Is Big Pharma Ignoring a Potential Cancer Cure?

(Fox News)  On April 12, 1955, the first successful polio vaccine was administered to almost 2 million schoolchildren around the country. Its discoverer, University of Pittsburgh medical researcher Jonas Salk, was interviewed on CBS Radio that evening. “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?” radio host Edward R. Murrow asked him. It was a reasonable […]

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Can Sharks Cure Cancer? Researchers Think So

by: danny clemens A promising new cancer treatment has an unlikely origin: sharks. Co-developed by University of Aberdeen and Irish pharmaceutical company Almac Discovery, the treatment involves variable new antigen receptors (VNARs), antibody-like binding proteins found in the immune system of sharks. The VNARs bind with drugs easily, making them ideal drug delivery vessels. Researchers […]

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‘Be Honest’: Lawmakers Criticize Boehner-Pelosi Medicare Plan for Adding to Deficit

Conservative lawmakers today expressed their dismay toward a deal forged between the House’s Republican and Democratic leaders that would replace a long-criticized formula determining the way Medicare doctors are paid. Few details have emerged about the impending $200 billion deal between House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, but conservative lawmakers are criticizing […]

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Obamacare Website Giving User Data to Advertising Sites

Advertising websites have the ability to obtain a sizable chunk of personal data provided by users of Healthcare.gov. Following up on a January 20 Associated Press report, a congressional analysis confirmed that in many instances, personal data collected by Healthcare.gov is shared with companies like Google, Yahoo, Twitter, and Advertising.com. The type of information acquired […]

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ObamaCare Must Go!

By Alan Caruba  Can anyone remember how awful the U.S. healthcare free market system was that it needed to be replaced by the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare?  Can’t remember? That’s because it was ranked one of the best of the world and represented 17.9% of the nation’s economy in 2014.  That’s down […]

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Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Prohibiting Federal Funds From Being Used to Pay for Abortion

As hundreds of thousands of pro-life demonstrators participated in the March for Life in Washington, D.C., to protest abortion, President Obama threatened to veto a bill prohibiting federal funds from being used to pay for the controversial procedure. “I am deeply committed to protecting this core constitutional right, and I believe that efforts like H.R. […]

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Alinskyites or Patriots?

By Joe David True revolutionaries, according to Saul Alinsky, must conceal their radicalism with a conforming appearance and attitude and a disguised intent. This enables them to infiltrate the mainstream and bring about change without notice. In America, it has taken many years of covert infiltrating to change the character of the establishment (to what […]

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Federal Taxpayers Help Virginia Make $2-million Health Care Advertising Push

Federal taxpayers are pitching in $2 million for a marketing campaign to make sure Virginians eligible for government-subsidized health care know how to enroll. The commonwealth isn’t expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, at least not yet. Still, a federal exchange grant that runs through December 2015 will help Gov. Terry McAuliffe accomplish […]

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