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Mixed Diet: Balancing Diet And Carbon Footprint

Mixed Diet: Balancing Diet And Carbon Footprint

Along with becoming more health conscious, some people are also becoming more aware of their impact on Earth and are trying to reduce their carbon footprint. What we eat impacts our health, and it can also impact the environment. Previous research has looked at the impact of diets in general terms, this study published in …

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Drug Prices Are Not Justified By Industry’s Research And Development Spending

Drug Prices Are Not Justified By Industry’s Research And Development Spending

Most industry spending is not on research and development which has patients paying at both ends of drug production. Government action is needed to encourage research and development focused on public health priorities.  High drug prices are not justified by the industry’s spending on research and development (R&D), argue experts in The BMJ today. Aris …

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Sept. 2020 Executive Order To Lower Drug Prices

Sept. 2020 Executive Order To Lower Drug Prices

Replacing the older previously signed July executive order President Trump has recently signed a new executive order to expand efforts in lowering the cost of prescription drug prices in America. This new order now covers prescription drugs dispensed at pharmacies as opposed to just health clinics and doctor’s offices. Meaning that those who are covered …

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Healthcare: $3.5 Trillion A Year Market

Profit To Be Made In Sickness And Poor Health

If the US healthcare system was a country, it would be the 5th largest GDP in the world, the $3.5 trillion a year industry has become one of the world’s largest money makers, that is seen by some as a money making scam. Only China, Japan, Germany, and the USA have a GDP that is …

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