Healthcare Reform – Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
Image by Torley via Flickr Are you confused by the whole healthcare reform hoopla, and what it will mean to you as a person with a chronic illness? Most of the articles I’ve read about it have been...
View ArticleKilling Me Softly – The War on Drugs Becomes a War Against Adequate Treatment...
The war on drugs has become a war against chronic pain patients and the few remaining doctors who are willing to treat them. . . . → Read More: Killing Me Softly – The War on Drugs Becomes a War...
View ArticleAbsolute Truth? Not Necessarily.
One of the things we always have to remember is that our own personal experience can't be generalized to "all 'fill-in-the-blank' treatment is good" or "all 'fill-in-the-blank' treatment is bad." My...
View ArticleReview: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
Have you ever wondered how safe the medications you take really are? Dr. Bremner's book is a scary expose' of how far pharmaceutical companies will go to protect their profits. . . . → Read More:...
View ArticleHypocrisy in Medicine? Yep, I Think So.
Why is it that clinical trials and studies of prescription medications are considered trustworthy, even though they're paid for by the very companies that have the most to gain from a positive result?...
View ArticleBook Review – Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating...
This is a book that I consult constantly. It's been an awesome resource, and solved a long-standing physical issue for me (actually, two of them.) . . . → Read More: Book Review – Herbal Antibiotics:...
View Article“No Touch” Hand Soap System??? WHY????
Okay - I've got to be missing something here somewhere. Can someone please explain to me why it's so important not to touch the soap dispenser and get germs on my hands?? . . . → Read More: “No Touch”...
View ArticleDeath Panels? We Already HAVE Them!
The solution is to make people more important than profit margins and six figure bonuses for CEOs. It's making people more important than cutting costs by cutting hours, reducing benefits and wages,...
View ArticleJudge Judy and (the Lack of) Disability Awareness
Statements like Judge Judy's perpetuate stigma, discrimination against, and misunderstanding of the disability community. . . . → Read More: Judge Judy and (the Lack of) Disability Awareness
View ArticleOpiophobia, Restrictive Laws, and the Torture of Chronic Pain Patients
Albert Einstein said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, but isn't that exactly what we're doing now? . . . → Read More: Opiophobia, Restrictive Laws,...
View Article
