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How We Pay for Big Pharma's Malpractice

The main reason we can't get a health reform bill enacted is because the pharmaceutical and insurance industries aren't happy with their piece of the action.

How Will Religion Evolve?

Does religion have a future? Who looks more like an evolutionary dead end: the religious American or the agnostic European? Or will both give way to some sort of compromise — people bound by new institutions that provide the social benefits of religion without belief in a tradi …

Newsvine - On Wednesday the CIA launched a TV campaign to recruit Muslims in Michigan & Sarah Palin promptly announces we should "profile" Muslims...this woman is crazy!

I do not think Sarah Palin is crazy but her lack of knowledge and information is astonishing. Being ignorant in these troubled times is not acceptable. Her constant shooting from the hip without facts is irresponsible on her part.

Nigeria signs $1 bln EU pact to fight corruption

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nigeria signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion) pact with the European Union on Thursday aimed at combating corruption and promoting peace in its troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta region.

The Hindu : International : Mottaki dismisses sanctions threat

DUBAI: Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he does not expect fresh sanctions against Iran as imposition of internationally approved economic curbs has become outdated.

Brazil's New Standing Threatened by Ahmadinejad Visit

SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's coming trip to Brazil is spurring criticism of the country in Washington, souring a budding U.S.-Brazilian relationship that appeared to promise a period of unprecedented cooperation in Latin America.

Political Accusations and Naivety Behind the Mammogram Debate

The federal Preventive Services Task Force, the group that created a political firestorm this week with its recommendation that women get less-frequent mammograms, was created to be insulated from politics.

Medical Science and Medical Practice in Conflict : When to get a pap smear?; when to get a mammogram?

This week, the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a birthright.

Liberal, Conservative, Right-Wing: What do labels mean to you? (Poll)

As a Briton on Newsvine, the first uncomfortable thing I noticed when I joined two years ago was the way people are labelled immediately with political monikers. Personally, I have never joined a political party.

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How can a parent survive the teen years?

The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don't have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way.

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