Category Archives: Health

Off the chart: US and world health care costs compared

Posted on 6 January, 2010 by

A dramatic graphic recently put together at the National Geographic blog compares a selection of industrialized countries’ health care spending with their life expectancy. The US is literally off the chart with health spending, but it shows that the high … Continue reading →

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Scenes from the US healthcare debate

Posted on 16 August, 2009 by

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The disappearing male

Posted on 28 February, 2009 by

Stop the world, I want to get off. This is a disturbing CBC documentary entitled The Disappearing Male. It is a 44 minute video about a critically important, yet seldom covered, issue facing the human species:  the toxic threat to … Continue reading →

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Occupied Bethlehem: How children are faring behind the Wall

Posted on 4 September, 2007 by

Thanks to Richard Wiles for writing this heartrending Behind the Wall: ‘Medical Conditions caused by Political Decisions’. Wiles is a British photographer who regularly visits the occupied West Bank and has been writing regularly his Behind the Wall column (ICH; … Continue reading →

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