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Free Speech and Good Health
Earlier this month, the US District Court of the Southern District of New York announced its decision in Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. FDA. As healthcare economist John Goodman reports in…
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New study shows meat eaters healthier
“Our results showed that a vegetarian diet is associated with poorer health (higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders), a higher need for health care, and poorer quality…
Health Care
One of Medicaid’s Many Flaws
View in your browser. As I mentioned last week, Medicaid takes a serious bite out of North Carolina’s DHHS budget. Of the general fund’s $5 billion allocated to DHHS, Medicaid…
Education
The U.S. Government: Subsidizing Obesity
It is not uncommon for government officials to enact legislation that directly contradicts provisions of current policy; this can be seen most obviously in its steady support of tobacco subsidies…
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Want to live longer? Be a conservative
Several studies suggest optimists live longer and enjoy better health than pessimists. The real mystery is why. … Perhaps optimists enjoy better health and longer lives because they lead healthier…
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Diets don’t work, but you have to read that in the UK press
Fox News is the only US outlet that shows up on Google News as running a story on a new analysis that shows diets leave people heavier and less healthy.
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Education improves your health
That’s the finding of Adriana Lleras-Muney and David Cutler in a July 2006 working paper recently noted by the New York Times. Knowledge in the form of diagnosis, however, may…
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Low Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks
Here is the New York Times article. Finally, I can go home to Krispy Kreme.
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From the ground-breaking researchers who discovered that soap kills germs and hugs are good …
Now we know that people are more likely to have health problems the older they get. (Here are the links to the previous items about soap and hugs.)
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Adding some weight to the subject
Doing some blog work for Joe. Check out this Tech Central Station article entitled Better to Die Young Than Get Fat. For some quick catching up, check out the previous…
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A Word of Warning to the Old and Infirm
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Ballance Off Ballot.
Frank Ballance is out of the race for the 1st CD. He cites failing health.