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Category Archives: Health Controversies

Controversial and political topics regarding health care, products and services.

Children’s Health and Vaccinations

The right to make educated, independent health care choices is in jeopardy in America. There is an attack on non-medical exemptions to vaccination by special interest groups associated with pharmaceutical companies and medical organizations.

Medicare Coverage Standards Are Too Strict, Courts Find – NYTimes.com

Medicare will pay for those services if they are needed to maintain a person’s ability to perform routine activities of daily living or to prevent deterioration of the person’s condition, the courts said. Medicare beneficiaries do not have to prove that their condition will improve, as the government sometimes contends, the courts said.

Alcohol Is More Harmful Than Heroin, Crack

Alcohol is more harmful both to the individual and to others than heroin and crack, according to a new study published online November 1 in The Lancet.

How the Media Gets Away with Lying About Vaccine Information

Don’t believe everything you read.

High exposure to BPA linked to low sperm count

  High exposure to BPA linked to low sperm count: “Health Search Drug Search Explore and compare medications Chinese factory workers exposed to high levels of the plastics chemical BPA had low sperm counts, according to the first human study to tie it…

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science – Magazine – The Atlantic

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science – Magazine – The Atlantic: “Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science MUCH OF WHAT MEDICAL RESEARCHERS CONCLUDE IN THEIR STUDIES IS MISLEADING, EXAGGERATED, OR FLAT-OUT WRONG. SO WHY ARE DOCTORS—TO A STRIKING EXTENT—STILL DRAWING UPON MISINFORMATION IN…