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Mental Health Reform as Important as Gun Reform
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, children, death, disease, drugs, government, medicine, Mental health, prevention, research, risks, safety, science, society, treatment )

Kit
- 156 days ago - commondreams.org
The other half of the truth -- the half that we are not hearing nearly enough about -- is this: Mentally or emotionally disturbed people with guns kill people.
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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
- 58 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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Petition Against Australia's 'Healthy Kids Check', Screening 3 Year Olds for 'Mental Illness'PLEASE SIGN
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, drugs, ethics, government, health, human rights, news, warning )

Iona
- 332 days ago - change.org
Please sign this petition protesting the testing of normal 3 year old kids for "mental illnesses" for normal behaviours such as temper tantrums, sleeping with the light on, anxiety, shyness & unwillingness to sleep in their own bed, etc. Let kids be kids
100 comments
Denied a Liver Transplant for Using Medical Marijuana, and Dying for It!
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, AlternativeMed, cancer, death, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, food, government, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, study, treatment )

Kit
- 25 days ago - alternet.org
The Heartlessness of Prohibition The tragic fate of Norman B. Smith is all you need to know about to see how senseless it is to make consumption of marijuana a crime.
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*TAKE ACTION* Tell Congress: Cosponsor the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act!
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, Congress, cancer, diet, disease, drugs, environment, food, healthcare, illness, medicine, Petition, prevention, protection, safety, science, society )

Kit
- 28 days ago - secure3.convio.net
It sounds like simple advice: "Eat your fruits and veggies." But it's not so easy. Our country spends too much money subsidizing crops like corn and soybeans that get turned into processed junk food, instead of expanding access to foods that are-->
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The Truth About the Cost of Eating Healthy
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, children, diet, drugs, environment, family, food, government, healthcare, illness, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, risks, safety, science, society )

Kit
- 23 days ago - crttbuzzbin.com
Two studies released this week examining the cost of healthy foods show the gap between perception and reality. ShopSmart magazine conducted a national poll of women about eating healthy.
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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
- 65 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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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
- 64 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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Keep Harmful Radioactive Waste Out of Our Children's Food ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: food children, carcinogenic radioactive cesium, supplements, radioactive, drugs, toxins )

Nancy
- 45 days ago - signon.org
Last week, Beyond Nuclear announced that it, as part of the FFAN coalition, had filed a petition with the FDA asking for a radioactive cesium limit of 5Bq/kg in our food. We are also asking that a database of contamination levels be kept with information
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The Diagnosing and Drugging of 'ADHD' Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, babies, Body-Mind-Spirit, children, death, diet, drugs, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, government, health, healthcare, humans, interesting, investigation, news, nutrition, protection, research, risks, s )

Kenneth
- 355 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
"The diagnosing of millions of children with ADHD in order to medicate them with stimulants and other psychoactive chemicals is an American tragedy, growing into a worldwide catastrophe." Dr. Peter Breggin, Psychiatrist
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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
- 59 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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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
- 73 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
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
- 64 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.
33 comments
How Big Pharma Is Killing Americans
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, Big Pharma, cancer, children, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, family, food, government, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, treatment )

Kit
- 22 days ago - truth-out.org
Thanks to America's for-profit health insurance industry, prescription drugs are a big business.
58 comments
ACTION: Support Polish Farmers Protest Against Sale of Land for GMO Crops!
Health & Wellness  (tags: gmo, poland, government, crops, seeds, agricultural, health, healthcare, food, drugs, interesting, humans, protection, study, treatment, society, ethics, death )

Jutta
- 103 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Polish farmers are currently blockading towns in North West Poland in order to stop the government selling off prime farmland to mulitnational corporations to grow GM food on.
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