Category: Health

Do Americans Spend too Much on Prescription Drugs?

Talking Points on Health Care /
Many people think that Americans now spend too much on prescription drugs. In fact, it can be argued that Americans probably spend too little. One reason is that drugs are often a cost effective alternative to other therapies, such as ...
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In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

New Visions Commentary /
Imagine this cinematic scenario: Superman, America's most famous superhero, saves a helpless baby in a perilous situation. Flying in at the last moment, our hero swoops up the helpless, adorable baby and places him safely in his anxious mother's arms ...
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In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

National Policy Analysis #437 /
Imagine this cinematic scenario: Superman, America's most famous superhero, saves a helpless baby in a perilous situation. Flying in at the last moment, our hero swoops up the helpless, adorable baby and places him safely in his anxious mother's arms ...
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Profiting From the Work of Others: Why Weakening Prescription Drug Patent Protection is Bad Public Policy, by Eric Peters

National Policy Analysis #438 /
A cornerstone of the free market -- and the individual initiative that keeps it running -- is the idea that any new invention or product will be protected by law against copycats who didn't do the work or invent anything, ...
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Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.

National Policy Analysis #430 /
In the national effort to eliminate infectious diseases, African-American children are being left behind. The statistics are grim: vaccination rates in the African-American community are among the lowest for any demographic group in the country.Simply put, African-American kids are at ...
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Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.

New Visions Commentary /
In the national effort to eliminate infectious diseases, African-American children are being left behind. The statistics are grim: vaccination rates in the African-American community are among the lowest for any demographic group in the country. Simply put, our kids are ...
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The Greatest Unfounded Health Scares of Recent Times, Part I: DDT, by Adam J. Lieberman (1967-1997) and Simona C. Kwon, M.P.H.

National Policy Analysis #386 /
Background DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was first synthesized in 1877,1 but it was not until 1940 that a Swiss chemist discovered that it could be sprayed on walls and would cause any insect to die within the next six months, without any ...
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A Ban on Embryonic Cloning: Would It Be Constitutional?

National Policy Analysis #379 /
Question: which sentence more accurately describes cloning? A) A medical procedure with the potential to save and create lives; B) Medical experiments on budding human beings that may harm or end their lives. A caller on Washington's WMAL radio November ...
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Martial Arts for Media Watchers: A Review of Steven J. Milloy’s “Junk Science Judo – Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams,” by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #371 /
If you plan on reading another newspaper or watching the nightly news, you need to read Steven J. Milloy's Junk Science Judo - Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams.1 Milloy's new book is written to enable the reader - ...
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Should African-Americans Favor Privatizing Social Security? by Dr. B.B. Robinson

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. For the past couple of weeks, major newspapers have carried stories about new efforts to privatize the U.S. Social Security System (SSS). Although the real battle to effect this change is far from beginning ...
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