http://www.commonhealth.us Rethinking American Healthcare Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:15:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Healthcare shares rose on Monday as a bill to reform healthcare passed the first critical test in the Senate . . . Shares of Cigna rose 5.3 percent to $37.69. Shares of Aetna Inc rose 5.84 percent to $34.41. Humana Inc rose 3.79 percent to $45.17 and United Health Group ...http://www.commonhealth.us/a-great-day-on-wall-street-180000-dead-americans/ There was a time when passing a bill so that the Democratic party and President would have a significant victory would translate to passing a bill so the American people would have a significant  victory. Those were the days.Now, the only beneficiaries from passing this healthcare reform bill will be ...http://www.commonhealth.us/when-corporations-run-the-congress/ The health care bill is one of the most flagrant advancements of this corporatism yet, as it bizarrely forces millions of people to buy extremely inadequate products from the private health insurance industry -- regardless of whether they want it or, worse, whether they can afford it (even with some ...http://www.commonhealth.us/corporate-healthcare/ The study at Karolinska focused on the white blood cells in the umbilical cords of Caesarean babies and found mutations in their genetic makeup. The researchers noted differences in DNA sequencing of babies delivered via Caesarean and those delivered normally. —The Swedish Local For most of human history, the two primary ...http://www.commonhealth.us/rethinking-birth/ I never had a chemistry kit when I was a kid. It was my least favorite subject in school and killed my grade point average. I doubt that I retained a single chemistry fact or principle five minutes beyond final exams.Yet when it comes to the care and feeding of ...http://www.commonhealth.us/chemistry-101/ Right under the Capitol dome, conveniently situated between the Senate and House chamber, is the Office of the Attending Physician. Inside are more than a dozen navy doctors, nurses, medical technicians, pharmacists and other health professionals, all employed by the government solely to attend to a select clientele: the 535 ...http://www.commonhealth.us/healthcare-hypocrites/ As the H1N1 vaccine was rushed into service we were repeatedly assured that it had been adequately tested. In fact, H1N1 vaccine was so similar to previous flu vaccines that the experts were confident it would be every bit as safe and effective. Now we learn: Researchers from the University of ...http://www.commonhealth.us/the-limits-of-testing/ The controversy surrounding the new recommendations on the use of mammography casts a dubious light on America's attempts to reform healthcare. Though everyone agrees that we must reduce costs, we seem unable to address the fact that the high-tech, chemo-industrial practices that define American medicine are unsustainably expensive and unavoidably harmful.The ...http://www.commonhealth.us/early-detection-is-not-prevention/ During the 14th century the bubonic plague struck with devastating results, wiping out half of the population of Europe and much of Asia. Called the Black Death, it was caused by an infectious bacterium which was spread by flea-infested rats.I can remember as a child watching a movie about that ...http://www.commonhealth.us/no-remedy/ Strike up the band! Release the balloons! Let the photo-ops begin!In an historic vote, the democrat-controlled House of Representatives managed (barely) to pass sweeping healthcare reform that will in no way affect the god-given profit margins of the insurance and pharmaceutical companies nor the fat dividends of their Wall Street ...http://www.commonhealth.us/wealthcare-victory-in-the-house/