Sunsara Taylor–CDC to Women: Prepare to Give Birth!

Sunsara Taylor / Truthdig Jun 7, 2006 A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control recommends classifying all women as pre-pregnant--whether they intend to conceive or not. It's an audacious leap along the logical fault line that values women as mere fetal incubators. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Breast Cancer More Deadly to Blacks Than Whites

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 Black American women are 19% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to a new study. This is just the most recent of many studies illustrating that within our healthcare system, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, blacks still receive a poorer quality of healthcare than whites. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Bucks Being Made on Cancer Pain

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2006 The New York Times brings us another example of how those drug companies that the president loves so much are ripping off the elderly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bad Medicine

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Kucinich on the State of the Union

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) blasts the president's speech in an exclusive Truthdig podcast. | Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kucinich Blasts Bush’s State of the Union

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 1, 2006 In an exclusive Truthdig podcast, Rep. Dennis Kucinich swings away at the president. Excerpt: "[Bush] hasn't gotten the message that all his underpinnings of the war have been knocked out. They're standing totally on lies." | podcast and transcript Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Primary Care ‘on the Verge of Collapse’: Doctors

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2006 The American College of Physicians says that the business of administering routine physicals and treating minor problems could fall apart without immediate reforms. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq War Could Cost $2 Trillion, Study Finds

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Long-term costs like healthcare for vets could push the war's cost far above White House projections. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Righteous Opportunism

Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 Speaking of religion, the current controversies over same-sex marriage are mostly derived from the hostility of religious institutions to the inclusion of lesbian and gay people in the "sacred institution" of marriage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )