Help In These Times raise $10,000 in three weeks! Donate now to support original and incisive journalism!

newsfeed articles tagged as “medical+&+health”

Sitting in for Healthcare

A new group takes the fight for a single-payer system directly to insurers—and politicians.

vol. 33, iss. 12    , ,

Harm Reduction: The Anti-Drug

A common sense approach to stopping unnecessary death.

vol. 33, iss. 11    ,

Restless Vagina Syndrome

It's not your fault, ladies (and certainly not your partner's), that you don't orgasm every time you have intercourse,… more

vol. 33, iss. 11    , ,

A Tale of Two Supermen

For better or worse, our American Idiocracy has come to rely on athletes as national pedagogues. Michael Jordan educated… more

web only    , ,

It’s the Message, Stupid

A few months ago, healthcare reform seemed inevitable. Then came August. So-called teabaggers, with their dire warnings of a… more

vol. 33, iss. 11    ,

Don’t Frack with Our Water!

Natural gas drilling threatens public health and the environment.

vol. 33, iss. 10    ,

The Frontier of Consciousness

Stacy Horn explores the mysteries of parapsychology and its researchers.

vol. 33, iss. 10    ,

‘Mad as Hell’ Doctors for Single-Payer Rally

more

vol. , iss.    ,

Michelle Obama, How Does Your Garden Grow?

Critics say EPA standards allowing sewage sludge to become fertilizer are outdated.

vol. 33, iss. 10    ,

The Real Healthcare Victims

more

vol. , iss.    ,

Selective Deficit Disorder

Watching the healthcare debate unfold these days is a little like watching scenes from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's… more

web only    ,

Killing Granny with the Laziness Bias

Progressives have been wrong--overly idealistic--about the power of communication. Many of us cling to the belief that if you… more

vol. 33, iss. 10    ,

Capitalist Health Insurance for All

Here's what corporations know, but don't want you to find out: Private insurance is for suckers. Armies of healthcare… more

vol. 33, iss. 10    ,

We’ve Seen This Trigger Before

After a summer of politics marked by esoteric phrases like "co-ops" and "insurance exchanges," the newest kernel of ubiquitous… more

web only    , ,

Minorities, Breast Cancer and the Insurance Crisis

more

vol. , iss.    ,

President Obama urged Congress to pass healthcare reform Wednesday evening, chastising government fo

more

vol. , iss.    , ,

Who’s Got the Power?

Progressives find themselves outmaneuvered on healthcare reform.

vol. 33, iss. 09    , ,

Healthcare’s Enigma-In-Chief

The most stunning and least reported news about President Obama's press conference with health industry executives this week wasn't… more

web only    ,

Real Sex Ed Returns

But will Democrats axe abstinence-only?

vol. 33, iss. 03    ,

SEIU Split Widens

And many worry about the consequences for California healthcare workers and the labor movement.

vol. 33, iss. 03    ,

Which Way to Universal Healthcare?

Two leading reformers debate the role of private insurers.

vol. 33, iss. 01   

United We Fail

This election year, the bandwagon to fix the healthcare system barrels along. On board is a motley crew of… more

vol. 32, iss. 10    , ,

High Court May Immunize Big Pharma

The FDA's new "preemption" doctrine jeopardizes consumers' right to sue for drug-caused injuries

vol. 32, iss. 10   

Dereliction of Duty

McCain's record on veterans' issues is shocking and awful

vol. 32, iss. 09    , ,

Poison Pill Slipped Into Indian Health Bill

Pro-life amendment used to derail legislation

vol. 32, iss. 08    , , , ,

Piling it High

The sewage sludge industry meets the light of day

vol. 32, iss. 06    , ,

Selling Out Grandma

In late 2007, the investment firm The Carlyle Group purchased one of the country's largest nursing home chains despite… more

vol. 32, iss. 02    ,

Digging in the Right Place

There's a memorable moment in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana Jones sees a rival's archaeological excavation and… more

web only    ,

Warning: Drug Ads Can Make You Sick

A $4.2 billion annual drug industry incessantly reinforces the medicalization of complaints through direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising

vol. 32, iss. 01    ,

Corporate Potluck

Dietitians and their company sponsors make strange buffet fellows

vol. 32, iss. 01    , ,

U.S. Lobbyists Assault E.U. Regs

Why is the United States, which practically invented consumer protection, now lagging behind the E.U., and in some cases, trailing Japan, China and Mexico?

vol. 31, iss. 12    , ,

Lobbying for Cancer

Corporations are co-opting the federal Data Quality Act to paralyze scientists with frivolous allegations of inaccuracy, driving a stealth assault on public-health research

vol. 31, iss. 11    , ,

E-Wasting Away in China

While the media ride their new lead-painted hobbyhorse--the danger of Chinese wares--spare a thought for Chinese workers dying to dispose of millions of tons of our toxic crap

vol. 31, iss. 11    ,

Recipe For Disaster

What's (not) in a food label?

web only    , ,

Burned by Flame Retardants

The EPA does almost nothing to regulate the PBDEs we Americans eat, absorb and breath every day

vol. 31, iss. 10    , ,

Universal Health Care for Wisconsin?

In late June, the Wisconsin state senate ratified "Healthy Wisconsin," a plan that is "the boldest and most comprehensive health care reform from any state," according to the Progressive States Network

vol. 31, iss. 09    ,

The Bush Administration’s New Target: Uninsured Kids

Fighting against SCHIP is Bush's first salvo in the battle for major health care reform

web only   

Sicko’s Critics and the Upside of Hitler

Critics of the movie are hooked on pharmaceutical company payouts and part of a system that is rotten to the marrow and should be put out of its misery

vol. 31, iss. 08    ,

Genetic Disorder

Parents with limited incomes are being denied access to genetic tests and the counseling that experts say should accompany them

vol. 31, iss. 07    ,

Food Poisoning for Thought

Food regulators in both China and the United States have a financial or career stake in the profitability of the industries they are supposed to oversee

vol. 31, iss. 07    , ,
Join Here
Member Login

Forgot password?

More Tags