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Desperate Families Driven to Black Market Insulin
NBC - Mon Apr 24, 2017
Fourth grader Gabriella Corley is trapped. More»

The High Price of Insulin Is Literally Killing People
Vice - Mon Apr 10, 2017
Shane Patrick Boyle died on March 18th, 2017, from Type I Diabetes. More»

LSD could help treat depression and anxiety, researchers hope
Raw Story/Medical Daily - Wed Apr 5, 2017
Scientists are looking to use LSD to help patients cope during stressful times. More»

U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World
Time - Wed Mar 15, 2017
The US health care system has been subject to heated debate over the past decade, but one thing that has remained consistent is the level of performance, which has been ranked as the worst among industrialized nations for the fifth time, according to the 2014 Commonwealth Fund survey 2014. More»

Justice Department to Reverse Obama's Hands-Off Policy on Marijuana
Democracy Now - Sun Feb 26, 2017
The Trump administration said Thursday it will enforce federal laws barring the use of marijuana, reversing an Obama administration policy that gave wide latitude to states to determine their own pot laws. More»

Rick Santorum: 'Millions of Americans' with preexisting conditions are scammers stealing health care
Raw Story - Sat Feb 25, 2017
CNN contributor Rick Santorum suggested on Sunday that it was a mistake to guarantee health care coverage for people with preexisting conditions because "millions" of them were scamming insurance companies. More»

Sworn to secrecy, drugstores stay silent as customers overpay
Chicago Tribune - Fri Feb 24, 2017
Eric Pusey has to bite his tongue when customers at his pharmacy cough up copayments far higher than the cost of their low-cost generic drugs, thinking their insurance is getting them a good deal. More»

Trump White House abruptly halts Obamacare ads
Politico - Thu Jan 26, 2017
The Trump administration has pulled the plug on all Obamacare outreach and advertising in the crucial final days of the 2017 enrollment season, according to sources at Health and Human Services and on Capitol Hill. More»

CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health
Chicago Tribune - Mon Jan 23, 2017
With little warning or explanation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently canceled a major climate change conference that had been scheduled for next month in Atlanta. More»

Actress Barbara Tarbuck dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
IBT - Fri Jan 6, 2017
Actress Barbara Tarbuck, who starred in the award-winning TV series American Horror Story has died. More»

Soaring insulin prices prompt "insurance shift"
USA Today - Tue Jan 3, 2017
Many parents of diabetic children and adults suffering with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are bracing for changes in insurance coverage of their insulin next year, as prices of the vital medication continue to soar. More»

10 Scientific Studies From 2016 Showing Marijuana Is Safe and Effective
AlterNet - Sat Dec 31, 2016
While no psychoactive substance is completely harmless, modern science continues to prove that cannabis is one of the safer and more effective therapeutic agents available. More»

New Test Could Improve Diagnosis of Rare, Fatal Brain Disorder
Live Science - Fri Dec 16, 2016
A rare and fatal brain disorder called sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can be challenging to identify, with patients needing to undergo a number of tests before a diagnosis can be made. More»

Tests Show Monsanto Weed Killer in Cheerios, Other Popular Foods
Huffington Post - Tue Nov 15, 2016
Independent testing on an array of popular American food products found many samples contained residue levels of the weed killer called glyphosate, leading the nonprofit organization behind the testing to call for corporate and regulatory action to address consumer safety concerns. More»

Mystery of London's killer fog: Researchers reveal how chemicals combined to form haze that killed 12,000
Daily Mail - Tue Nov 15, 2016
In 1952, a mysterious fog swept through London, blanketing the city in a dense layer of pollutants that killed thousands of people and animals and made it difficult to breathe for days. More»

Three states OK recreational marijuana
Chicago Tribune - Tue Nov 8, 2016
California, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the campaign to allow pot nationwide. More»

The states with the biggest Obamacare struggles spent years undermining the law
Los Angeles Times - Sat Oct 29, 2016
As insurers exit Obamacare marketplaces across the country, critics of the Affordable Care Act have redoubled claims that the health law isnt working. More»

Diabetes Spreads As The Treatment For It Gets Pricier
Think Progress - Wed Apr 6, 2016
The price of the most effective drug used to treat diabetes is skyrocketing - even as the potentially life-threatening disease is becoming increasingly common among impoverished people. More»

Indian Point plant leak sparks concern over 'Chernobyl on the Hudson'
RT - Mon Feb 15, 2016
News of the tritium water leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant has rekindled concerns about the 40-year-old plant among the local residents, public health experts and environmentalists. More»

'65,000% radioactivity spike': New York Gov. orders probe into water leak at Indian Point
RT - Sat Feb 6, 2016
In an "unacceptable" groundwater leak at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, three monitoring wells were discovered to contain "alarming levels of radioactivity," the Governor of New York said, ordering an immediate environmental probe into the issue. More»

Michigan Silently Gave Clean Water To State Employees For Months Before Flint Crisis Broke
Addicting Info - Thu Jan 28, 2016
Starting an entire year ago in January of 2015 - long before the Flint water crisis broke into mainstream public awareness - the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget determined that state employees needed an alternate source of clean drinking water. More»

It's not just Flint that's poisoned
Yahoo! - Sat Jan 23, 2016
The ill effects of lead have blighted neighborhoods across the country - Experts hope todays outrage will expose a national crisis. More»

5 Major Developments That Change How We Should Think About Marijuana
AlterNet - Fri Jan 22, 2016
Scientific discoveries are published almost daily rebuking the federal governments contention that cannabis is a highly dangerous substance lacking therapeutic efficacy. More»

Historic: Bernie Sanders Becomes First Candidate To Endorse Full Pot Legalization
Occupy Democrats - Wed Oct 28, 2015
A Gallup Poll taken last week found that nearly 60% of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana (also referred to as "pot" or "weed"), consistent with previous findings over the past couple of years. More»

Cow infected with mad cow disease dies on a Welsh farm in Britain's first case of the brain bug this year
Daily Mail - Wed Sep 30, 2015
A dead cow on a British farm was infected with mad cow disease, officials have revealed. More»

National Cancer Institute Finally Concedes: 'Cannabis Kills Cancer'
Addicting Info - Sat Aug 22, 2015
For far too long we have been told about the "dangers" of cannabis: that it is an illegal drug that can cause us harm. More»

Marijuana May Help Heal Broken Bones
Tech Times - Thu Jul 16, 2015
The latest ailment to be added to marijuanas long list of medical applications is broken bones. More»

US psychology group colluded with govt torture program
AFP - Fri Jul 10, 2015
Washington - The USs top psychology association colluded with the Pentagon and the CIA to devise ethical guidelines to support post-9/11 interrogation techniques that have since been labeled as torture, a report said Friday. More»

House votes to overturn DC law so employers can fire women for using birth control
Raw Story - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Thursday night, the House of Representatives voted in favor of "H. More»

American Psychological Association Collaborated with C.I.A. Torture Program, Report Says
New York Times - Wed Apr 29, 2015
WASHINGTON - The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. More»

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