Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. July 18, 2008. Doctors are getting fed up with private insurers. Here's a look at what out-of-pocket costs could look like for patients.
Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. July 16, 2008. What's more, this new plan from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel would rein in health care inflation and insulate our health system from lobbyists.
Ursula Sautter, Mary Desmond Pinkowish, Ode. July 15, 2008. Neurosis, hysteria, stress, nausea, and high blood pressure -- just a few of the health problems linked to noise.
Peter Navarro, Asia Times. July 15, 2008. It's tough to tout "green games" when cancers related to water pollution are among the leading causes of death in China's countryside.
Riane Eisler, The Wip. July 11, 2008. Until people (including progressives) stop thinking of "women's issues" secondary, the U.S. will continue on its path of poverty and war.
Charles Shaw, AlterNet. July 11, 2008. After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback.
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. July 10, 2008. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is tangled in ideological restrictions. Fixing the legislation would save millions more lives.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 10, 2008. The obesity epidemic is largely of our own making. The solution has to come from healthy activities, not the pharmaceutical industry.
Bill Gallegos, New America Media. July 8, 2008. Richmond could be the first US city to decide to stand up to the Chevron oil company and impose a cap on its plans for further expansion.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. July 8, 2008. A pilot feature of AlterNet on key questions of the day -- is Obama really tacking to the center, and why gas is so damn pricey.
Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 3, 2008. USDA-funded research helps Americans put some pizazz in their picnic baskets this fourth of July.
Carole Bass, Yale Environment 360. June 23, 2008. Nanotechnology is booming. But concern is growing that its development is outpacing our understanding of how to use it safely.
Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. June 19, 2008. Diagnostic errors happen at alarming rates but remain underdiscussed. Doctors' overconfidence is just one reason why.
Neal Halfon, The American Prospect. June 5, 2008. What our country really needs is universal coverage that addresses the social, behavioral, and environmental determinants of health.
Steve Connor, The Independent UK. June 4, 2008. Scientists hope to produce enough of the drug within two years to help the approximately 500 million people suffering from malaria worldwide.
