- Bamboozled: Life-saving transplant denied, health insurance canceled over 26-cent shortfall—Fortunately in the end, the "Department of Labor said the company will reinstate him from May till now."
- How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater—"Exploring saline's secret costs." NYT
- Merchants of Meth: How Big Pharma Keeps the Cooks in Business—"With big profits on the line, the drug industry is pulling out campaign-style dirty tricks to keep selling the meds that cooks turn into crank."
- Florida Pharmacists Win $597 Million Blowing Whistle on Scheme
- Man robs bank of $1, sits and waits for cops
- Newt to GOP: We've got a problem—"I will bet you, for most of you, you go home in the next two weeks when your members of Congress are home, and you look them in the eye and you say, 'What is your positive replacement for Obamacare?' They will have zero answer."
- Crowd Calls 'Bullsh*t!' On GOP Congressman's Obamacare Lies
- Ken Cuccinelli : 'Human beings will adjust'—To the loss of Obamacare and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
- UPS won't insure spouses of many employees—"UPS will follow thousands of other companies this fall in ending health insurance coverage of employees' spouses if they can get coverage elsewhere."
- 'Obamacare' enforcement measures help set $4.2 billion record in recovered fraudulent Medicare charges last year
- Ex-GOP Operative’s Cancer Struggles Make Him An Obamacare Supporter
- Krugman: One Reform Indivisible NYT
- New Conservative Plan: Repeal Obamacare or We'll Default on the National Debt
- More than a third of House Republicans prefer a government shutdown over implementing Obamacare
- Conservatives Revolt As GOP Tries To Calm Obamacare Shutdown Mania
- Tea party groups to target skeptical GOP senators on defunding Obamacare
- Eugene Robinson: GOP in Fantasyland—"The make-believe crusade by publicity-hound Republicans to somehow stop Obamacare is one of the most cynical political exercises we’ve seen in many years. And that, my friends, is saying something."
- Decision to close immunization clinics shows Bloomberg administration's ill will
- Australia: Labor to cut tax benefit for parents who don't immunise children
- Texas Megachurch Changes Vaccination Stance After Outbreak
- Doctors Asked to Counsel Teens About the Dangers of Smoking
- Pensioner campaigns to stop smoking outside hospital
- Bert Fish Medical Center: Smokers need not apply
- Smoking ban erodes Sun’s gaming profit
- Ban E-Cigarettes? The Anti-Smoking Lobby's Clueless Crusade
- Holder Asked To Testify On Marijuana Legalization Before Senate Committee
- Obama Does Not Support Changes To Medical Marijuana Laws 'At This Point,' White House Says
- Leaked: Cops Obtain 'Confidential' Colorado MMJ Patient Registry—"Participants in Colorado's medical marijuana program were shocked this week to discover that, according to a June 2013 investigation by the State Auditor's Office, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CODPHE) had leaked confidential patient and caregiver information to law enforcement officials."
- Marijuana: DEA Bans Armored Cars From Picking up Pot Shop Cash
- In marijuana policy, the confusing smoke signals continue to burn—"In a city that hosts a pot expo, Tony Jalali thought renting space to medical marijuana outlets was perfectly legal. Guess again."
- Canada's police chiefs suggest tickets, not charges, for pot possession
- Drug addiction not a criminal issue, says chief medical officer—""Sally Davies says drug addiction should be seen as a medical problem and admits eating hash cookies at university."
- Mother Wins Settlement after Child Welfare took away her Baby because she ate Poppy Seeds in Pasta Dressing
- Vegetarian diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease and told he has just months to live—"Doctors believe the illness – which can lie dormant for years – came from beef he ate before safety laws changed."
- UC Davis surgeons resign after bacteria-in-brain dispute—"Two UC Davis neurosurgeons who intentionally infected three brain-cancer patients with bowel bacteria have resigned their posts.... All three patients consented to the procedures in 2010 and 2011. Two of the patients died within weeks of their surgeries, while the other survived more than a year after being infected."
- US behavioural research studies skew positive—"US behavioural researchers have been handed a dubious distinction — they are more likely than their colleagues in other parts of the world to exaggerate findings...."
- Psychotherapy Lags as Evidence Goes Unheeded
- Soft Drinks Consumption Is Associated with Behavior Problems in 5-Year-Olds
- LSD And Other Psychedelics Not Linked with Mental Health Problems
- UN says it will contact Washington over NSA spying report
- NSA leaks: David Cameron's response is intimidation, says world press body—"World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers tells the UK government its actions could threaten press freedom."
- NSA and GCHQ: the flawed psychology of government mass surveillance—"Research shows that indiscriminate monitoring fosters distrust, conformity and mediocrity."
- NSA row: Merkel rival threatens to suspend EU-US trade talks—"Peer Steinbrück says he will delay negotiations until US comes clean on bugging of German government offices."
- NSA: Listening to everyone — except oversight
