Earlier this month, the federal government began implementing long-overdue spending cuts. At the same time, President Obama announced plans to dedicate $100 million for another “big science” [...]
Category: Government Agendas
How the government could prevent 12,000 lung cancer deaths per year, but won’t
One out of 10 smokers gets lung cancer. And those who smoke the most are most at risk. But, two years ago, U.S. researchers found a simple way to prevent lung cancer among those highest at risk. [...]
Prevention pills
Big PHARMA used to earn the big bucks by developing therapeutic drugs that people desperately needed. Major breakthrough drugs like metformin. Now the game has changed. Think Medicare Part D that [...]
Big government = Bigger Big Pharma
Many of Big PHARMA’s patents on “blockbuster” drugs have expired in recent years. And more are set to expire soon. But have you noticed the industry’s stocks are soaring to new highs anyway? Have [...]
Send lawyers, guns and money
It seems like every other month, we read about another tragedy involving a troubled young person resorting to mass violence. But in all the talk about guns, lawmakers omit one key issue from all [...]
Is anyone really on watch?
Last Friday I told you about the FDA’s “watch list.” It can be a sham. And it usually amounts to nothing more than a slap on the wrist for the drug company. This appears true with Celexa, a [...]
The flu follies
I nearly fell out of my chair with disbelief the other day after catching some sound bites from Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Anderson Cooper’s “AC 360.” Given some of their half-witted commentary, I [...]
Put down that celery stick and relax
You probably made a New Year’s resolution to shed some extra pounds in 2013. Well, put down those carrot and celery sticks. Here comes a new study from the CDC National Center for Health [...]
Pinching pennies
Government officials (one hesitates to call them “leaders”) are twisting themselves into contortions to try to avoid going over the so-called “fiscal cliff” that will come about in January when [...]
Taming of the flu?
In the November issue of my Insiders’ Cures newsletter, as well as in a recent Daily Dispatch, I told you how the flu vaccine has been overhyped by the government for years. Now it appears that [...]