Haleigh’s Hope Act More Restrictive than 1980 Version of Medical Cannabis Bill
If you have been following the news on the push for medical cannabis in Georgia you are probably aware that it took a major blow when Governor Nathan Deal decided…
Why Pharma Payments to Doctors Were So Hard to Parse
By ProPublica by Charles Ornstein , Mike Tigas and Ryann Grochowski Jones This story was co-published with the New York Times’ The Upshot. You’d think drug and medical device makers…
Cooper and Unterman Opposition to Medical Cannabis linked to Big Pharma Contributions
Nathan Deal effectively killed HB1 recently when he told the bill sponsor Allen Peake in a back room meeting he was opposed to in-state growing. An excellent article that explains…
Medical Marijuana shouldn’t be used as “Political Footballs”
(The following article was actually left as a comment but I thought it should gain more exposure by being published as an article by itself) By Jeff Deutsch This is…
Nathan Deal is Lying about a HB1 Veto: Call His Bluff!
Many thought 2015 would be the year that Haleigh’s Hope Act also known as HB1 would pass and people with epileptic seizures and a few other illnesses would finally be…
Governor Nathan Deal Kills Medical Marijuana Bill
Via Georgia C.A.R.E Atlanta GA: The headline screamed “Gov Deal Supports New Medical Marijuana Bill”. What it did not say was this “new bill” essentially killed any efforts to get…
Breakthrough on chronic pain
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of neuroinflammation in key regions of the brains of patients with chronic pain, according to a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital…
Nathan Deal’s opposition to in-state growing of cannabis due to Big Pharma
2015 was supposed to be the year that medical cannabis finally came to Georgia at least partially. Only the oil would be allowed. Many people correctly in my opinion have…
VIDEO: Flu is now epidemic, but it’s not too late to get vaccinated | Online Athens
Flu is now at an epidemic level in the United States, including Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The number of states reporting high flu levels…
Good news on health care in 2014, but we’re still spending too much
By Wendell Potter The end of the year is always a good time to reflect on what went right and what didn’t and to speculate about what might happen in…
Using weights to target belly fat
Healthy men who did 20 minutes of daily weight training had less increase in age-related abdominal fat than men who spent the same amount of time doing aerobic activities, according…
Leading role for Murthy: New American Surgeon General
Harvard health experts anticipated bold pronouncements on tobacco control, obesity, and mental health this week, as they digested the news that Harvard Medical School physician Vivek Murthy had been confirmed…
Using Prescriber Checkup: A Quick Guide
By ProPublica by Charles Ornstein UPDATED December 2014 Download a PDF of this tipsheet here. Until recently, there was no way for members of the public to assess whether doctors…