On AlterNet: disease

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "disease"

Hazmat Suits to Break Up Occupations? How Mayors Feign Concern for Health to Trash a Growing Movement

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. December 4, 2011.

Mayors and police around the country have pretended public health is the reason for shutting down Occupy protests, but their actions belie their words.

So What Does it Mean that Studies Reveal that Moderate Drinkers Are Healthier than Teetotalers ?

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. November 28, 2011.

We all know that drinking too much can be bad for us; but did you know that drinking too little could be hazardous?

Infection: How Hospitals Are Breeding Grounds for Superbugs You've Never Even Heard Of

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

We don't think of hospitals as places where we can get sick. But that's what they are, far more commonly than the healthcare industry wants us to know.

Why Big Pharma (and the Public) Doesn't Want an Addiction Vaccine

Walter Armstrong, The Fix. October 10, 2011.

Scientists and sobriety veterans alike seem to agree that the addiction vaccine is an unachievable goal, but they also seem to disapprove of the dream itself.

Armed With a New Definition, Addiction Enters the Healthcare System - But Not Without Resistance

Jed Bickman, The Fix. September 28, 2011.

The DSM, a manual of mental disorders, will have the section "Addiction and Related Disorders," expanding what it means to be an addict and improving healthcare options.

When the Body Says No: How Emotions Can Cause or Prevent Deadly Disease

Amy Goodman, Gabor Mate, Democracy Now!. January 2, 2011.

Physician Gabor Maté argues too many doctors ignore what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are implicated in the development of illnesses and in their healing.

Sex Pill for Women: Big Pharma Trying to Profit from Low Sex Drive?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 4, 2010.

A new pill promises to cure low sex drive in women. Is big pharma just trying to profit from another made-up disorder?

8 Invented Diseases Big Pharma Is Banking on

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 16, 2010.

Sleep sweating? Here are some new ways the pharmaceutical plans to make money.

Uncommonly Ill -- The Double Whammy of Suffering from a Rare Disease

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. April 7, 2010.

Being sick is bad enough, but having a disease shared by only a few other people means extra uncertainty, extra ostracism, and few if any medications.

7 Diseases That Big, Juicy Steaks Could Give You

Sara Novak, Planet Green. November 5, 2009.

We know meat isn't necessarily the most healthy dietary choice; it could also be a fatal one.

We've Given Trillions to the Super Rich -- There Are Many Better Uses for Your Money

Matt Bivens, TomDispatch.com. October 5, 2009.

For all the public money we give rich people, we can cure millions around the world of horrifying diseases.

When Cocaine and Monsanto's Pesticide Collide, the War on Drugs Becomes a Genetically-Modified War on Science

Meg White, BuzzFlash. September 8, 2009.

Monsanto and the U.S. government are dealing with unanticipated hazards of the pesticide Roundup in the South American drug war.

The Not-So-Happy Meal: What's Really in Fast Food?

Sarah Krupp, Divine Caroline. September 3, 2009.

The real story behind every perfectly round patty and golden fry is something the fast food industry would prefer you not know.

Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. July 25, 2009.

Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the "side effect" of getting people high.

The Hidden Health Toll of Race

Ryan Blitstein, Miller-McCune.com. July 11, 2009.

The stress of living in a white-dominated society makes African Americans get sick and die younger than their white counterparts.

McDonald's Is Poisoning Consumers -- And Blaming Everyone Else for the Catastrophic Societal Costs

Stacey Folsom, AlterNet. June 24, 2009.

McDonald's refuses to take responsibility for the skyrocketing rates of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Twitter Explodes With the Swine Flu

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2009.

Will the microblogging tool be a force for good or evil as the swine flu progresses?

Obama Gets Stem Cell Research Right

William Rivers Pitt, TruthOut.org. February 18, 2009.

We can finally dream of incurable diseases being cured. Welcome, at last, to the 21st century.

Want to Live Longer? Start Laughing More

Roger Dobson, The Independent. December 25, 2008.

A good chuckle doesn't just cheer us up. Doctors are discovering that it can ease pain and even help fight disease.

How to Treat the Rare Diseases That Big Pharma Leaves Behind

Sheldon J. Segal, AlterNet. September 22, 2008.

There is little incentive for drug companies to research treatments for rare diseases. But collaboration with nonprofits could make it happen.

Blaming Your Genes for Your Health Problems? Not so Fast.

Jamie D. Brooks, Meredith L. King, Center for American Progress. January 18, 2008.

The media and medical community have grossly oversimplified links between genetics, race and disease.

Now Doctors Say It's Good to be Overweight

David Usborne, The Independent UK. November 13, 2007.

After years of anti-obesity public health advice, a major new study causes an outcry by concluding that the moderately overweight live longer.

Our Assumptions About What Causes Chronic Diseases Could Be Wrong

Laura Wright, OnEarth Magazine. August 9, 2007.

Discoveries about how chemicals and environmental toxins interact with our DNA and make us susceptible to disease could revolutionize our concept of illness.

What Causes Cancer: Probably Not You

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. August 7, 2007.

The perennial temptation to blame disease on sin or at least some grave moral failing just took another hit.

The Worst Health Money Can Buy

Kim Ridley, Ode. July 7, 2007.

What ails the U.S. health care system and how to fix it.