Connie — As you no doubt know by now, the Senate vote to repeal significant parts of the Affordable Care Act failed early this morning, 49 to 51. This outcome is a HUGE testament to the power of the resistance — including the tens of thousands of Democracy for America members who signed petitions, madeContinue reading “Stand with Senate Heroes to win in 2018”
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Labeling of GMO food
connie, The corporate interests are at it again. Monsanto, agribusiness and the bio-tech industry have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to overturn legislation passed by Vermont, Connecticut, Maine and Alaska that calls for the labeling of GMO food. In fact, they are moving aggressively now because Vermont’s strong law goes into effect today.Continue reading “Labeling of GMO food”
Breaking news – still counting: California primary ballot counts favor Bernie Sanders
Dear friends, Our tiny little Los Angeles ballot supervising team, credit mainly to our lead Julie Tyler, just did something really big. California Provisional ballots Provisional ballots have to be counted last, mainly to avoid duplicate votes. They make up an enormous amount of ballots this election cycle–50% of them–and they began their count onContinue reading “Breaking news – still counting: California primary ballot counts favor Bernie Sanders”
Let’s save lives
Comment from one reader: Spoken with more courage than a true journalist. Fantastic. A tremendous risk you took in confronting these people (racists, homophobic, bigots, haters). The ending is extraordinary. Where you mention it only takes 4 million dollars to buy congress. Extraordinary. Hasan, you took a risk being so poignant with these people butContinue reading “Let’s save lives”
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Caring for clients with anxiety disorders, the brain in the gut
Most geriatric and family practice doctors prescribe anti-anxiety and anti-depressent meds from Gabapentin to other narcotics with serious side effects as exhibit more Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. One client of mine told her doctor that she does not need anti-depressant med and only need to sleep more or a low dose of a sleeping aidContinue reading “Caring for clients with anxiety disorders, the brain in the gut”
Feeling sick, perspectives of an American and Japanese
Feeling a little sick from two cultural perspectives American I feel sick said an American, I should take Tylenol. Japanese I feel tired and fatigued, I should rest said the Japanese. What do you notice in the above reactions? The body needs to recharge and was over used. Why bombard it with more toxic medications?Continue reading “Feeling sick, perspectives of an American and Japanese”
What matters most to Americans by Bernie Sanders
Last night, it took nearly two hours for the Republican debate to even briefly touch on an important issue: raising the minimum wage in this country from $7.25 an hour. The American people overwhelmingly want to raise the minimum wage, but not a single candidate embraced the idea with the same enthusiasm. The truth is,Continue reading “What matters most to Americans by Bernie Sanders”
Time to break up the banks by Bernie Sanders
It’s time to break up the banks. The greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior on Wall Street drove this country into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Their casino-style gambling has helped divert 99 percent of all new income to the top one percent. And it has contributed to the most unequal level of wealthContinue reading “Time to break up the banks by Bernie Sanders”
Prescription drug prices are out of control by Bernie Sanders
Back when I was in the U.S. House, I was the first member of Congress to take constituents across the border to Canada to highlight the huge disparity between the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. and other nations. On that first trip were a number of women struggling with breast cancer. I willContinue reading “Prescription drug prices are out of control by Bernie Sanders”
High cost of cancer drugs; lung cancer story
High Cost Cancer Drugs Cancer drugs constitute the second biggest category of drugs in the United States behind cholesterol-lowering medicines, and accounted for $17.8 billion of total prescription drug sales of $286.5 billion in 2007, according to IMS Health, a health care information company. Spending on drugs for cancer grew 14 percent last year, fasterContinue reading “High cost of cancer drugs; lung cancer story”