healthcare

People who exercise regularly still gain weight.

Changing definitions of 'normal' blood pressure means larger numbers of people are coping with drug side effects.

Doctors and nurses rarely follow the rules when collecting important info about our health.

Standard medical practice is often pointless, risky - and a waste of money.

In December last year, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston, issued a statement on his 15-day fact-finding mission of some of the U.S.’s poorest neighborhoods.   Alston, the author of the quoted phrase in the excerpt, is an Australian who is a professor of law at New York University.  During his mission, he visited Alabama, California, West Virginia, Texas, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico.

21st Century Wire says…
Is this the future of healthcare in America?
You can bet data mining and ‘giving up privacy for lower costs’ will be central tenets of this new technocratic healthcare venture. The key figure heads in this deal are none other than Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, and of course, the Amazon Washington Post’s Jeff Bezos.

The American Heart Association didn't bother to replicate pivotal research before it told the public to change its behaviour. The result was an uncontrolled public health experiment.

When scientists began believing that high fat diets & heart disease went together, this wasn't true in eight European countries.

After the high-carbohydrate Food Pyramid was introduced, diabetes shot through the roof.

Opinion — A growing number of Americans are struggling to stretch their dollars far enough to pay their bills, get out of debt and ensure that if and when an illness arises, it doesn’t bankrupt them.
This is a reality that no amount of partisan political bickering can deny.
Many Americans can no longer afford health insurance, drug costs or hospital bills. They can’t afford to pay rising healthcare premiums, out-of-pocket deductibles and prescription drug bills.