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Should we enact 'No Child Left To Die'?: Lack of health care led to 17,000 US child deaths

Lack of adequate health care may have contributed to the deaths of some 17,000 US children over the past two decades, according to... more

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House Democrats Unveil Sweeping Health Reform Bill

WASHINGTON - The retooled health care overhaul plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled Thursday would extend coverage to... more

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Why Do We Need A Central Bank? PBS

One of the more interesting developments during the current recession is a small but growing drumbeat of criticism of the Federal... more

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Central District Newsletter-October 15, 2009

Central District Newsletter Captain James I. Dudley October 13, 2009 “Arm yourself….with knowledge!”... more

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US Treasury misled public on Wall Street banks' bailouts, Report

Neil Barofsky, the inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program has criticised US Treasury officials for making... more

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Tinnitus Symptoms Causes Treatments

What is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is a condition commonly found in older people but, can also develop in younger people. It is a... more

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Surfing The Apocalypse: Is Digital TV A "Big Break" For Indie Musicians And Filmmakers?

Out of the blue my laptop decided that I needed to install Windows Media Center. I figured why not and let it go ahead. I'm... more

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Acoustic Space Invaders - The Movie

Hi, My name is James Derek III and I am a Film Maker. My friends call me "jd." Presently I am working as an announcer in... more

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TV hosting Character Figure Development

Here is my Character Design Development for my TV host Figure.

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Toxic Seas

Abnormally high levels of toxic algae in the waters off the California coast are harming some of the ocean's top mammals.... more

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California unemployment hits 12.2 percent

That puts California fourth on the nation's list of high jobless rates behind Michigan, where unemployment is 15.2 percent,... more

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Stop the noise!

When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off? June 25, 2008 |... more

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Mass. health costs on the rise again

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ largest health insurers say they plan to raise premiums by 7 to 12 percent next year, with... more

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Lack of Sleep Increases Risk of Heart Attack

A new study conducted on more than 1,255 men and women patients with high blood pressure aged between 33 to 97-years, with 70 as... more

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AFL-CIO Convention Endorses Single Payer Healthcare

Single Payer Now, One thousand unions cannot be ignored! The AFL-CIO, the nations largest labor federation representing 11.5... more

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45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health insurance: new study

A study published online today estimates nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2002.

The new study, "Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S. Adults," appears in today's [Thursday's] online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.

The Harvard-based researchers found that uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts, up from a 25 percent excess death rate found in 1993.

Lead author Dr. Andrew Wilper, who worked at Harvard Medical School when the study was done and who now teaches at the University of Washington Medical School, said, "The uninsured have a higher risk of death when compared to the privately insured, even after taking into account socioeconomics, health behaviors and baseline health. We doctors have many new ways to prevent deaths from hypertension, diabetes and heart disease - but only if patients can get into our offices and afford their medications."

The study, which analyzed data from national surveys carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), assessed death rates after taking education, income and many other factors including smoking, drinking and obesity into account. It estimated that lack of health insurance causes 44,789 excess deaths annually.

Previous estimates from the IOM and others had put that figure near 18,000. The methods used in the current study were similar to those employed by the IOM in 2002, which in turn were based on a pioneering 1993 study of health insurance and mortality.

Deaths associated with lack of health insurance now exceed those caused by many common killers such as kidney disease.

An increase in the number of uninsured and an eroding medical safety net for the disadvantaged likely explain the substantial increase in the number of deaths associated with lack of insurance. The uninsured are more likely to go without needed care.A study published online today estimates nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance. That figure is... more

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Off The Record : Pirate Cat Radio Receives Props from Board of Supervisors

Pirate Cat Radio has been the main pirate radio station broadcasting in San Francisco since San Francisco Liberation Radio was... more

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EPA Proposes First National Greenhouse Gas Pollution Standards in U.S. History

New Car Standards Will Strengthen National Security, Climate Stability

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Is Your Son Safe at College?

September 8th, 2009 He Got Me Drunk by Marc H. Rudov Is Your Son Safe at College? He got me drunk. How many times have you... more

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The real 9/11 truth

The real 9/11 truth is not that the destruction of the World Trade Center was an inside job, but that the terrorists who flew planes into it achieved a monumental victory. The destruction of the twin towers and the loss of life and property, as tragic as they were, did not by themselves achieve a victory for the terrorists. It took the overblown response by President George W. Bush to enable the terrorists to achieve what they could not have by themselves.

Many of us are no longer afraid of Muslim terrorists, however, we are afraid of our own government. The events of 9/11 have strengthened the hands of every military, police and investigative agency in the United States (including Child Protective Services which I focus on in my articles) at the same time cutting back the civil liberties of the people of the United States.

Before 9/11 it was hard to imagine that Americans would actually debate the benefits of torture. Before 9/11 it was inconceivable that people, including American citizens, could be held indefinitely without trial.

Thousands of Americans have been subjected to wiretapping without a warrant. President Bush used 9/11 to create the Department of Reich Homeland Security, which seems duplicative of the Department of Defense. This move was supported by neo-conservatives who once called for the dismantling of the Department of Education because it intruded on the rights of the people.

President Bush also used 9/11 to expand presidential power and used signing acts to undermine what the people's representatives passed into law. He increased our border patrol's authority by allowing them to set up checkpoints as far as 100 miles inland, where they often stop people without sufficient reason for doing so.

According to the ACLU, the Patriot Act, designed by former Attorney General John Ashcroft, and rammed through Congress on a wave of "patriotism" contained provisions that vastly expanded governmental powers. According to the ACLU, Ashcroft's responses threaten us in three disturbing ways:

"They focus suspicion on groups or individuals, based on religion or national origin alone;

They demand virtually unchecked authority to snoop and spy on law-abiding Americans not suspected of any crime; and

They shut down dissent and due process with strategies ranging from secret hearings and detentions to open disregard of the courts."

...The real truth about 9/11 is that it led to the passage of many laws that have hurt civil liberties. It has given people in authority the "courage" to abuse people. It has made terrorists out of people who violate our civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism and keeping us safe.

We need to roll back any laws passed because of 9/11 that have hurt our civil liberties. We need to bring to trial people who have abused their authority.

The important issue is not who destroyed the twin towers on September 11, 2001, but who has been using that tragedy ever since to destroy our civil liberties.The real 9/11 truth is not that the destruction of the World Trade Center was an inside job, but that the terrorists who flew... more