What Experts in Law and Medicine Have to Say About the Cost of Drugs
By ANDY ORAM
Pharmaceutical drug costs impinge heavily on consumers’ consciousness, often on a monthly basis, and have become such a stress on the public that they came up repeatedly among both major parties during the U.S. presidential campaign–and remain a bipartisan rallying cry. A good deal of the recent conference named Health Law Year in P/Review, at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, covered issues with a bearing on drug costs. It’s interesting to take the academic expertise from that conference–and combine it with a bit of commo...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Andy Oram Drug Pricing Pharma Source Type: blogs
Joining a crowd transforms us psychologically, with serious health implications
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By guest blogger Laura Spinney
Glastonbury 1997, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the pilgrimage to Lourdes in 2008: what do they have in common? All three were the backdrop to outbreaks of communicable disease, and so of interest to doctors working in mass gathering medicine. The goal of this relatively young field is to address the specific health problems associated with mass events, but two British psychologists now claim that this can only be done effectively by understanding the psychological transformation that people undergo when they join a crowd.
Joining a crowd changes a person...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - January 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: guest blogger Health Social Source Type: blogs
Why You Can ’t Find Safe Vaccines
Conclusions
Safe, effective, affordable homeopathic immunizations exist for almost every illness now targeted by unsafe, costly, failed conventional vaccinations. If the goal were to provide protection from disease in a safe manner, why aren’t these safe, inexpensive homeopathic options made available to the public on a large scale?
Millions of dollars in healthcare costs would be saved by using a less expensive immunization. Most significant would be the reduction of vaccine-caused diseases including autism, asthma, allergies, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, and cancer. The health of Americans would improve in dramatic ...
Source: vactruth.com - September 17, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles Top Stories homeopathic vaccination homeopathic vaccines truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Whole plant cells producing viral capsid protein as a poliovirus vaccine candidate
Although the use of the live, attenuated (Sabin) poliovirus vaccines has been instrumental in nearly eradicating the virus from the planet, the rare reversion to virulence of these strains has lead to the World Health Organization to recommend their replacement with inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). Unfortunately IPV is also not without shortcomings, including high cost, failure to induce intestinal immunity, and the need to keep the vaccine at low temperatures. An experimental poliovirus vaccine produced in plants could overcome these problems.
A new vaccine candidate was made by producing the poliovirus capsid pro...
Source: virology blog - August 19, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information IPV mucosal immunity OPV oral vaccine plant cell vaccine poliovirus viral viruses Source Type: blogs
Cool Video: Watching Bacteria Turn Virulent
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Researchers created an apparatus to study quorum sensing, a communication system that allows some bacteria to cause dangerous infections. Their findings suggest that blocking bacterial communication might lead to a new way to combat such infections. Credit: Minyoung Kevin Kim and Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University.
If you’ve ever felt a slimy coating on your teeth, scrubbed grime from around a sink drain or noticed something growing between the tiles of a shower, you’ve encountered a biofilm. Made up of communities of bacteria and other microorganisms, biofilms thrive where the...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Alisa Zapp Machalek Tags: Cell Biology Chemistry and Biochemistry Source Type: blogs
How Healthcare Was Bought Out, Resulting in Today’s Focus on Vaccinations and Pharmaceuticals
Conclusion And Future Of Healthcare
Our healthcare system was bought out long ago for the profits of pharmaceutical companies. Vaccinations today are likewise being sold to profit pharmaceutical companies, not for the benefit of our health. At one time, safe, effective healthcare treatments flourished in America.
More vaccinations are in the making to offer “theoretical” protection for every illness imaginable.
One can either vaccinate or choose more natural, safe approaches for disease prevention, including better nutrition.
References:
http://www.nvic.org/downloads/49-doses-posterb.aspx
https://www.homeopathic.com...
Source: vactruth.com - March 28, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Top Stories American Medical Association (AMA) Andrew Carnegie Flexner Report John D. Rockefeller truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
“This engraving was made in 1831, showing a woman before...
