What is a drug? a natural or artificial substance given to treat or prevent illness or to lessen pain Unless someone calls it “natural” and sells it in a health food store. Read this story of a high school student who suffered severe liver dama[...]
Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
June 14th, 2014 - 3:52 am § in Misc.
Healthcare in Cuba
4.2! Lowest infant mortality ever in Cuba As an expression of the Revolution’s commitment to the health of mothers and children, in 2013 Cuba reached the lowest rate of infant mortality in its history, 4.2 per thousand live births, placing us among the top nations with low averages. This rate ref[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Jimmy Carter Announces Near Wipe Out of a Disease
Guinea Worm Disease[...]
January 13th, 2014 - 12:25 pm § in The Ave Scene
Why is the UW closing clinics at Harborview?
CROSSCUT: Harborview clinic closures: Can officials be serious? By Abe Bergman, M.D. There is still no clear word on whether the shocking plans for shutting down and moving Harborview’s primary care clinics — women�[...]
Diabetes: A Business Opportunity for Enterpreneurs
From a Website Devoted to Making Money Off Of Folks With Diabetes The interesting thing about the site is the lack of any mention of expertise! What it does mention is a bit sanctimonious, “Yet despite the potential for profitmaking in a diabetes clinic startup, the field has no tolerance for [...]
October 12th, 2013 - 2:53 pm § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Lets Fire The Docs
While the Republicans qvell over Obamacare, liberals worry that Obamacare may be too dependent on what passes for an American free market in medical care. The liberals concerns may be correct. While Obamacare depends on the notion that increasing the numbers of privately insured people will cause [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Blood Pressure
Tiny adrenal tumors ’cause high blood pressure’ Hypertension, “high blood pressure” is far more dangerous than most people understand. The disease afflicts humans as we get older by destroying our kidneys and causing strokes and heart attacks. The risks are even worse in thir[...]
Commentary by SMS: A healthcare idea for Romney from the British Conservatives
The conservative government of Great Britain has a very elegant answer to the US high healthcare costs … they want us to outsource our healthcare to their socialized system! The UK is encouraging its low cost, efficient socialized National Health Service hospitals to “set up profit-mak[...]
No Free Lunch, No Cheap Drugs
Xconomy News: Weston, MA-based Biogen Idec, the largest maker of injectable treatments for multiple sclerosis, met its goals in a second clinical trial for an oral pill to treat the disease. The pill reduced flare-ups by 44 percent when taken twice per day, and by 51 percent if taken three times a[...]
Health Care Irony: English Health Service Buys Care in America that Americans Can Not Afford
From The Guardian The NHS– often derided in the US as “socialised medicine” – sprang into action for Ethan Fidler and there is every likelihood he will be cured. His doctor at the University of Florida institute of proton therapy in Jacksonville, Danny Indelicato, is delighte[...]