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HEALTH CARE : How Hospitals Are Killing E.R. Patients
King’s County ER in New York City where patient Esmin Green died due to negligence. Photo by uberzombie. Waiting Doom: A ‘systematic and widespread danger’By Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines / July 24, 2008 Last month, Esmin Green, … Continue reading
HEALTH CARE : Bone Density Drugs Can Do More Harm Than Good
Big Pharma Pushes Drugs That Cause Conditions They Are Supposed to PreventBy Martha Rosenberg / July 24, 2008. Yet again, women are the industry’s main targets. Like gastroesophageal reflux and bipolar disease, osteopenia began to inflict millions when a drug … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Health Care, Medical Studies, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceuticals
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HEALTH CARE : Depressed? Try An Anti-depressant and Get Really Depressed
Gives a whole new meaning to sex and drugsBy Duncan Echelson / The Rag Blog / July 22, 2008 Here’s a story from Jim Edwards’ blog NRx. He gives some facts and figures on how SSRI’s are having a devastating … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-depressants, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Sexuality
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HEALTH CARE : Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?
Graphic courtesy of Pharma Marketing.Statins: Looking at the statsBy Duncan Echelson / The Rag Blog / July 14, 2008 Statin pharmaceuticals are marketed ferociously on TV ads and by many MD’s. The statins are major money makers for the pharmaceutical … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Medical Studies, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceuticals
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MEDICINE : Houston’s Dr. Michael DeBakey: 1908-2008
‘Greatest surgeon of the 20th century’ diesBy Todd Ackerman and Eric Berger Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, internationally acclaimed as the father of modern cardiovascular surgery — and considered by many to be the greatest surgeon ever — died Friday night … Continue reading
Ecstasy May Be Key To Treating PTSD
At last the incurably traumatised may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.And controversially, the key to taming their demons is the ‘killer’ drug EcstasyBy Amy Turner The following story was originally posted on May 4, 2008 … Continue reading
Suppressing the Research That Matters
Here you can see the effect of the treatment on the two patients with brain cancers. VEGFR-2 activation is shown in green and its expression in red. Cell nuclei are stained in blue. Relative values of activated-VEGFR-2 pixels are displayed … Continue reading
Old McDonald Had a Pharm…
…And genetically modified his goats and chickens to produce drugs for humans.But hold on. Should we be doing this to animals?By Elizabeth Svoboda / June 11, 2008 Encompassed by pastoral green fields, the headquarters of GTC Biotherapeutics looks like any … Continue reading
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Tagged Genetic Engineering, Medicine, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, Science, Technology
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The Insurance Crisis : A Rag Blogger discussion
Discussion Updated June 14, 2008 The following provocative article about our health insurance crisis was brought to our attention by Roger Baker. It has stimulated a spirited discussion among Rag Bloggers whose comments and personal experiences follow this article. Please … Continue reading
For Muslim Woman : Replace Hymen, Restore Honor
Dr. Marc Abecassis carries out hymen reconstruction surgery on a 23-year-old French woman of north-African origin. Photo by Ed Alcock / NYT.In Europe, Debate Over Islam and VirginityBy Elaine Sciolino and Souad Mekhennet / June 11, 2008 PARIS — The … Continue reading
Medical Marijuana : Things Looking Up
Medical marijuana user.All Indicators Point to a Softening of America’s Harsh Marijuana LawsBy Alexander Zaitchik / June 3, 2008. With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in Congress, there is room for optimism. … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drugs, Health Care, Medical Marijuana, Medicine
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D. Zachary Cares About Vets, Other Victims of War
For GI’s, best cure is preventionBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog [Rag Blogger Doug Zachary of Veterans for Peace originally posted the followinig as a comment to Vets Getting Shaft from Veterans Affairs by Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, … Continue reading