"This engraving was made in 1831, showing a woman before being infected with Cholera (left) and the same women shortly before her death (right). In the early 19th century, Cholera was one of the most feared diseases. It is spread through contaminated food and water, then attacks the wall of the small intestine. This leads to diarrhea and vomiting, sometimes so bad that those infected can die from dehydration in a matter of hours. Lucky for us, Cholera's spread has decreased greatly in developed countries. Get up close and personal with Cholera and other medical matters at memento.muttermuseum.org. #Histmed #medicalhistory...
Source: Kidney Notes - March 27, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
“Anna Dhody is Curator of The Mütter Museum, and also...
"Anna Dhody is Curator of The Mütter Museum, and also Director of the Mütter Institute, which conducts and encourages research into specimens to further our understanding of 21st Century human health. Today, attendees to our lunch with the curator got a special insight to some of the research that has used our collection, from cholera to books bound in human skin. #muttermuseum #museum #forensics #forensicanthropology #medicalhistory #medical #science #disease #Philadelphia #foodandthought" By muttermuseum on Instagram. Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - November 18, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Have you heard of henoch-schonlein purpura?
I sure don’t remember this condition in nursing school! Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) is a disease involving inflammation of small blood vessels. It most commonly occurs in children. The inflammation causes blood vessels in the skin, intestines, kidneys and joints to start leaking. The main symptom is a rash with numerous small bruises, which have a raised appearance over the legs or buttocks. Although HSP can affect people at any age, most cases occur in children between the ages of 2 and 11. It is more common in boys than girls. Adults with HSP are more likely to have more severe disease compared to children. HSP usua...
Source: Nursing Comments - October 18, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephanie Jewett, RN Tags: Advice/Education Caregiving General Public Nursing/Nursing Students Patients/Specific Diseases blood in urine children diarrhea HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA inflammation of blood vessels joint pain joint swelling kidney disease loss Source Type: blogs
Profit over Safety – Centers for Disease Control Names 271 New Vaccinations
Conclusion
How many vaccinations will be considered to be a sensible number? If all of the vaccinations currently under development are deemed a success, how many of them will be added to the schedule? As there is little research to determine which ingredients are in the vaccinations listed as “under development” by the CDC, many parents are concerned about their toxicity and how best to protect their children.
I will leave you with the wise words of Robert F, Kennedy Jr: “Vaccine industry money has neutralized virtually all of the checks and balances that once stood between a rapacious pharmaceutical industry and ou...
Source: vactruth.com - August 3, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Top Stories Christina England Logical Centers for Disease Control (CDC) World Health Organization (WHO) PhRMA Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Source Type: blogs
Lawsuit Against U.N. on the Spread of Cholera Epidemic in Haiti Advances
[NYTimes] A federal judge in New York has agreed to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit filed against the United Nations by advocates for Haitian victims of the deadly cholera epidemic that first appeared on the island four years ago. The lawsuit, filed last year, argues that United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti were responsible for […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - October 9, 2014 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Jennifer Miller, PhD Tags: Health Care Public Health Biolaw resource allocation Risk Exposure & Bioethics Social Matters syndicated World News - Home World News - News Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 101
It is 393 days since the last instalment of Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five (FFFF episode 100) and since the last posting we have been inundated with a steady trickle of email protestation.
The arbitrary threshold for re-instatement was forcibly fixed for Fifty, and thus the 50th email became the straw that broke the authors back and we return once again to the arcane world of the Who, What, Where, Why and When of medical trivia.
Bring back Funtabulously Frivolous Friday!! I, and my colleagues miss it!!
…from a cardiology nurse, who enjoys more than cardiology! – madeupquote.com
Question 1
What was the...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 1, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Niall Hamilton Tags: Frivolous Friday Five FFFF medial quiz Medical Trivia Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Source Type: blogs
Glands and Grains
We live in a world in which endocrine disruption–the disruption of endocrine gland function–is a growing health threat.
Endocrine disruption can take many forms. It can take the form of thyroid disease provoked by industrial chemicals, such as perchlorates, the residues of synthetic fertilizers in produce. Or it could be provoked by the polybrominated dipheyl ethers flame retardants in your carpeting. Or it could be the triclosan in your antibacterial soap and hand sanitizer. It can also take the form of causing young girls to experience menstrual cycles and breast growth prematurely due to exposure to estrogen...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Health Destruction by Wheat Endocrine Gliadin Thyroid Source Type: blogs
