Category: Health

Terri Schiavo: America’s Lost Hope, by Djana Milton

New Visions Commentary /
Terri Schiavo, a woman who collapsed at 26 and suffered severe brain damage, is dead because her husband and our justice system determined that her life wasn't worth living. Many of us never seriously contemplate our own deaths, especially at ...
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Black Activists Rap Rangel for Opposing Social Security Reform; Congressman’s “Disappointing” Rant Reduces Chances for Black Empowerment

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Recent remarks by Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) calling President George W. Bush's proposal to reform the nation's ailing Social Security system "fraud" and its promotion an "impeachable offense" are condemned by members of the black leadership network Project 21. Reform ...
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How to Manage and Afford Senior Health Care, by Council Nedd II and Leslie O. Anderson

New Visions Commentary /
There are lots of jokes poking fun at growing old. For instance, you know you're getting older when everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work. Likewise, the gleam in your eye now comes from the sun hitting your bifocals ...
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Medicare’s Fatal Weakness: Expensive New Technologies are Rationed, by Edmund F. Haislmaier

National Policy Analysis #525 /
Recent news stories -- such as the Washington Post's "Medicare to Cover Cardiac Device," which appeared at the time of the second Bush/Cheney Inauguration -- illustrate both the achievements of American medicine and the failure of Medicare to deliver its ...
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Michelle Malkin: Bone Marrow Donors Needed

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Michelle Malkin is publicizing a call for Type O blood donors to join a bone marrow registry in order to help a desperately-ill Marine. As my blood is Type O-, the "universal donor" type that is considered liquid gold to ...
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Why African Americans Should Be Leading The Charge For Social Security Reform, by Eddie Huff

New Visions Commentary /
By calling for Social Security reform, President Bush has signaled he is serious about taking on the "third rail of American politics." This comparison to the lethal electric rail on a subway implies that politicians risk certain death - or ...
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African-Americans Deserve More from Social Security, by Malcolm Moore

New Visions Commentary /
I recently learned about an African-American male who died of lupus at the age of 40. He is survived by a wife and four children - with the youngest only two years old. Although the cause of his death is ...
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Can the Unborn Save Future Generations? by Mychal Massie

New Visions Commentary /
Thirty-three years after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, "Jane Roe" (whose real name is Norma McCorvey) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear her case because she claims she was lied to about the safety of the procedure. But ...
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Ed Haislmaier on Drug Importation Economic and Safety Issues

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Ed Haislmaier has some follow-on thoughts to my recent posts (here and here) on drug importation from Canada. Readers who believe importation of drugs from Canada would save Americans a bundle should particularly note Ed's last four paragraphs. Regarding the ...
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Tom Joyner Tunes Out Health Concerns

New Visions Commentary /
During the presidential campaign, John Kerry was branded a "flip-flopper" for continually taking conflicting positions on issues. It seems radio host Tom Joyner has a similar problem. On one hand, Joyner wants black America to make healthy choices. On the ...
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