Tag: Health

The American Academy of Pediatrics said in a report Monday that any amount of alcohol during any trimester of pregnancy increases the chances of birth defects. (iStock Photo)

No alcohol for pregnant women: report

Robert King · October 19, 2015 2:40 pm

Prices on generic drugs are getting outrageously expensive as the FDA meddles in the market -- and unfortunately, they almost never come down again.Â

Generic drug prices go up, up, up

Carla Kalogeridis · October 19, 2015 4:01 am

Special report: Is quality healthcare slipping away?

Jed Babbin · October 19, 2015 4:01 am

Hospitals should be inspected for cleanliness, including testing for bacterial contamination levels. After all, in big cities,Â restaurants are routinely inspected for hygiene and results made available to the public.

It’s time for American hospitals to come clean

Betsy McCaughey · October 19, 2015 4:01 am

Our nation has yet to fully recognize the urgent need to expand access to care for drug addicts and provide outcomes-based treatment models that can save lives. (AP Photo)

The system is broken: We need to change how we treat addiction

Marybeth Cichocki · October 17, 2015 4:01 am

Binge drinking costs the U.S. nearly $250 billion a year, according to the CDC.Â (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Downing that gin downs the economy, too

Robert King · October 16, 2015 4:01 am

Clinton also would impose federally dictated prices on new medicines by forcing drug makers to calculate, using some sort of pseudo-scientific formula, each new drug's R&D cost. (Bloomberg/Daniel Acker)

Hillary on drugs: Bad prescription

John Graham · October 14, 2015 4:01 am

BPA is a chemical used for more than five decades to make hard clear plastics and epoxy resins that line the inside of steel and aluminum cans.Â (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Taxpayer-funded anti-BPA activism is the real danger

Angela Logomasini · October 14, 2015 4:01 am

Sanders would legalize pot in Vermont

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 14, 2015 3:22 am

Health insurance costs are only going to increase as long as we continue to ignore the serious problem of defensive medicine. (AP Photo)

Attack defensive medicine to reduce healthcare costs

wayne-oliver, jeff-segal · October 13, 2015 4:01 am

California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislationÂ which would allow terminal patients access to medicines certified as safe but not approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration.Â (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Beltway Confidential

Jerry Brown: Suicide good, extending life not

Michael Barone · October 12, 2015 9:53 pm

Debbie Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard, speaks to the media after the passage of legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives, at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.Â Brittany Maynard became the long-awaited face of the right-to-die movement.Â (AP Photo/Carl Costas, File)

Legalized assisted suicide is dangerous

David Stevens · October 12, 2015 4:01 am