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Uninsured Face Stiff Penalty in Senate Health Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, ripoff, health, insurance, fine, penalty, greed, government, corruption, lies, americans, abuse, democrats, economy, business, money, politics, society, consumers, rights, illness, disease )

Tom
- 2 days ago - google.com
Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
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Two Anti-Smoking Drugs to Carry Mental-Health Warnings
Health & Wellness  (tags: drugs, healthcare, health, medicine, risks, warning, safety, prevention, study, government )

Cal
- 2 days ago - cnn.com
Two popular anti-smoking drugs will now carry warnings about the risk of severe mental health problems, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.
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Congressman Sestak Says Inaction Is Not An Option on Health Care
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, government, society )

Sally
- 7 days ago - newsblaze.com
The US health care system is supported by employers, individuals, and the State and Federal governments. In the midst of this economic recession, revenue has decreased for employers, leading to layoffs and reduced health care coverage.
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TRUE FOOD NOW! - Take Action!
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, government, genetically engineered, health, humans, nutrition, protection, safety, risks, diet, environment )

Holly
- 8 days ago - ga3.org
We are calling on the Obama Administration to reject the irresponsible Bush "anything goes" biotech policy, and to put in place rules that will create real change in the regulation and oversight of GE crops.
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A Deadly Ingredient in a Chicken Dinner
Health & Wellness  (tags: chicken, arsenic, health, death, cancer, humans, food, government, risks, safety, science )

Cowboss
- 8 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Most people don't know that the chicken they eat is laced with arsenic. The ice water or coffee they enjoy with their chicken may also be infused with arsenic. If they live on or near a farm, the air they breathe may be infected with arsenic dust as well.
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Journalist Files Charges Against WHO and UN for Bioterrorism and Intent to Commit Mass Murder
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, babies, children, death, disease, drugs, family, government, health, healthcare, humans, medicine, news, protection, risks, safety, science, society, warning )

Judy
- 9 days ago - naturalnews.com
As the anticipated July release date for Baxter's A/H1N1 flu pandemic vaccine approaches, an Austrian investigative journalist is warning the world that the greatest crime in the history of humanity is underway.
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Alcohol-Based Sanitizers for Flu-Hit First Nations Delayed Over Substance Abuse Fears
Health & Wellness  (tags: death, ethics, government, healthcare, prevention, protection, risks, safety )

Karen
- 10 days ago - cbc.ca
Health Canada delayed the delivery of alcohol-based hand sanitizers to some First Nations communities affected by swine flu because of concerns the alcohol content might be abused, the senior public health adviser to the Assembly of First Nations ...
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A Public Option Is Within Reach -- Dems Can't Back Down
Health & Wellness  (tags: public, health, insurance, medicare, healthcare, illness, disease, medicine, protection, prevention, family, children, drugs, treatment, society, culture, rights, americans, humans, politics, government, obama, democrats, dishonesty )

Tom
- 11 days ago - alternet.org
It's official: most Americans want a public option healthcare plan. Barack Obama actually has the political capital to make it a reality. So why is it that so many Democrats, their tails tucked firmly between their legs, have set about undermining it?
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Pushing Drugs By Distorting the Data
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, babies, Body-Mind-Spirit, children, death, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, family, food, government, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, nutrition, news, prevention, protec )

Sue
- 12 days ago - therealfoodchannel.com
The pharmaceutical industry employees one sales rep for every four doctors. Research on drug effects has been virtually completely taken over by the drug industry. The number of deaths caused by specific medications is often withheld by the FDA because
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President Obama Admits He Still Smokes
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, Government, President Obama, smoking, nicotine dependence, nicotine withdrawal, illness, death, Lung Cancer, emphysema, tobacco companies )

Dee
- 12 days ago - washingtontimes.com
President Obama admitted Tuesday he still sometimes smokes cigarettes, acknowledging his difficulties kicking the habit one day after signing a sweeping new law that regulates tobacco companies and their marketing to children.
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$80 Billion in Medicare Deal Reached
Health & Wellness  (tags: affordable drugs, cancer, disease, drugs, health, government, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, research, safety, study, treatment )

Kit
- 12 days ago - truthout.org
"This new coverage means affordable prices on prescription drugs when Medicare benefits don't cover the cost of prescriptions," Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement announcing the accord.
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New Vaccination Strategy May Protect Against Both Lethal 1918 And H5N1 Influenza
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, disease, drugs, environment, government, health, healthcare, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kit
- 13 days ago - us.mc461.mail.yahoo.com
A new study suggests that vaccination with 1918 H1N1 influenza virus-like particles not only protected mice and ferrets against the lethal 1918 influenza virus, but also displayed cross-reactive immunity against the potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza....
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Pathogen That Causes Disease In Cattle Also Associated With Crohn's Disease - Research Urgently Needed To Evaluate Potential Ris
Health & Wellness  (tags: Johnes, Crohn's disease, diet, death, food, government, healthcare, illness, prevention, safety, study, warning, risks )

Cowboss
- 13 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
People with Crohn's disease (CD) are seven-fold more likely to have in their gut tissues the bacterium that causes a digestive-tract disease in cattle called Johne's disease. The role this bacterium may or may not play in causing CD is a top research prio
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Sign Petition: Quality Free HealthCare for Native Americans
Health & Wellness  (tags: society, culture, native, americans, indians, health, healthcare, disease, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, treatment, government, obama, money, economy, politics, ethics )

Tom
- 14 days ago - change.org
In 1787, the U.S. signed an agreement to provide Native Americans with free healthcare on reservations. Yet today, Native American health fares poorer than the average American in cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, HIV, and infant mortality.
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119 Million Americans Want a Public Health Option -- Why Aren't Politicians Listening?
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, cancer, children, diet, death, disease, ethics, exercise, food, government, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, research, science, society, study, treatment )

Kit
- 21 days ago - alternet.org
Rarely has an issue more dramatically highlighted the question of whether our government represents the people's interests or an industry's. *** We must be ready to fight America INC.for health reform.***
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