress claims will be placed on them if the Obama health care bill is ...
    1 week ago
  • Bristol-Myers Cleans Up on Mead Johnson (BMY, MJN)


    24/7 Wall St.Authority Authority: 699
    Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) is going to completely separate itself from its holdings in Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN).  The company expects that the split-off will be a tax-advantaged way to divest these holdings and is expected to be net cash flow positive to the BioPharma business and is ...
    1 week ago
  • anyone who needs more proof


    ravings of a semi-sane madwomanAuthority Authority: 448
    our country is run by big bid-nez is none too bright. its been there for you all along. heres a bit more THEIR words in OUR politicians mouths In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’ By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the ...
    1 week ago
  • Gloomy Sunday


    The Assertive Cancer PatientAuthority Authority: 133
    Ive been home from the hospital since Tuesday, but it doesnt seem like Ive done much during that time.  I spent a couple of days mostly in bed, and I really havent had much appetite, which is not good. Still havent unpacked my suitcase from my Omaha trip, and I have a stack of bills to pay and paperwork to sort ...
    1 week ago
  • Animal Researchers Emotional Blackmail


    Critter NewsAuthority Authority: 132
    Heres a succinct letter to the editor that summarizes the emotional blackmail propogated by animal researchers. From the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, WA... The million dollar ad campaign by the Foundation for Biomedical Research (“Critical research,” Nov. 10) is public relations at its worst. It is designed ...
    1 week ago
  • Pfizer exaggerates Drug Studies


    jobsangerAuthority Authority: 148
    To get a drug approved for use for a specific disease or condition takes years of critical studies which must convince the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that the drug works well for the purpose it is meant to be used for. This is an arduous process, as it should be. But sometimes a drug will be prescribed ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research....Why Not Americans?


    Critter NewsAuthority Authority: 132
    I just dont understand it. Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? They have drug companies that are just as powerful as those here. Is public outcry greater? Are animal rights organizations more effective? Are politicians more willing to act? What gives? From Cordis News... At a conference ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Prayers to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & an Ethical Question


    Fresh LivingAuthority Authority: 432
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the "Big Guy" many regard as the best basketball player in history, announced today that he has cancer. A very rare variety of blood cancer called chronic myeloid leukemia. But apparently its treatable--he was diagnosed last December-- and he is expected...
    2 weeks ago
  • Drug Companies Pledged $100 Million--$1 Billion To Each State Would Build Free Clinics


    BASIL & SPICE--HEALTHCARE ISSUES!Authority Authority: 119
    Shawn Messonnier, DVM-- One of the questions that comes up when discussing solutions to our health care issues involves the cost of various solutions. The $64,000 question is quite simple-who’s going to pay for this? Since I tend to be anti-tax (although I know some minimal taxing is needed to provide for ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Economics and Cancer Research


    All About Skin CancerAuthority Authority: 93
    There are billions of dollars being spent on the various types of skin cancers out in the world that kills millions every year. This is a common case of economics and the need to earn money where pharmaceutical firms pour money into research that would be most profitable for their business. Many sufferers are crying ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Dick Morris – Obamacare Endorsements: What The Bribe Was


    The Garnet SpyAuthority Authority: 467
    Obamacare Endorsements: What The Bribe Was
    2 weeks ago
  • Health Care Reform: No More Miracle Drugs


    Radioactive Communist ZombiesAuthority Authority: 130
    Hoping medical science will find a cure for diabetes, Alzheimers, or even obesity?  Not going to happen under Pelosicare.  Thats because (Hat Tip Instapundit ) drug companies are on the target list under health care reform.  Jeff Stier and Henry I. Miller writing in the New York Post explain: ...
    2 weeks ago

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