Due to the widespread and continual use of antibiotics bacteria have evolved (I said it) to be resistance to the current drugs in circulation. Drug resistant bacteria can only be neutralized with newer drugs. Unfortunately there has been something of a slow down in the development of new antibiotic drugs leading some in the medical [...]
Antibiotic Resistance Represents “Catastrophic Threat” |
| By: DSWright Monday March 11, 2013 7:43 am |
Lowering Medicare Age Offers Possible Solution For Healthcare Spending |
| By: DSWright Tuesday February 26, 2013 9:50 am |
With the sequester set to kick off on Friday some in Washington are scrambling to figure out a “grand bargain” type deal to cut spending while protecting social programs. But one plan that would actually work has yet to be considered or endorsed by any major player – lowering the Medicare eligibility age. Many Americans [...]
America Near Bottom In Life Expectancy In Developed World |
| By: DSWright Friday January 11, 2013 7:23 am |
The facts are in, the American healthcare system is one of the worst in the developed world. Yes, the continual line repeated ad nauseum during the Obamacare debate about ruining the best healthcare system in the world by more regulation of insurance companies has been thoroughly discredited: Americans die younger and have more illnesses and [...]



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