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The Real Health Care Debate
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, activists, ethics, family, education, government, interesting, media, politics, obama, usa, candidates, congress, cancer, disease, drugs, government, healthcare, health, medicine, research, treatment )

Michael
- 46 days ago - opednews.com
"We have the solution, we have the resources and we have the money to provide lifelong, comprehensive, high-quality health care to every person," Dr. Flowers said when we spoke a few days ago in Washington, D.C. Many Americans have not accepted the S.P.
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Tell the EPA: We Want Stronger Rules to Fight Climate Change! PETITION!
Health & Wellness  (tags: climate-change, climatechange, environment, greenhousegases, globalwarming, healthconditions, humans, politics, protection, science, Sustainabililty, government, ethics, americans )

Robert
- 56 days ago - credoaction.com
Our country has literally no limits on the carbon pollution that is causing catastrophic climate change and that is freely spewed by power plants.
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Perry Rides to 'Rescue' After GOP Axes Women's Health Program
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, republicans, propaganda, politics, lies, healthcare, healthcare, government, dishonesty, ethics, cover-up, americans, abuse, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, society, treatment )

Robert
- 72 days ago - chron.com
Last spring, I watched with dismay as the Texas House, led by Republican lawmakers, slashed - from $111 million to only $38 million - the only other program providing contraception for poor Texas women
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Take Down These Six Tea Partiers
Health & Wellness  (tags: republicans, politics, government, elections, candidates, congress, ethics, propaganda, dishonesty, healthcare, medicine, women, environment, disease, health )

Robert
- 106 days ago - my.democrats.org
the bigoted, sexist, anti-science, hypocritical, corrupt and downright crazy things that have been said and done by the first six congressmen with the dubious honor of being selected for the CREDO SuperPAC's Take Down the Tea Party Ten campaign.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Allow Doctors to Prescribe Marijuana
Health & Wellness  (tags: MEDICAL MARIJUANAmedicine, humans, health, politics, lawhealthcare )

Cal
- 144 days ago - forcechange.com
Correctly reclassify marijuana as a drug with medical benefits so that it can exist as a prescription drug.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Reform School Lunch By Banning Processed Foods
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, politics, school food, food, diet, Body-Mind-Spirit, protection, health, humans, society )

Cal
- 166 days ago - forcechange.com
In a society where an alarming number of adolescents are overweight or obese, schools must stop posturing and pretending. "Carbonated fruit juice" by any other name, is still soda. "Fruit chews" is still candy.
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Denmark's Fat Tax: Could It Happen in the U.S.?
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, diet, food, government, politics, fat tax, world, interesting, illness, humans )

Cal
- 233 days ago - theweek.com
The Danish government makes global history by imposing a tax on saturated fats. Could that levy be coming to a McDonald's near you?
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Don't Let Industry Kill the Healthy Food Marketing Guidelines
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, health, healthy, humans, green, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, greenliving, sustainable, goodnews, eco-friendly, health, healthcare, humans, food, government, news )

Cal
- 235 days ago - action.earthday.net
Please write to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama (and the IWG agencies) today to encourage the Administration to finalize and release food marketing guidelines as Congress requested.
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Kern County Medical Marijuana Patients Overturn Dispensary Ban
Health & Wellness  (tags: activism, health, hippies, medical marijuana, Politics, WWH )

Joseph
- 257 days ago - worldwidehippies.com
Bakersfield is the big city in Kern County, California. It's just north of the Grapevine, and generally people driving to or from LA try to get past it as quickly as possible, especially if they're black, Hispanic, or hippie looking. Because the
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Israeli Government Officially Recognizes The Therapeutic Value Of Cannabis
Health & Wellness  (tags: marijuana, medical marijuana, freedoms, humanrights, interesting, israel, politics, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, goodnews, humans, law, police, politics, society, world, AlternativeMed, disease, drugs, health, healthcare, humans, illness )

John
- 285 days ago - alternet.org
The Israeli government this week formally acknowledged the therapeutic utility of cannabis and announced newly amended guidelines governing the state-sponsored production and distribution of medical cannabis to Israeli patients
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GHI Targets Chronic Malnutrition in Guatemala
Health & Wellness  (tags: world, health, GHI, politics, obama, Guatemala, health, healthcare, humans, illness, disease, food, diet, prevention )

Cal
- 312 days ago - globalpost.com
"Invisible killer" stunts the bodies and minds of Guatemala's youth.Called the "invisible killer," chronic malnutrition isn't necessarily a lack of food but a shortage of the right kind. Faced with insufficient nutrients, especially protein, the body comp
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Is the FCC Downplaying Potential Risks From Cell Phone Radiation?
Health & Wellness  (tags: technology, news, cell phone questions, humans, politics, media, FCC, dishonesty, ethics, government, study, safety, risks, prevention, news, protection, government, abuse, interesting )

Cal
- 357 days ago - motherjones.com
The consumer watchdogs at Environmental Working Group believe that the Federal Communications Commission, the agency charged with regulating cell phones, may be deliberately shielding information from the public about possible concerns related to cell pho
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MyPlate: The Feds' 'Costly Goodbye' to the Food Pyramid
Health & Wellness  (tags: politics, ethics, healthcare, diet, government, health, food, study )

Cal
- 358 days ago - theweek.com
On Thursday, the U.S.D.A. unveiled a new plate-shaped nutrition icon... at a reported cost of $2 million
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