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Health Care's Coming Price Revolution
Stemming the tide of overtreatment in U.S. healthcare
A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.
Read the Article>SOPA and Transition Medicine: We've Been Here Before
Funding of alternative treatments questioned
Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, scientists now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. For $666,000 in federal research money, we can be certain that distant prayer cannot heal AIDS. Americans also paid $406,000 to learn that squirting brewed coffee into someone's intestines doesn't help treat pancreatic cancer and $1.25 million to discover that massage makes people with advanced cancer feel better.
Read the Article>Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
Psychiatric Group Push to Redefine Mental Illness Sparks Revolt
An effort that promises to broaden the definitions of mental illnesses is spurring a revolt among health-care professionals in the U.S. and the U.K.
Read the Article>Offshore Stem Cell Clinics Sell Hope, Not Science
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