Slate Magazine The Cheaper, Generic “EpiPen” Is Great, Except Consumers Will Have to Know to Ask For ItSlate MagazineEpiPens, devices commonly used to deliver the epinephrine necessary to keep airways open during severe allergic reactions, particularly in children, are ridiculously overpriced. Outrage over the prices was widely reported this summer (including by …CVS to Offer … Read more
USA TODAY Many women may tune out mammogram confusionUSA TODAYIt happened again this week: headlines implied mammograms have been oversold to women. This time it was a study from Denmark that suggested one in three breast cancers found through the screening tests are “overdiagnosed” — meaning they never …12 key signs of breast cancer, as seen … Read more
Washington Post The United States already has a vaccine safety commission. And it works really well, experts say.Washington PostThis week, President-elect Donald Trump met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading proponent of a scientifically discredited conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism. Afterward, Kennedy said that he and Trump had discussed creating a commission on …Will … Read more
The Atlantic Obamacare Repeal Moves a Step Closer to RealityThe AtlanticSubscribe to The Atlantic’s Politics & Policy Daily, a roundup of ideas and events in American politics. Republicans in Congress can now repeal most of the Affordable Care Act with a simple majority vote. The House on Friday passed a budget resolution …House approves measure to … Read more
WLS-TV US Salmon may carry Japanese tapeworm, scientists sayWLS-TVOne of the most gruesome is tapeworm, a species of digestive tract-invading parasites that includes Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, or the Japanese broad tapeworm. Though this worm was commonly believed to infect only fish in Asia, a study published …Researchers identify Japanese tapeworm parasite in Alaskan-caught salmonWashington PostSalmon with large … Read more
(NaturalNews) On top of all the sicko pedophilia and child trafficking going on in America, there’s also the vaccine industry: A cartel of toxic mercury pushers whose denial of the periodic table of elements (yes, they are science deniers) turns them into “medical child molesters” as they demand more and more children be injected with… … Read more
(NaturalNews) There’s no doubt that most hard-working Americans like their fast food. Even though they know the bare facts – fast food is high in fat, sodium and sugar and can cause diabetes, heart disease and obesity – they still eat tons of it every year. A 2013 Gallup survey reported that eight in 10… … Read more
(NaturalNews) Concerned that the area’s drug abusers don’t currently have access to clean paraphernalia after hours when city health clinics are closed, officials in Ottawa, Canada have come up with a new plan to better distribute needles, pipes, and other equipment that addicts use to intake illicit substances: 24-hour vending machines. (RELATED: Read more bizarre… … Read more
(NaturalNews) As part of the Republican majority’s plans to take out Obamacare and replace it with a free-market plan, taxpayers horrified by past actions of high-ranking officials at Planned Parenthood in selling baby body parts for profit will be happy that the organization’s taxpayer funding will dry up. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the… … Read more
(NaturalNews) Leftist Democrats and the outgoing Obama administration pushing for so-called “’Net Neutrality,” which they claim is necessary because the Internet is supposedly not neutral at the present time, are really just pushing for total control and the ability to censor political opposition. That’s what Dave Hodges, creator and host of The Common Sense Show,… … Read more