Directing cancer research
Medical research, and cancer research in particular, is the recipient of charitable funding in a way that few other areas of research are. It seems that many of my fellow MAMILs can’t turn a pedal...
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Pinkwashing cancer – Pink Ribbons, Inc. looks at capitalising on hope
This Canadian documentary just potentially received unbeatable pre-release publicity with this weeks ongoing Susan G. Komen foundation storm, but only if more of us note this perfect timing and help it...
View ArticleFraming the drug law debate
For anyone who’s paid any attention whatsoever to expert opinion on the issue, the Australia 21 report on illicit drug policy is profoundly unsurprising. As Ben Eltham notes, the evidence is as...
View ArticleNo vaccine, no school?
The federal president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Steve Hambleton, has suggested that children who are not vaccinated should be held back from attending school. I think this is a terrible...
View ArticleShould we spend more on healthcare?
The Grattan Institute’s report on long-term pressures on the budget should not come as a shock to anyone. In short, it says that the government’s tax take has dropped off, the mining and carbon taxes...
View ArticleDisabilityCare – a colossal political achievement
As Ben Eltham noted again at New Matilda recently, DisabilityCare is likely to be seen in time as this government’s greatest policy achievement. Peter Hartcher gives much of the political credit to...
View ArticleLegionnaires disease strikes at Brisbane’s Wesley Hospital
Last week legionnaires disease struck in one of our major private hospitals, The Wesley. On Wednesday we were told that a cancer sufferer had died from the disease last Sunday. The hospital was making...
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Bolivaran revolution for McDonald
It’s interesting to read that fast food chain McDonald’s has closed its remaining outlets in Bolivia. While activists in Australia and elsewhere often campaign to keep Maccas out of their neck of the...
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Climate clippings 84
These posts are intended to share information and ideas about climate change and hence act as a roundtable. Again I do not want to spend time in comments rehashing whether human activity causes climate...
View ArticleThe Heart of the Matter
Over the past two weeks the ABC’s Catalyst program has run a special series under the rubric The Heart of the Matter calling into question the importance of cholesterol as a risk factor for heart...
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