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Carbon traders demand EU action to restore ebbing market confidence

Posted on Sep 04 @ 10:38 am

In particular, the letter calls on the EU to confirm how many UN-approved carbon offsets can be used during the next phase of the scheme to help European businesses meet the carbon caps imposed through the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Article Date: Sep 04 @ 10:38 am | Read Full Article

Blagojevich, political corruption and health care reform

Posted on Aug 23 @ 01:32 am

Lying is a matter of course for "successful" politicians, from the day their campaign begins to their last day in office

Article Date: Aug 23 @ 01:32 am | Read Full Article

Senator Kerry debuts second energy bill

Posted on Aug 11 @ 01:19 pm

The senator last week introduced the Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act of 2010, which abandons the emissions trading proposals included in the previous climate bill developed by Kerry and independent senator Joe Lieberman and instead focuses on the introduction and extension of incentives and funding for renewable energy developers and users.

Article Date: Aug 11 @ 01:19 pm | Read Full Article

Funding May Affect Reporting of Trial Results (CME/CE)

Posted on Aug 03 @ 12:03 am

The vast majority of published industry-funded trials (85.4%) had positive findings, compared with 50% of those funded by government and 71.9% of those funded by nonprofit or nonfederal organizations...

Article Date: Aug 03 @ 12:03 am | Read Full Article

Women Big Winners With Health Reform Law

Posted on Aug 02 @ 11:53 pm

An estimated 30 million women will be helped by the new health reform law over the next 10 years, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.

Article Date: Aug 02 @ 11:53 pm | Read Full Article

Good and bad in the hands of politicians

Posted on Jul 29 @ 04:34 pm

Casasanto and Jasmin found that right-handed candidates made a greater proportion of right-hand gestures when expressing positive ideas and left-hand gestures when expressing negative thoughts.

Article Date: Jul 29 @ 04:34 pm | Read Full Article

Republican heavyweight throws support behind RES

Posted on Jul 28 @ 11:07 pm

Republican senator for Kansas, Sam Brownback has joined the growing chorus of voices calling for bipartisan support in the Senate to include the renewable energy standard (RES) in the American clean energy and leadership act.

Article Date: Jul 28 @ 11:07 pm | Read Full Article

Collecting rainwater now illegal in many states as Big Government claims ownership over our water

Posted on Jul 28 @ 11:03 pm

You may not be aware of this, but many Western states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have long outlawed individuals from collecting rainwater on their own properties because, according to officials, that rain belongs to someone else.

Article Date: Jul 28 @ 11:03 pm | Read Full Article

Oakland City Council approves industrial marijuana facilities

Posted on Jul 25 @ 12:27 pm

In states where medicinal marijuana is permitted, legal dispensaries usually obtain the drug from small backyard growers and distribute it to patients with prescriptions. But the Oakland, Calif. City Council recently took marijuana production to the next level when it approved the construction and operation of potentially four industrial-size marijuana production facilities within city limits.

Article Date: Jul 25 @ 12:27 pm | Read Full Article

FDA Recalls Eye Surgery Machine

Posted on Jul 21 @ 07:58 pm

The FDA has issued a class I recall -- its most serious -- for certain devices in the Constellation Vision ophthalmic microsurgical systems line due to software and hardware power errors which may cause eye injury or blindness.

Article Date: Jul 21 @ 07:58 pm | Read Full Article

Feds Charge 94 Docs, Others With Medicare Fraud

Posted on Jul 19 @ 10:24 pm

Charges have been unsealed against 94 physicians, healthcare and billing company executives, and others in five cities across the country, alleging that they submitted a total of $251 million in false Medicare claims.

Article Date: Jul 19 @ 10:24 pm | Read Full Article

Too Fat to Fight (comic)

Posted on Jul 16 @ 02:30 pm

A group of retired military officials recently expressed concern that school lunches are a threat to national security. According to them, the food being fed to children at public schools is making them "too fat to fight", leaving a potentially considerable gap in military recruitment.

Article Date: Jul 16 @ 02:30 pm | Read Full Article

Cheney Gets LVAD

Posted on Jul 15 @ 01:10 am

Cheney has had at least five heart attacks, beginning in 1978 when he was 37 years old. Among the procedures he has undergone since then are a four-vessel coronary bypass graft, two angioplasties, and placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

Article Date: Jul 15 @ 01:10 am | Read Full Article

Medicare Puts Brakes on DME Money Train

Posted on Jul 06 @ 01:20 am

The cuts signal the start of Medicare's competitive bidding program, which will be used to determine the price Medicare pays for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies.

Article Date: Jul 06 @ 01:20 am | Read Full Article

Seventy million expired flu vaccines about to be incinerated as waste

Posted on Jul 06 @ 01:14 am

What we didn't know at the time was how deep the corruption at the CDC and WHO really goes. It turns out that key advisors in both organizations were on the take from Big Pharma...

