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Smoking kills your skin... duh!
A new study shows that smoking harms more than just facial skin. Even skin that is covered and not exposed to the sun shows wrinkling and aging in s read more
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The State's Health Czar is Blaming Accenture for a program he was told would likely fail
In a misguided, poorly executed effort to let the private sector bring efficiency to Texas government, the state has squandered at least $100 million. read more
Location: Texas
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Public Citizen calls on FDA to stop illegal Celebrex television advertisement
A letter was sent on April 9 by Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, urging the FDA to order Pfizer to immediately s read more
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Texas Ranks 48th in State Medicaid Programs - 2007
Placing in the bottom 10 in two categories, including the one with the heaviest weight, Texas ranks a poor 48th overall. In fact, it is the only stat read more
Location: Texas
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Third Generation Birth Control Health Risk to Women
Kate is taking broad action to warn women about the dangers of third generation birth control containing desogestrel read more
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Fluorescent Light Bulbs Can Be Costly - Over $2000 if You Break One!
How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light bulb? About US$4.28 for the bulb and labour -- unless you break the bulb. Then yo read more
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The Property Cops: Homeowner Associations Ban Eco-Friendly Practices
People rarely confront HOAs directly over clothesline rules; most either conform or covertly disobey. Alice lives in the Lakeside subdivision in Aust read more
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Don't Stop Believing
Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Convention. read more
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Women in Government, Merck's Trojan Horse: Part Three in a Series on the Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer
An in-depth look at Merck's push to make HPV vaccinations mandatory for adolescent girls. read more
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Health Care vs. the Profit Principle
Our health care system isn't designed to make people healthier: It is designed for extracting money from the vulnerable and putting it into the pockets of the rich. read more
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