A farmer tends to a field of transgenic corn. (Andia/UIG via Getty Images) Americans are closely divided over whether genetically modified foods are worse for one’s health than foods that are not genetically modified, according to a new Pew Research Center report. About half of U.S. adults (49%) say foods containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients… Read More »
In 2018, 41% of voters said that health care was the most important issue facing the country. Health care wasn’t asked in 2016, but in 2014 only 25% said it was the most important issue and it was lower, 18%, in 2012. Health care is an extremely Democratic issue; three-quarters of those who said it… Read More »
The number of food supplement products on the Irish market last year ballooned to 2,500. Photo: Shawn Hempel The vitamins debate: snake oil or health booster? Independent.ie To the devoted disciples of the church of supplements, it was a pronouncement near tantamount to blasphemy. It was claimed that the expensive practice of swallowing vitamins and… Read More »
The Department of Justice announced a settlement with Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System, that prohibits Atrium from using “anticompetitive steering restrictions” in contracts between commercial health insurers and its providers in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area. The settlement, revealed Thursday, also bans Atrium from seeking contract terms or acting in such… Read More »