Archive for 'Health'
Life With a Pouch on the Side – Well Blog – NYTimes.com
“I’ve got a little plastic secret.
I don’t have a colon, and for more than 25 years I’ve worn a pouch on my lower right abdomen to collect waste. I think about the pouch only when I change it or if there’s a problem with it.” By DANA JENNINGS
via Life With a Pouch on the Side [...]
Keith Olbermann: Kill the Bill
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Full StoryBirth of a Surgeon ~ Full Episode | Wide Angle
Brilliant video of the training of midwives in sub-Saharan Africa in life-saving surgical techniques, such as Cesareans and hysterectomies. One in 22 women there dies in childbirth. More than 600,000 women die every year in childbirth worldwide.
“WIDE ANGLE travels to Mozambique, where a bold grassroots initiative to train midwives in advanced life-saving surgery has [...]
Reform Matters – Making Real Progress for Women and Health Care
Women have an especially difficult time accessing health care due to discriminatory practices that are currently legal. Here’s a pdf developed by the National Women’s Law Center that describes what health care reform would mean to women in Nevada: Nevada Health Care Reform Fact Sheet
For more information and state-by-state analyses of what HR [...]
Former BlueCross Pitchman Switches Sides, Comes Out For Public Option
Good for Andy Cobb! This video is really funny. Comes to you via HuffPost.com:
“Andy Cobb has had enough. A former pitchman for BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida, Cobb is breaking with the firm and speaking out in favor of health care reform and a public health insurance option.”
via Former BlueCross Pitchman Switches Sides, Comes Out [...]
Names of the Dead: Jesse Lee Johnson 25, Reseda, CA
Please read and share. Just one of hundreds of stories about people who have died due to lack of health insurance. What kind of people have we become?
Names of the Dead: Jesse Lee Johnson 25, Reseda, CA
“My cousin Jesse who was my best friend died due a blood clot that had traveled to his heart. [...]
De-Icer: USGS report details “recent dramatic shrinkage” in U.S. glaciers, matching global decline « Climate Progress
In case you’d forgotten about climate change in all the hubbub and uproar about our president being a Nazi. Here’s what global warming has wrought:
De-Icer: USGS report details “recent dramatic shrinkage” in U.S. glaciers, matching global decline « Climate Progress.
Just sayin’ …
Can Capitalists Learn to Love Socialized Medicine?
Can Capitalists Learn to Love Socialized Medicine?.
Neil Buchanan, an economist and attorney who writes for FindLaw.com, argues that socialized medicine is actually a boon to business. We currently have government-run education operating in tandem with private education, and the system is a boon to business, as well. Think about it. My father worked for the [...]
Health Care Reform: A Time for Real Action
Health Care Reform: A Time for Real Action
John Dean makes the point that Republicans aren’t interested in true debate, but only in drowning out opposition. Why don’t more people see this for what it is: two different types of personalities, one ruthlessly aggressive and domineering, interested only in forcing everyone to go along with their [...]
Franken Calms Down Health Care Opponents (VIDEO)
Franken Calms Down Health Care Opponents (VIDEO).
Excellent video! Franken is able to calmly explain key points. It’s only 10 minutes to watch the whole thing. Recommended!
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