I just watched a video on CNN about a terminally ill young woman, Brittany Maynard, 29, making a “death with dignity” decision. She has moved to Oregon, met all the legal requirements for residency and diagnosis, and obtained the drugs… Read More ›
Health
Ebola: Are the media helping or hurting?
We have a huge problem in the country right now, and it’s been created by our news media. No, scratch that. The problem is our media. It seems like every outlet in the US is devoting a huge amount of… Read More ›
New requirement for senior flu shots
Every year about this time I get my flu shot at the pharmacy in my supermarket. But last week when I went in for my shot, I encountered an unexpected new rule. What’s a bureaucracy without new rules? This year… Read More ›
Iodine: Just what the doctor ordered?
Iodine, a new online database of both prescription and non-prescription drug information, launched today. Users can look up a drug and read about its efficacy, side effects, warnings, and costs. Also included is a consumer-friendly version of the drug’s package insert. In addition,… Read More ›
Judge guns down Texas anti-abortion law
Last week U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel blocked a new Texas anti-abortion law (HB2) that was about to take effect. The law would have left the entire state of Texas with, at most, eight reproductive health centers. The existing clinics… Read More ›
You DO use sunscreen, don’t you?
I don’t understand the science here, but an ultraviolet light camera reveals the not-yet-visible freckles that result from sun exposure. It’s interesting from a scientific point of view, and serves as a gentle reminder to use sunscreen if you want to… Read More ›
Court saves last abortion clinic in Mississippi
Finally, reason prevails. At least in Mississippi. At least this week. It seems Mississippi passed a law in 2012 that would have effectively shut down the last abortion clinic in the state. The law requires that abortion doctors have admitting… Read More ›
Dems go on offense protecting women’s health
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are planning to wield the Supreme Court’s unpopular Hobby Lobby decision as a club against Republicans, and the fight begins Wednesday with the introduction of the “Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act.” The bill, one… Read More ›
Conflagration Scotus
This post originated on Brain Spank as “Conflagration Scotus” by Michael Douglass. It expresses my outrage at the Supreme Court better than I’ve managed to do so far. Interestingly, both Douglass and I used the word “conflagration” in our posts today when writing… Read More ›
Supreme Court strikes down buffer zones at abortion clinics
I’m not ignoring the Supreme Court’s unanimous McCullen v. Coakley ruling against buffer zones outside Massachusetts abortion clinics. I’ve just been too stunned and too angry to speak intelligibly. “The buffer zones burden substantially more speech than necessary to achieve the Commonwealth’s… Read More ›
Stroke: It can happen to you
This is important no matter how old you are. Anyone can have a stroke, so we all need to know what they look like. Stacey Yepes, 49, realized what was happening to her and used her cell phone to record the event… Read More ›
CO Dems fold on bill protecting women’s health rights
I’m deeply disappointed to report that the proposed legislation to protect Colorado women’s rights to privacy and reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, was spiked today. By the Democrats. The same party that proposed it. In case you didn’t… Read More ›
