Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
Black Network Demands Social Security Reform Bipartisan Support for Private Investment of Payroll Taxes Applauded When 48% of young Americans believe they will see a UFO but only 28% believe they will see a Social Security check when they retire, ...
Like Count Dracula, some really bad legislative proposals are almost impossible to kill. House moderates last year tried hard, but failed to drive a stake through the heart of an ill-conceived bill that would impose price controls on prescription drug ...
In his autobiography, Mark Twain apparently put words into the mouth of the English statesman Disraeli, quoting him thusly: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." The line became one of the most quoted - and ...
President Clinton's sweeping proposal to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for the nation's 36 million senior citizens is a softball pitch that courageous Republicans like Ronald Reagan would have hammered out of the park. The issue, after all, is tailor-made ...
Environmentalists frequently urge industry to adopt "Clean Technologies" that reduce pollution and promote conservation. Why is it, then, that those same environmentalists advocate a ban on agricultural biotechnology that significantly reduces the use of potentially harmful pesticides, can reduce soil ...
Let's face it. The holiday season would be just about perfect, except for one little thing: those extra pounds many of us gain because we overindulge. What if someone could engineer food so it would be less fattening and more ...
For Immediate Release: November 23, 1999 Contact: Amy Ridenour (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Activists Attack Bio-Engineered Food Despite Benefits to the Poor and the Sick Environmental Groups Join in Attack on Technology that Aids the Environment Instead of Giving Thanks ...
There's no need to sweat summertime smog. Despite the hype, air quality is better now than it has been in decades. By now, most Americans are acquainted with code red days, ozone action days, ozone awareness days, and other smog ...
A new study proposing that legalized abortions have caused a reduction in crime is causing great concern among members of the African-American leadership network Project 21, many of whom fear such ideas could be used to resurrect racist population control ...
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Category: Health
Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith
Black Network Demands Social Security Reform
A Canadian Horror Story: Seniors Suffer When Governments Curb Flow of Advanced Drugs to Patients
Congressional Research Service Reports Often Written To Reflect Lawmaker’s Bias
Expanding Rx Drug Coverage for Seniors is a Tailor-Made Issue for Republicans
No Pleasing Environmentalists, by John Carlisle
Tastes Great, Less Filling: New Bioengineered Foods Bring Benefits to Consumers
Activists Attack Bio-Engineered Food Despite Benefits to the Poor and the Sick; Environmental Groups Join in Attack on Technology that Aids the Environment
Is Summertime Smog an Increasing Threat to Public Health?
Linking Abortion to Crime Could Label Unborn Black Americans as Crooks