medicine
Discrimination affects health for lifetime: Weekly science round up
September 22, 2015Vitamin C, school start time, India's private hospitals, pre-diabetes, physical effects of discrimination.
Read moreTrans-Pacific Trade Agreement: Potential damage to global public health
August 25, 2015"If the door starts to close on generic production of antiretrovirals, any hope of ending the global AIDS epidemic in our lifetime will quickly evaporate."
Read moreEnding Cuban blockade could improve U.S. health
August 10, 2015If the current thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations leads to lifting the decades-long blockade, we will have access to life-saving drugs and vaccines now banned in the U.S.
Read moreSouth Africa hits “genocidal” plan of pharmaceutical industry
January 21, 2014South Africa is working to create its own generic pharmaceuticals industry. Its success depends on being able to be independent of big pharma companies.
Read moreCancer doctors slam drug industry for immoral profiteering
May 6, 2013More than 100 leading cancer specialists from around the world have denounced the "astronomical" costs of cancer drugs, suggesting that drug companies are engaged in unethical profiteering.
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