Article Date: Jul 06 @ 01:14 am | Read Full Article

Flu Vaccines, pharma fraud, quack science, the CDC and WHO -- all exposed by Richard Gale and Gary Null

Posted on Jul 02 @ 01:07 am

As you'll read below, flu vaccines remain a mainstay modern medicine only because they provide a reliable source of profits for the pharmaceutical industry which now virtually dictates public health policy thanks to its powerful lobbying resources.

Article Date: Jul 02 @ 01:07 am | Read Full Article

Conventional doctor's faith in Big Pharma shattered after Glaxo's latest scams

Posted on Jul 02 @ 12:54 am

The pages of the Senate report read like a spy novel: Glaxo receiving confidential documents leaked by a sympathetic academic who consulted for the company; the company embarking on a campaign to intimidate critics who warned about potential safety issues with the drug...

Article Date: Jul 02 @ 12:54 am | Read Full Article

U.S. government panel now pushing "vaccinations for all!" No exceptions…

Posted on Jul 02 @ 12:41 am

An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that every person be vaccinated for the seasonal flu yearly, except in a few cases where the vaccine is known to be unsafe.

Article Date: Jul 02 @ 12:41 am | Read Full Article

How Close are Docs and Drug Companies?

Posted on Jun 22 @ 11:24 am

Despite close scrutiny and current policy trends, many clinicians continue to hold positive attitudes towards gifts from pharmaceutical companies, according to a new study.

Article Date: Jun 22 @ 11:24 am | Read Full Article

Alaska emerges as unlikely renewable energy pioneer

Posted on Jun 22 @ 11:21 am

Under the new legislation, Alaska has set itself a target of generating half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025...

Article Date: Jun 22 @ 11:21 am | Read Full Article

U.S. govt. poisoned its own citizens during Prohibition

Posted on Jun 20 @ 02:04 pm

In a dark but little-known chapter of U.S. history, the federal government ordered the poisoning of alcohol supplies to deter and punish those who sought to flout Prohibition-era bans.

Article Date: Jun 20 @ 02:04 pm | Read Full Article

17 big questions about the handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Posted on Jun 20 @ 02:03 pm

What's clear about the BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is that the independent journalists are doing a better job of asking the really tough questions than the mainstream media.

Article Date: Jun 20 @ 02:03 pm | Read Full Article

CMS Begins Paying Medicare Claims at 21% Lower Rate

Posted on Jun 20 @ 02:00 pm

The lower reimbursement rate technically went into effect on June 1, but CMS had announced that it would not process claims for medical services delivered after the deadline, giving Congress additional time to block the 21% cut.

Article Date: Jun 20 @ 02:00 pm | Read Full Article

FDA declares war on ozone generators; seizes inventory

Posted on Jun 11 @ 02:18 am

Declaring ozone generators an unapproved and untested medical device, the FDA seized the inventory of a California manufacturer on January 29.

Article Date: Jun 11 @ 02:18 am | Read Full Article

Big Pharma blackmails Greece; halts medicine supply over cash demands

Posted on Jun 03 @ 12:05 pm

In the midst of runaway economic problem in Greece, the pharmaceutical industry has decided to blackmail the nation and halt shipments of medicines to Greece until it agrees to pay full price for the drugs.

Article Date: Jun 03 @ 12:05 pm | Read Full Article

Support the Free Speech About Science Act and restore freedom of health speech

Posted on May 31 @ 02:03 pm

The Free Speech About Science Act (FSAS), also known as HR 4913, will allow manufacturers and producers to reference peer-reviewed, scientific studies that highlight the health benefits of a particular food or herb that they grow or sell.

Article Date: May 31 @ 02:03 pm | Read Full Article

Federal Government Asks for Dismissal of Virginia Lawsuit

Posted on May 31 @ 02:02 pm

The plaintiffs argued that the federal government does not have the authority under the "Commerce Clause" of the Constitution to force citizens to purchase health insurance.

Article Date: May 31 @ 02:02 pm | Read Full Article

Drug companies intentionally leave out required side effects information on drug ads

Posted on May 26 @ 03:41 am

The FDA has sent warning letters to four pharmaceutical companies citing them for omitting and minimizing information about risks and exaggerating potential benefits in material promoting their drugs.

Article Date: May 26 @ 03:41 am | Read Full Article

U.S. senate votes to maintain big pharma's monopoly by blocking competitive imports

Posted on May 26 @ 03:26 am

The United States Senate recently rejected two separate proposals that would have allowed the importation of cheaper medication from other countries, apparently in order to preserve a deal between the pharmaceutical industry and the White House.

Article Date: May 26 @ 03:26 am | Read Full Article

Dead doctors still making millions from Medicare billings

Posted on May 10 @ 12:08 am

Medicare issued as much as $92 million in payments between 2000 and 2007 for medical procedures or devices ordered under the names of doctors who had already died, according to a 2008 Senate committee report.

Article Date: May 10 @ 12:08 am | Read Full Article

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