Kucinich: Go from Down to Up

" Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening. He voiced a call for America on election day to vote her own best interests. Though a stalwart of...

Midwife Education in the South Decreasing while Black Infant Deaths Increasing

Miami Dade College, the largest institute of higher learning in the U.S., closes its midwifery program, citing economic distress.  The students and community protest, citing Governor Crist’s Black Infant Health Initiative (BIHI).   MIAMI, FL.  (August 23,...

Ohio at Fever Pitch Over Health Insurance Coverage, Sick Days Initiative

Blade Series on Health Insurance Problems Should Sound a Warning Bell, As Democrats Start National Convention OhioNewsBureau  By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: With no universal health coverage in Ohio and affordable health insurance being offered primarily...

Health Scare: 79 Million Americans Struggle to Pay Medical Bills

"Affordable health care has become a consistent struggle for Americans, a new study reveals. More than 79 million Americans admit to having problems paying for their medical bills. Also, 61 per cent of those with medical debt are insured. ""61% of those with medical debt are...

UNICEF: Children 'left out' of Asia's boom (Updated)

A recent UNICEF report states that.".. more than 40 per cent of the world's children who died before their fifth birthday in 2006, were from the Asia Pacific region". Such conclusion has led it to warn...

Regarding the American Medical Association Apology

Harriet A. Washington co-authored the paper entitled, African Americans, Physicians and Organized Medicine, 1846-1968: Origins of a Racial Divide, appearing in the July 16, 2008 edition of the Journal...

Progressive Coalition Prescribes Health Care Reform for Ohio, America

$40 Million Campaign to Seek Quality, Affordable Health Care for All OhioNewsBureauBy John Michael Spinelli  COLUMBUS, OHIO: In a national press conference launching a nationwide campaign to make reform of...

Suicide rates rise - Can robots reverse this trend?

Ranked as being part of the top 10 countries with the highest suicide rate, Japan has just recorded a spike in elderly suicides. Rising by almost 9%, it reflects a depressing reality of today. "The number of elderly...

Women Voters Boost Obama in the Polls

The idea that John McCain will pick up women voters who backed Clinton is "mythology" and a "pipe dream," said Ellen Malcolm, president of Emily's List, a women voter's organization that had strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton in the primaries. Malcolm, talking with reporters...

Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente Test Health Data Transfers

"Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente Test Health Data TransfersThe HMO is inviting its 156,000 employees to participate in the health care data transfer test with an eye to opening it up to more...

TASER DEATH TOLL HELD SECRET, by Mary Neal

Burke said right: "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"TASER REFERENCES DELETED FROM MEDICAL EXAMINATIONTue May 6, 2008 3:25 pm (PDT) Summit County judge orders Taser...

Emergency Room waits dangerously long

Patients seeking urgent care in U.S. emergency rooms are waiting longerthan in the 1990s, especially people with heart attacks, U.S.researchers reported on Tuesday. They found a quarter of heart attackvictims waited 50 minutes or more before seeing a doctor in 2004. *to view...

Cancer Organizations

Here are some of the major Cancer Organizations you can donate time, money, or other services to, in order to help research Cancer Medicines and help Cancer Patients, Survivors, Families, and Medical Professionals. If you know of another Cancer Organization that we...

Prostate Cancer Can Be Treated Effectively If It Is Caught In The Early Stages.

Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer among men, excluding skin cancer. It is the third leading cause of cancer death in men. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 235,000 new cases of Prostate Cancer will occur this year. However, Prostate Cancer can be...

Lowcountry Miss. Relay For Life 2008

On Jan. 12, 2007 twelve Southern Bells took the stage at Stratford High School, in the first-ever Lowcountry Miss. Relay For Life Pageant. The Queens For A Cure, Relay For Life team hosted the event. At the...

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