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Managed Care
August 2001 |
Controversy Swirls Over Unregulated RU-486 Print Ads The National Abortion Federation, a professional association representing abortion providers in the U.S. and Canada, predicts that its advertising campaign for mifepristone that began last month will reach more than 70 percent of women under age 50...   |
Managed Care
August 2001
Michael S. Victoroff |
Why Falsify Records When Anonymity Can Be Had in a Tested, Familiar Way? Should people be allowed to preserve the confidentiality of their pharmacy or medical treatment records? There may be a solution that doesn't constitute fraud, and has proven effective... |
AskMen.com
Joshua Levine |
Life-Threatening Illnesses A list of what I think are the most significant diseases you should watch out for. |
Salon.com
August 29, 2001
Pam Rosenthal |
"The Forgetting" by David Shenk A brilliant and quirky new book on Alzheimer's offers food for thought on the unthinkable and a new, deeper understanding of the coming epidemic. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Jeremy Lott |
Pupils Wide Open Prescription laws, generally regarded as a safeguard for the public, may be facilitating protectionism and price-fixing instead. Attorneys general in 33 states are suing the American Optometric Association for jacking up the price of contact lenses... |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Jacob Sullum |
Through the Nose An FDA advisory committee has voted overwhelmingly to recommend over-the-counter status for Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec, three popular prescription allergy drugs. But the drugs' manufacturers are opposing a switch, fearing that it could hurt their profits... |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Annie Murphy Paul |
A rehab of one's own Gender-specific recovery programs for women are gaining ground, despite criticism of their "warm and fuzzy" approach... |
Salon.com
August 22, 2001
Michael McColly |
Whisper of death Poverty, a rigid class system and conservative Hindu values are quickly turning India into the next South Africa in the global AIDS pandemic... |
Salon.com
August 21, 2001
David Horowitz |
The AIDS obstructionists As the AIDS epidemic spins out of control, special interest groups are preventing one of the only things that can work -- mandatory testing... |
Salon.com
August 20, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Blood lust The coauthor of a new book on mosquitoes talks about who they bite, where they lurk and how they've killed over a billion human beings... |
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