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How We Pay for Big Pharma's Malpractice

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:49 PM EST (MotherJones.com)

Seeded by Carloz

The main reason we can't get a health reform bill enacted is because the pharmaceutical and insurance industries aren't happy with their piece of the action.

health, pharma, health-reform, drug-companies, pharmaceutical-industry, pharmaceutical-companies, health-insurance-industry

Norwegian scientists raise concerns about mutated form of swine flu - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:18 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by hamid.nyc

Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday.

world-news, h1n1, swine-flu, norway

Military Experiment Seeks to Predict PTSD

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:05 AM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by luckydog

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

health, war, ptsd, military

Aspirin Kills 400% More People Than H1N1 Swine Flu

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:01 AM EST (naturalnews.com)

Seeded by hamid.nyc

The July 1998 issue of The American Journal of Medicine explains it as follows:

health, swine-flu, h1n1, aspirin, nsaids, vaccines

Stem cells could create new skin to help burns victims

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:52 AM EST (BBC News)

Seeded by ZenMaster (Clipped by ZenMaster)

French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims. They say the stem cells grew into fully formed human skin 12 weeks after being grafted on to mice.

science, stem-cells, burn, skin

The H1N1 Pandemic Bonanza Bush Contracted for in 2005 ~ short video

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:07 AM EST (YouTube)

Seeded by Pamela Drew

This video investigation runs eight minutes with official news conferences and contract awards. Washington has been preparing for the H1N1 Tamiflu and pharma hey day since 2005, adjuvants and all, ordered and stockpiled by the taxpayer billion half a decade ago.

politics, h1n1, pharmers, corporate-government, manufactured-crisis, tamiflu, swine-flu, bush-h1n1

Swine Flu Vaccine Program Rapidly Turning Into National Fiasco With Deadly Consequences

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by luckydog

ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be ''messy.'' They were right. The program has been plagued with problems and information gaps:

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US Senators target plastic surgery in health overhaul - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:22 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by Indepvoter

Americans opting for Plastic Surgery may have to pay new tax.....

politics

Now For Sale at Fire Sale Prices: Thousands of People's Genomes

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:05 PM EST (discovermagazine.com)

Seeded by luckydog

DeCode Genetics, a genome sequencing and drug development company, found out the hard way that predicting disease risk simply by reading someone's genes isn't so straightforward. On Tuesday, deCode filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware.

science, privacy, decode-genetics