Posts Tagged ‘ health ’

Big Pharma Ads on Their Way

January 20, 2010
By bicyclemark
Big Pharma Ads on Their Way

Anyone who has ever been to the United States, or watched commercials on American Television somehow, knows of the never-ending barrage of Pharmaceutical ads that have come to take over the gaps in be
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Cuban Medical Talk

January 14, 2009
By bicyclemark
Cuban Medical Talk

My friend Chris Lydon posted an excellent Radio Open Source recently, as he is making his way around Cuba. As opposed to the highly revered personalities and voices he usually offers us, this time Ch
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Health Consumers of Europa

November 17, 2008
By bicyclemark
Health Consumers of Europa

Currently flipping through the European Health Consumer Index for 2008, which seems to rate nations (in Europe) based on how well the health system treats patients and how empowered patients are. Thou
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Ask Your EU Doctors About

August 8, 2008
By bicyclemark
Ask Your EU Doctors About

No this is not a spam post. While in the United States I usually watch a bit of television and I definitely spend time listening to the radio.  One thing you'll have no problem encountering on both
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Followup On Newark

April 12, 2008
By bicyclemark
Followup On Newark

In keeping with the issue of what is happening in the city of my birth and childhood, I noticed Ken over at the DailyNewarker has just posted an interesting podcast.  It is an interview with someone
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bm253 The Threat of Hospital Closings in Newark

March 8, 2008
By bicyclemark

Why are two very needed hospitals in the city of Newark, NJ under threat of closing down? Money, politics, business.. what are the reasons being given and how do they hold up under some real scrutiny?
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Civil Rights, Now

January 22, 2008
By bicyclemark
Civil Rights, Now

Only recently did I learn about the film Freeheld and the story of Laurel Hester, a NJ police officer with a terminal sickness, fighting so that her wife and partner could receive her pension, just li
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Nalgenes Pose a Threat

January 13, 2008
By bicyclemark
Nalgenes Pose a Threat

It is a reoccurring topic on this blog, toxic chemicals in objects that we use for our daily lives, and on this sunday, I'd like to bring forth another. The difference between this blog and a mains
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