- Money Saved at Misdiagnosed Vets' Expense--"The Vietnam Veterans of America says the Pentagon has 'systematically and wrongfully discharged' more than 22,000 veterans since 2001 'on the basis of so-called 'personality disorder' - rather than post-traumatic stress disorder - to deny them medical care and save the Pentagon $12.5 billion in medical and disability payments."
- F.D.A. Finds Short Supply of Attention Deficit Drugs--"The shortages are a result of a troubled partnership between drug manufacturers and the Drug Enforcement Administration, with companies trying to maximize their profits and drug enforcement agents trying to minimize abuse by people...." NYT
- Tobacco Companies Think Their Trademarks Are More Important Than Your Health
- The Health of Children and Consumers is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights--"Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels."
- Deaths at UBB 'entirely preventable,' MSHA says--"Federal regulators on Tuesday blamed the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster on "a workplace culture that valued production over safety," and prosecutors said a record $200 million settlement could set the stage for broad industry reforms."
- Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
- US drug shortage — Big Pharma wants 'financial incentives'--"Oh, break out the bloody violins. The pharmaceutical industry is indirectly threatening that supply of drugs will be unreliable if it doesn't get higher prices. This disgusting, parasitic, deny-everything industry, which has spent a lot of its money in US courts fighting class actions against its shoddy and occasionally lethal products is crying poor? "
- The state of Roe v. Wade in 9 charts--Thousands marched in Washington to protest the decision at its 39th anniversary.
- Abortion a bigger problem than joblessness, says Catholic Church--And Spanish bishop legitimates rape.
- Obama Administration Approves Rule That Guarantees Near-Universal Contraceptive Coverage
- CDC: One-Third Of Teen Mothers Didn't Use Birth Control Because They Didn't Think They Could Get Pregnant
- Longshot presidential candidate to put abortion in your face during Super Bowl
- Court allows Texas law on ultrasound before abortion
- Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'--Says a rape baby is a 'gift from God'.
- Plan B's Good Boyfriend Dilemma
- Mexico's Anti-Abortion Backlash
- Rate of abortion is highest in countries where practice is banned--"In Africa and Latin America researchers found that 95 to 97 per cent of abortions were unsafe." Whereas liberal abortion laws led to fewer abortions.
- How The Lives Of 2.5 Million Young People Changed on 1/1/2012
- U.S. to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors NYT
- Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
- "Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke."
- Bone Scan Mania: A 12 Year Drug Industry Con Finally Exposed
- First cases of totally drug resistant TB in India, one dead
- Toxic Trade: Is India investing in a future health crisis by importing asbestos from Canada?
- Military Still Struggling to Treat Troops With Brain Injuries
- Nicotine patches don't work in the real world, study finds
- How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body NYT
