health care
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Life expectancy rates declining for U.S. poor
According to a May 18 Madison Times op-ed, U.S. government research shows life expectancy rates declining in some parts of…
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Hitting the streets of L.A. with message of socialism
With the June 3 election fast approaching, things are heating up in Los Angeles with the Party for Socialism and…
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PTSD, depression afflicts one in five returning soldiers
According to a recent RAND Corporation study, 300,000 troops returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or…
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Oregon health care lotto gambles with people’s lives
Growing up, we all heard the adage, "If you’ve got your health, then you’ve got all you need." We learned…
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Lack of health insurance a deadly disease
According to a grim study by Families USA, the estimated 47 million people in the United States who lack health…
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Study links Parkinson’s to pesticides
The desire for a weed-free lawn may have serious long-term health consequences, according to a study recently published in the…
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Wal-Mart goes after brain-injured mother of fallen soldier
What is so bad about capitalism? Just ask the Shank family. Nearly eight years ago, Debbie Shank of Jackson, Mo.,…
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One in four teenage women infected with STDs
According to a recent study by federal health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in…
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Protests fight ban on homosexual male blood donors
There has recently been an upwelling of protest against a 1983 Food and Drug Administration ban on blood donations from…
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Stop the firing of Michigan doctor Catherine Wilkerson
The ANSWER Coalition sent an action alert to its members on Feb. 13 about Dr. Wilkerson's case. Send an email…
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