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ADHD Diagnoses Increased More Than 50 Percent in a Decade
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, children, child, education, health, rights, business, consumers, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, money, marketing, society, drugs, family, protection, research, risks, safety, science, study, warning )

JL
- 49 days ago - motherjones.com
In 2011, eleven percent of school-age children had been diagnosed with ADHD That's a sixteen percent more than in 2007 and 53 percent more than a decade ago, according to a New York Times analysis of new data from the Center for Disease Control.
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**TAKE ACTION** Protect Access To Birth Control!
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, access, birth control, health, prevention, protection )

Kit
- 51 days ago - credo.actionkit.com
***PETITION*** President Obama needs to hear that the vast majority of Americans support his decision to ensure access to no-cost birth control for all women.
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The Skinny on Sweet Potatoes: Why and How to Eat Them
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, diet, food, health, prevention, society, sweet potatoes )

Kit
- 51 days ago - livinggreenmag.com
Sweet potatoes are believed to have originated in Central and South America as early as 750 B.C., and have been farmed as a domesticated crop for thousands of years. Once associated almost exclusively with Thanksgiving dinner-->
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Should Employers Control Your Access to Copay-Free Birth Control? ACTION US
Health & Wellness  (tags: politics, usa, birth control, americans, women, healthcare )

Nancy
- 53 days ago - secure3.convio.net
If you think that employers shouldn't be able to decide whether an employee has access to copay-free birth control--the time to speak out is NOW.
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Anecdotal Reports of Anti-Cancer Effects From Cannabis 'Oil' Pile Up
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, AlternativeMed, cancer, children, diet, disease, drugs, environment, exercise, family, food, government, health, healthcare, humans, illness, investigation, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, study )

Kit
- 56 days ago - alternet.org
Evidence mounts as a growing number of papers published in scientific journals are establishing that cannabinoids have anti-tumor effects on the cellular level and in animals.
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**TAKE ACTION** Close Tax Loop Holes for Pharmaceutical Companies **Please Sign**
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, babies, children, disease, drugs, ethics, environment, ethics, healthcare, medicine, Petition, research, treatment )

Kit
- 60 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The result for the citizen is that we can pay hundreds or even thousands for each prescription. With a more competitive market, as in generic prescriptions, the same drugs are reduced to a low as just a few dollars for each prescription filled.
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Sorry, Kiddos--Your Toy Box Is Chock Full of Chemicals
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, babies, children, dangerous, environment, health, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, warning )

Kit
- 60 days ago - takepart.com
The Oregon legislature is up against industry giants in the fight to protect children from dangerous pollutants.
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Wave of "Ag Gag" Bills Threaten Food Safety and Freedom of the Press
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, animal abuse, congress, children, diet, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, government, healthcare, humans, illness, medicine, nutrition, Press, prevention, research, risks, safety, society )

Kit
- 60 days ago - truth-out.org
Remember "fecal soup"? A CBS "60 Minutes" exposé in 1987 documented widespread food safety violations by the poultry industry, making use of undercover video from a hidden camera placed by the "60 Minutes" crew.
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NCDs: A 47 Trillion Dollar Problem We Cant Ignore
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, culture, ethics, disease, death, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, risks, society, warning )

JL
- 63 days ago - indiaspora.org
NCDs Matter to all Indian Americans In India, the country of our origin, 20% of the population has at least 1 chronic disease, and 10% suffer from 2 or more. Some 60 million Indians live with diabetes and 1 million die from it each year.
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10 Medical Myths That Just Won't Go Away
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, babies, children, diet, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, healthcare, investigation, medicine, myths, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study )

Kit
- 66 days ago - myhealthnewsdaily.com
From recommendations of drinking eight glasses of water a day to warnings about staying in from the cold when sick, some medical myths endure no matter how many times they've been disproved.
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Doctors Should Not Give ADHD Drugs to Healthy Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, AlternativeMed, children, drugs, environment, exercise, ethics, food, family, healthcare, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kit
- 66 days ago - livescience.com
The practice of prescribing stimulant drugs to healthy kids who are looking for a mental boost is not justifiable, and should come to an end, a group of doctors says.
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When Did Healthy Food Become a Luxury Product?
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, children, diet, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, FOOD INSECURITY, government, healthcare, illness, investigation, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, women )

Kit
- 67 days ago - takepart.com
In an exclusive interview, the author of a book on how America eats describes the many, many barriers to a good-for-you diet.
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Three Simple Ways to Help End Hunger in America
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, children, diet, disease, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food insecurity, government, healthcare, illness, investigation, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment )

Kit
- 67 days ago - takepart.com
The new film 'A Place at the Table' exposes the stark reality of hunger in America. Here's how you can help.
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Nearly Half Of The People Who Contract 'Nightmare' Superbug Will Die, CDC Warns
Health & Wellness  (tags: adults, americans, bacteria, children, death, disease, drugs, environment, healthcare, illness, investigation, medicine, protection, research, safety, risks, science, society )

Kit
- 75 days ago - thinkprogress.org
The CDC is sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly superbug, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), on the rise in hospitals around the country.
49 comments
Negligent Nursing Homes Grab 5 Billion Tax Dollars in One Year
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, dishonesty, ethics, health, law, politics, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa, corruption, corporate, dishonesty, consumers, money, government, healthcare, death, disease, protection, treatment, warning )

JL
- 77 days ago - takepart.com
If politicians are serious about trimming Medicare costs, start by going after fraud and abuse in facilities entrusted to care for elderly Americans.
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