In response to the deadly meningitis outbreak, attention has been cast on compounding pharmacies, as their product of steroid injections has produced 119 illnesses and 12 deaths. Compounding pharmacies are in business to provide specific prescriptions of drugs that are not available commercially. According to the FDA, these entities should only be mixing drugs on … Continue reading
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Bad Grades? Here’s a Prescription
The New York Times reported yesterday on the increasing frequency of prescriptions for stimulants (commonly used for ADD and ADHD) being given to children who have no medical problem. These children receive medication because they have been struggling in school. According to the article, children who are struggling in school, especially those in low-income situations, can … Continue reading
Obama’s Bad Medicine
Wednesday night’s presidential debate between President Obama and Governor Romney provided the American people with the most substantive policy discussion of the campaign. Of course, much of what both candidates said was so vague as to be meaningless, but nevertheless, it was refreshing to leave the pettiness that has pervaded the election behind for an … Continue reading
The Eurozone’s Post-Crisis Challenge
The future of the Eurozone appears to hinge on Southern Europe at the moment. But eight states, almost all of them in Eastern Europe, may also play a role in the future of the currency bloc in the coming years. Under the terms of their entry to the EU, these states have agreed to adopt … Continue reading
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A Digital Avalanche
The first presidential debate contained many memorable moments. From the heated arguments difficult for moderator Jim Lehrer to control to Mitt Romney’s widely-targeted “Big Bird” comment, Wednesday night was a very entertaining night of television. Despite the excitement on our TV screens, it was the excitement on the screens of computers, smartphones, and tablets across … Continue reading
Mitt Romney vs. Wall Street?
Mitt Romney – a 21st century Thurston Howell; a Wall Street shill; the man who invented the silver spoon. This is the narrative that democrats have tried to create concerning the republican presidential nominee. And yet during the first debate on Wednesday, Romney sounded a populist tone as it relates to Wall Street and big … Continue reading
Electronic Medical Records: A Case for Innovation
This past Wednesday, October 3, The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) teamed with Doctors Helping Doctors to hold a conference discussing the current state of Health Information Technology (HIT) in America. In conjunction with the meeting, BPC published results from their survey, which asked doctors about their preferences and needs of HIT. The results suggest that … Continue reading
Debate Revamp
As you can tell from the title, I am no fan of the debate system. Seeing two candidates vaguely talk about policies they only half believe in for allegedly “two minutes” a question, does not inform voters on the stark differences between these politicians. Actually a debate does not really help the candidates that much. … Continue reading
Obama-Biden Plan: Round Two
It seems that the approaches on how to fix the economy fall on two distant sides. Mr. Obama proposes raising taxes on the wealthiest in the nation to increase revenue and help lower the deficit. Mr. Romney offers an extension of tax cuts to everyone, while reducing the deficit by closing loopholes. In the past … Continue reading
We’re still waiting Mr. President
As the new jobs report was released this morning, everyone across the country held their breath to see if the new unemployment numbers would show a rise or fall. The numbers are out and for the month of September unemployment fell to 7.8 percent, the lowest since President Obama took office. This should be a … Continue reading
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