Society, Issues, Health
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- A news site promoting sound science and combating the hype and junk science. The issues covered include food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.
- A consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.
- Examination of theoretical justifications for coercive public health policies.
- A forum for people concerned at the impact of globalisation on global health. Includes documents, briefings and news.
- Campaigners are calling for action to help prevent 50,000 deaths from cold in the UK each year.
- A commentary on why the US health care system is the most expensive in the world but less effective than most people realize.
- Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide.
- Research, advocacy and publications related to health, worldwide. Focus upon the poor. Partners with projects in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, United States, with a goal of neither development or charity, but "pragmatic solidarity".
- Non-profit making organisation which stands for the sanctity of life from conception till death and a basic Christian ethic.
- Directory of links to information and articles on safety.
- Free video by a heart transplant patient, aimed at Jr. High kids, about positive life styles, the non-use of drugs and alcohol, and organ donation.
- A prevention program in response to high infant mortality rates, low birth weight babies, inadequate health care for women of child bearing age and their families in rural areas in SC.
- Public citizen effort to collect and make public information about questionable doctors in the United States. Data is available online.
- Monthly magazine informing patients of little-known side effects of drugs, and allegedly "proven" alternative remedies.
- Interdisciplinary group which studies the impact of biomedical technology, health policy, and demographic shifts on society. Mission statement, upcoming events, past events, future plans, and faculty listing.
- Health related issues including global warming, alternative healing, cancer related, food, and nutrition.
- Promotes the assessment and testing of treatments, whether 'orthodox' or 'alternative'.
- Advice, information, research and links about a variety of issues, including alcoholism, debt, drug addiction, marriage problems, sexual abuse and weight issues.
- Fact sheets and analyses on: managed care, prenatal care, children's health insurance, diabetes, and current immunization recommendations for children and adults.
- From the Why Files.
- Greenpeace data shows that vinyl (PVC) medical devices contain high levels of toxic additives which can leach out through surrounding fluids, exposing hospital patients to a probable human carcinogen.
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