Who REALLY paid the tobacco company fines?
Does anyone really believe that the tobacco companies are paying the $206 billion fine that was levied on them in 1998? Every penny they have - and pay in fines or taxes - comes from the sale of their products.
What if the government imposes a tax on a company - any company? The customers of that company pay it. The company either raises prices or accepts lower profit (ha!).
In October, 1981, our FDA published its *DESI Less-Than-Effective Drug List. Effective the end of that month, the government would stop reimbursement for those drugs under Medicaid and Medicare Part B. The hundreds of drugs on that special list eventually left the market. Now, the same FDA - a little older and wiser (yeah, right) is now approving combination drugs again. Is this a case of dumb OR dumber?
*http://www.dhs.state.or.us/policy/healthplan/guides/pharmacy/misc_files/desi1.pdf
Medical professionals are running scared - afraid of lawsuits. The driving fears almost force them to do what everyone else is doing - sometimes referred to as the standard of care. The days of helping people achieve and maintain health are long gone for most practitioners. In place of good diets, exercise, and meditation are drugs, surgery, and radiation. Most of us lose in this scenario, but the doctors are safe and protected from legal harm. Yet, according to this report, they go ahead and DO the things that they DON'T prescribe to their patients. Is this ANOTHER moral problem? I think so.
*CYA = Cover Your A**
This seems to be a good project and I'd participate if I didn't fail the acceptance standards (age, don't you know). The idea is to establish a database of people who can be matches for bone marrow. Seth Godin (http://bit.ly/roZApA) told me about it in reference for finding a marrow match for his friend who has leukemia.
Mortality during that flu pandemic was universally associated with concurrent severe bacterial pneumonia, which today is preventable and curable.
There are also reports that suggest sanitation is better in 2011 than it was in 1918. Ya think that might have an impact on health?
YES! [Kurt Becker] is so dedicated to the Marmion team that he was not joining the ’85 Bears team in their visit to the White House — not because of any political agenda, but simply because the visit conflicted with a big Marmion game and Becker had just explained to the kids how the team must come first.
"Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided. "
The government has also stated, "... only 25 to 35 percent of men who have a biopsy due to an elevated PSA level actually have prostate cancer". (see http://1.usa.gov/oEmRPr). That means the PSA test is PROBABLY WRONG up to 75% of the time.
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride describes the entire process in her book, Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia.
Start by reading my blog post. Then, buy the book if this topic interests you.
