Archives for May 2008

CBS reported on the staggering costs of health care for illegal immigrants, the bill for which, of course, is entirely footed by the American taxpayer. Now, Mexican groups like La Raza are up in arms over the report, which they claim promoted "anti-Latino falsehoods" and "demonized" illegal aliens.

According to a published report, federal regulators spotted contaminated children's vaccines and other serious concerns when they inspected a Merck vaccine plant outside of Philadelphia.

Charles Barber, the author of the new book, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, is getting the word out about the overuse of antidepressants.

A new study has discovered that common medications known as anticholinergic drugs may cause seniors to lose their thinking skills more quickly.

The world-renowned Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) – a paragon of pediatric healthcare – is being criticized by a pro-family group for offering sex-change "therapy" to patients as young as 10 years old!!

The American Heart Association (AHA) says that all children should be screened with electrocardiograms (EKGs) before beginning a regimen of hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder drugs.

With two political philosophies once again vying for the White House, the issue of America's healthcare "situation" is once again being re-visited – it's one of the premiere issues of the campaign.

The New England Journal of Medicine has sounded the alarm about Internet companies such as Microsoft and Google that are now offering web-based personal health records.

The AAMC has proposed that drug and medical device companies be banned from giving free gifts, free travel, free ghost-writing services – even free food – to doctors, staff members, and students at all of America's 129 medical colleges.

In spite of the efforts of Big Dairy, as well as wrong-headed public health officials from the Federal, and State governments – demand for raw milk is actually growing.