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European citizens swallow bitter pill New drugs approved for EU market tested in unethical trials
Press release 19 February
A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota
NYT Feb 5, 2008
IInvestigators name slaughterhouse illness
CNN Feb 4, 2007
Study: PTSD, not brain injury, may cause vets' symptoms
CNN Jan 30, 2008
The Food Chain - A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories
NYT Jan 19, 2008
Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
NYT Jan 14, 2008
Having a Little Work Done (at the Mall)
NYT Jan 13, 2008
House dust: toxic and on your table
Globe & Mail, Dec 27, 2007
More food labels take an ominous tone on allergens
USA Today Dec 26, 2007
Are you a 'cyberchondriac'? (to be read somewhat critically)
CNN Dec 20, 2007
Generic drugs' hidden downside
LA Times Dec 17, 2007
A High Price for Healthy Food
NYT Dec 5, 2007
Globalizing Health Care - Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage
NPR Nov 29, 2007
In Hospice Care, Longer Lives Mean Money Lost
NYT Nov 27, 2007
A New Arena in the Fight Over Smoking: The Home
CNN Nov 5, 2007
Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies
CNN Oct 22, 2007
Distribution of Nets Splits Malaria Fighters
NYT, Oct 9, 2007
New drug combination 'speeds TB recovery'
SciDev.net, Sept 28, 2007
Fewer Elderly U.S. Residents Live in Nursing Homes, U.S. Census Reports
USA Today , Sept 27, 2007
New York Gov. Spitzer Criticizes CMS Decision on Cancer Treatment Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants
NYT, Sept 26 , 2007
89.6M U.S. Residents Lacked Coverage at Some Point During 2006-2007, Families USA Study Finds
Sept 21, 2007
Shorter Waits for Botox Than Examinations of Moles
NYT, Aug 29, 2007
Swabs in Hand, Hospital Cuts Deadly Infections
NYT, July 27, 2007
Global Drug Use and Production Slowing, U.N. Finds
NYT, June 26, 2007
Aborigines banned from booze, porn
CNN, June 21, 2007
Study Finds 1.8 Million Veterans Are Uninsured
Washington Post, June 21, 2007