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What’s behind the widening of our waistlines?
September 1, 2009Love handles and bulging waistlines are a big problem in America that can only be solved, a growing number of politicians are telling us, with some hefty “fat taxes.”
Read moreHospitals still unprepared for swine flu
September 1, 2009A survey of 190 American hospitals compiled by nurses in eight different states shows that hospitals across the nation are not ready for the coming H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. The findings were released this week by...
Read moreImmigrant deaths on Arizona border rise
September 1, 2009With five weeks left in the fiscal year the number of human remains recovered on the Arizona-Sonora border since October 1, 2008 has reached 183 already surpassing last year's death toll.
Read moreFlorida rally demands health care reform now
September 1, 2009ORLANDO – Over 1,000 residents from throughout Florida met last Saturday to demonstrate widespread outrage at the lack of quality, affordable health care. The assembled crowd filled a gymnasium adjacent to the O-Rena (officially the Amway...
Read moreObama needs a little help from his friends
September 1, 2009I read too many analysts these days that say that the passage of real health care reform rests largely on President Obama’s shoulders.
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