This article deals with BiPolar Disorder. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe,...
Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska announced that he would offer an amendment to the Senate health care plan that would ban public funds from paying for abortions Nelson says he will not vote for the...
" An estimated 2,500 patriots protested against government-run health care and rampant socialism during a rally this afternoon at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. As the video and photos (above and below)...
The following is an analysis of the problems with American medical system as gained from multiple standpoints, and some proposed solutions to the same.- The lack of basic general government care is a problem especially for the working poor, but now increasingly for the middle...
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Amid discussions in the US about health care, a protest by 9/11 responders was held in Washington, DC. to bring attention to their lack of health care support. " Hundreds of emergency workers who responded...
A report released by The Canadian Institute for Health Information, forecast Health-Care spending in Canada to reach $183.1 billion for this year. This brings the per capita cost up to $5,452, an increase of $241...
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"NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops" Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, accused Catholic bishops of “smelling blood” and deciding to get involved as backers of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. She added that their actions to...
Michael Lighty, the former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America who now serves as public policy director of the ultra-liberal California Nurses Association, spent 10 minutes Saturday afternoon addressing a group of roughly 100 single-payer health care...
“I intend to roll out a national action campaign for single-payer health care,” said Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, speaking during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in...
Advocates of single-payer health care will not stop there, according to Jerry Tucker, former member of the UAW International Executive Board who now represents the group, Labor for Single Payer. Speaking during...
I wanted to highlight the recent London conference on Global Safe Abortion. http://www.globalsafeabortion.org/ 800 delegates from over 60 countries around the world attended to highlight the require for access to safe abortion services across the world. Reading the various...
Amidst public discontent with the Alberta Premier's and his Health Minister's leadership, the Alberta Conservative Party ignored Albertans by giving a resounding 77.4% vote of confidence to Ed Stelmach. Ed...
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President Obama is approaching the one year point of his historic election win. President Obama campaigned on Hope and Change with the slogan Yes we Can. After his historic win, President Obama enjoyed a...
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Airman provides medical care in Guyana during humanitarian exercise New Horizons By Dona FairGEORGETOWN, Guyana – Not many people in this remote South American country get a reception like the daughter of an Azle woman. People paddle miles upriver, hike through ...
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