America Has a Big Fat Drug Problem

Published August 21, 2013

America Has a Big Fat Drug Problem
A spanking-new study of who serves on the panels that make recommendations about how to define diseases showed that an average of 75 percent of members had been paid by the prescription-drug industry. Three-quarters of those experts, in fact, had … Read more on Philadelphia Magazine (blog)

Cultural respect is a health issue for Canadian aboriginals
While poverty, drug abuse and sexual abuse rates are higher among the aboriginal population than for non-aboriginal Canadians, Wolfe says health-care professionals too quickly jump to the conclusion that they are a factor with every aboriginal patient … Read more on Ottawa Citizen

Traveller family complains over 'racist' remarks
A statement from them said: “The comments made by councillor Mark Coxshall to the press and public are, we believe, inciting racial hatred and discriminatory against the legally recognised and defined ethnic minority of gipsies and travellers. “We have … Read more on Echo

Internet Addiction Camp
Chinese parents are taking extreme measures and sending their “internet addicted” kids to a specialized boot camp. Crazy. Ignore these tags: Addiction Addict…