Alternative News and Information. en-us http://users.feedblitz.com/7cac552a450f83864c6413641f68cb51/logo.gifhttp://www.alternet.org/ http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2009 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2882033/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Pharmaceutical-Giant-Paid-to-Psychiatrist-Who-Used-Chicagos-Poor-as-Guinea-Pigs Dr. Michael Reinstein reaped a cool half million off his patients' misery. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Christina Jewett and Sam Roe, ProPublica http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2864644/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Steps-Obama-Could-Take-to-Save-Food No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. We need a new food system. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:01 PST Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2857423/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Is-Obamas-Latest-Agriculture-Nominee-a-Textbook-PesticidePusher Obama recently tapped as chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the US Trade Representative a senior executive from one of the pesticide industry's main trade groups. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:01 PST Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2836618/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Do-Yearly-Mammograms-Save-Womens-Lives Controversial new recommendations on breast cancer prevention have caused a stir in the women's health community. But do yearly mammograms really change death rates? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Naomi Freundlich, Health Beat http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2833195/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Is-House-Health-Care-Bill-a-Threat-to-Our-Constitution The House health-care bill isn't just a threat to women's rights; with the Stupak amendment, it's a breach of the Constitution. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:01 PST Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2820200/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Mystery-of-Worlds-Worst-Mass-Arsenic-Poisoning-Finally-Solved The culprit are tens of thousands of man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:01 PST AFP http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2766636/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~An-Open-Letter-to-Harry-Reid-Heres-How-to-Cut-Health-Care-Costs Nobody said this would be easy. But passing the health reform that America deserves involves a little political muscle. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:01 PST Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2767199/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~For-YearOld-Without-an-Arm-Insurance-Has-Run-Out 12 year old Benjamin French lives in one of 33 states where insurance companies are allowed to set annual and lifetime caps on prosthetic coverage. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:01 PST Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2734615/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Why-I-Drink-Raw-Milk-Thats-Sold-Illegally The local heritage food movement -- the raw milk movement -- is all about respecting and honoring indigenous wisdom. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:01 PST Joel Salatin, Chelsea Green Publishing http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2734616/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Rebellious-Teens-Should-Have-Rebellious-Diets Kids are obsessed with self-expression. So why are their food choices so monotonous? Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:01 PST Sarah Newman, Takepart http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2706703/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Catholic-Bishops-Put-Sex-Obsession-Ahead-of-Mission-to-the-Sick-and-the-Poor First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Adele M. Stan, AlterNet http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2637991/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~The-Democratic-Party-Whose-Team-Is-It-Anyway In the wake of the passage by Democrats of a radical anti-abortion measure, Democratic women are asking, "Whose party is this?" Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Katha Pollitt, The Nation http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2637992/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Memo-to-the-TeaBaggers-God-and-Country-Arent-with-You You don't appear to know what "freedom" means. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Glynn Wilson, Locust Forks News-Journal http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2600778/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~LabGrown-Meat-The-Answer-to-Animal-Cruelty-and-Environmental-Ruin-From-Feedlots If and when lab-grown meat begins filling the processed-food troughs of the masses, will the Oscar Mayer wiener-eaters of the world even notice? Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Ari LeVaux, AlterNet http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2600779/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Why-the-Catholic-Bishops-Who-Pushed-Through-the-Stupak-Amendment-Are-Hypocrites The same language the bishops thought too weak to truly ban public funding for abortion maintains their charities' own access to public money. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Jon O'Brien and Nancy Keenan, AlterNet http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2570579/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~How-Catholic-Bishops-Threw-the-Health-Care-Debate-into-Turmoil-with-AntiAbortion-Maneuver It took a virulently anti-choice measure to pass the House's health care reform legislation. Progressives are strategizing how to keep it from the final bill. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Adele M. Stan, AlterNet http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2552804/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Immigrants-and-HealthCare-What-Part-of-LEGAL-Doesnt-Washington-Understand Congress inexplicably restricts low-income legal immigrants from the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs, which provide a modicum of security for the most vulnerable. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:01 PST Marielena Hincapié, New America Media http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2524388/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Does-the-House-Bills-Public-Option-Kill-Off-the-Senates Why the health care reform act has a very long and very difficult road ahead. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:01 PST Booman, Booman Tribune http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2508559/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Soda-Helps-Make-Americans-Unhealthy-and-Fat-Will-Soda-Tax-Prevail-Despite-Pushback-by-Beverage-Industry Soft drink makers, supermarket companies, agriculture and the fast-food business have poured millions into campaigning against taxes on sweetened beverages. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Christine Spolar, Joseph Eaton, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/2571710/ud3qc/alternet_healthwellness~Suicides-This-Year-at-Ft-Hood-War-Stress-Is-Taking-Soldiers-to-the-Brink The shooting tragedy at Fort Hood on Friday points to a much larger problem of combat stress and overdeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Dahr Jamail, Asia Times