Category: Health

Choosing Life Over Death By Being Conservative, by Malcolm Moore

Choosing Life Over Death By Being Conservative, by Malcolm Moore

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published May 2004 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. If you're reading this commentary you're obviously still alive. Up to this point, you probably think you've chosen ...
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Health Activists Suppress Information on Safer Alternative to Smoking, by Gregory Parker

Health Activists Suppress Information on Safer Alternative to Smoking, by Gregory Parker

New Visions Commentary /
Despite decades of health warnings, negative ad campaigns and tobacco's well-established bad reputation, 46 million Americans continue to smoke. For many, it's an addiction to the nicotine found in cigarettes that keeps them puffing. There is an alternative, but those ...
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Health Activists Suppress Information on Safer Alternative to Smoking, by Gregory Parker

Health Activists Suppress Information on Safer Alternative to Smoking, by Gregory Parker

National Policy Analysis #510 /
Despite decades of health warnings, negative ad campaigns and tobacco's well-established bad reputation, 46 million Americans continue to smoke. For many, it's an addiction to the nicotine found in cigarettes that keeps them puffing. There is an alternative, but those ...
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"Snake Oil" Medicare Reform Criticized; Called "Legislative Malpractice" By Black Leader

“Snake Oil” Medicare Reform Criticized; Called “Legislative Malpractice” By Black Leader

Press Release /
Every once in a while, you hear a story you know you will remember for the rest of your life. On July 5, 2002, Tony Dyess of Mississippi, a father of two, suffered head injuries in an auto accident. He ...
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Transplant Details Raise Cruel Questions, by Kimberley Wilson

Transplant Details Raise Cruel Questions, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
You'd have to be made of granite to not be moved by Jessica Santillan's plight. The sweet-faced 17-year-old weighed 85 pounds and suffered from a birth defect that left her heart and lungs unable to function properly. Her one chance ...
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In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, by Horace Cooper

In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, by Horace Cooper

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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Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.

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.

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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Should African-Americans Favor Privatizing Social Security? by Dr. B.B. Robinson

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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Government Attack on Dietary Supplements Lean on Facts, by Council Nedd

Government Attack on Dietary Supplements Lean on Facts, by Council Nedd

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I've never been surprised by the foolish actions of our federal government. Like all things, it follows the laws of nature - and nature abhors a vacuum. If left unchecked, our government behaves similarly, ...
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