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On AlterNet: health

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

How Long Will Your Doctor Continue Accepting Private Insurance?

How Long Will Your Doctor Continue Accepting Private Insurance?

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.

High-Quality, Universal Health Care Is Possible -- With No Premiums or Deductibles

High-Quality, Universal Health Care Is Possible -- With No Premiums or Deductibles

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.

Quiet, Please! How Noise Pollution Could Send You to the Hospital

Quiet, Please! How Noise Pollution Could Send You to the Hospital

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.

China's Pollution Olympics

China's Pollution Olympics

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.

Big Oil Wants to Keep Toxins in Your Child's Toys

Big Oil Wants to Keep Toxins in Your Child's Toys

Heather Gehlert, AlterNet: Health and Wellness. July 11, 2008.
Kids should come before oil profits.

Rigidly Male-Dominated Societies Are Violent; The U.S. Is No Different

Rigidly Male-Dominated Societies Are Violent; The U.S. Is No Different

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.

Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age: LSD and Other Psychedelic Medicines Make a Comeback

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.

It's Time to Fix Bush's AIDS Policy

It's Time to Fix Bush's AIDS Policy

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.

Doctors Push Cholesterol Drugs on Kids

Doctors Push Cholesterol Drugs on Kids

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.

Congress Passes Key Medicare Bill

Congress Passes Key Medicare Bill

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. July 9, 2008.
Ted Kennedy showed up for the vote. McCain did not.

Will Richmond, Calif., Be the First to Stand Up to Chevron?

Will Richmond, Calif., Be the First to Stand Up to Chevron?

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.

AlterNet's Weekly Zeitgeist List -- The 10 Hottest Issues of the Day

AlterNet's Weekly Zeitgeist List -- The 10 Hottest Issues of the Day

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.

The Side-Effects of Abstinence-Only Education

Tala Dowlatshahi, American News Project AlterNet: Video. July 4, 2008.
Teen pregnancy is on the rise in America for the first time since 1991.

Watermelon is the New Viagra

Watermelon is the New Viagra

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.

Why Can't Women Sleep?

Why Can't Women Sleep?

Gayle Greene, Ms. Magazine. July 3, 2008.
And why is the high level of insomnia among women ignored by researchers?

Is a Health Industry Turf War Delaying the Next Medical Revolution?

Is a Health Industry Turf War Delaying the Next Medical Revolution?

Rick Weiss, Science Progress. June 26, 2008.
Genetic tests are one of the hottest new tools in medicine. They're also one of the most controversial.

Nanotech: Why Something So Small Can Be So Dangerous

Nanotech: Why Something So Small Can Be So Dangerous

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.

Health Insurance and Hard Choices

Health Insurance and Hard Choices

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2008.
Is prevention possible?

The Startling Truth About Doctors and Diagnostic Errors

The Startling Truth About Doctors and Diagnostic Errors

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.

Cops and Teachers Hoax Drunk Driving Deaths to Scare Teens

Cops and Teachers Hoax Drunk Driving Deaths to Scare Teens

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. June 17, 2008.
Your friends are dead. Psych! By the way, don't drink and drive...

How Breast Cancer Became Big Business

How Breast Cancer Became Big Business

Anne Landman, PR Watch. June 14, 2008.
"Shopping for a cure" often does more harm than good. Don't let slick advertisers sucker you into it.

Need a Kidney? There's a Credit Card for That

Need a Kidney? There's a Credit Card for That

Tamara Draut, The American Prospect. June 11, 2008.
Increasingly, Americans' health problems are becoming tangled up with their credit problems.

Don't get Sick

Don't get Sick

Mark Ristaino, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. June 10, 2008.
Join MomsRising.org in the fight for paid sick days.

Improving Public Health Through Prevention

Improving Public Health Through Prevention

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.

A Miracle Drug for Malaria

A Miracle Drug for Malaria

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.