Front-page headlines worldwide announced the “stunning” results of a trial of rosuvastatin (Crestor) in “apparently healthy men and women” with an LDL-cholesterol less than 130 mg/dL (3.4 mmol/L). Serious heart problems were reportedly reduced by […]
Hawaii is ending the only state universal child health-care program in the country, after just 7 months. The Keiki (Child) Care Plan was designed to offer health care insurance to the children of parents who […]
The 30-day myocardial infarction and mortality rate was significantly higher (2.74% v. 0.7%) in patients who got beta blockers in conjunction with noncardiac surgery, according to an article in the October 2008 issue of Archives […]
A series of articles in the Dallas Morning News focuses on alleged financial conflicts of interest of psychiatrists involved in the Children’s Medication Algorithm Project (CMAP). The CMAP protocol has been “quietly shelved” after objections […]
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If he’s in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after Nov 4, Barack Obama said he would classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant, and use the Clean Air Act to curb emissions by […]
As worldwide economic meltdown continues, and the cost of the U.S. bailout/”rescue” soars, the question looms: how will government pay even the short-term costs? Political candidates are not addressing this issue. The make-somebody-else’s-children-pay-later strategy may […]
A middle-school teacher at the Urban Community Leadership Academy in Kansas City, Mo., was suspended for posting a YouTube video of a slogan-chanting drill squad. The video features 10 black male students in 8th or […]
The basic difference in the major candidates’ proposals for “health care reform,” according to Mark Pauley, writing in Health Affairs, is that McCain recognizes that workers earn their health benefits, while Obama apparently views benefits […]
For more than three decades, savvy world investors have feared that in any serious deflationary crisis, the U.S. would panic and open the floodgates of printed fiat currency, writes Richard Maybury. Maybury believes that the […]
