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| Previous 10 | Health/PAC Online and Rekindling Reform | http://www.healthpaconline.net Health/PAC Online and Rekindling Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Academics make the case that universal health care in the U.S.A is not only possible, but highly desirable from both social, and economic efficiency standpoints. |
| Previous | National Association of Urban Hospitals (NAUH) | http://www.nauh.org/ National Association of Urban Hospitals (NAUH) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals A coalition of private safety-net urban hospitals who have joined to assure adequate reimbursement from public payers such as Medicaid & Medicare. |
| Random 1 | Prince Imports, Inc. | http://www.princetea.com/ Prince Imports, Inc. | Top/Shopping/Health/Alternative/Herbs/Teas_and_Tonics Offers Pau d'Arco tea in bulk. |
| Random 2 | Institut de Fisiologia i Medicina de l'Art-Terrassa | http://www.institutart.com/english/index.htm Institut de Fisiologia i Medicina de l'Art-Terrassa | Top/Health/Medicine/Facilities/Hospitals/Europe Specialised multidisciplinary medical attention of musicians, actors, singers, and dancers. |
| Random 3 | National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare | http://www.francesperkins.org/options.pdf National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security A list of options for fixing Social Security's coming financial woes. And how much effect each proposed solution would have on the total problem. |
| Random 4 | Specialist Herbal Supplies | http://www.specialist-herbal.com Specialist Herbal Supplies | Top/Shopping/Health/Alternative/Herbs More than 100 individual herbs and herbal mixtures. Herbal programmes for menopause, colon and liver. Echinacea, agnus castus, and gingko. |
| Random 5 | Medela, Inc. | http://www.medela.com/ Medela, Inc. | Top/Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services Manufacturer of breastpumps, and post-natal supplies. |
| Next | Health Canada Population Health Development | http://www.population-health.com Health Canada Population Health Development | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Canadian_Health_Policy Resources and other publications regarding Health Canada's population health policies. |
| Next 10 | The Bush Presidency - Bush Record on Health | http://www.theBushPresidency.org/Health.htm The Bush Presidency - Bush Record on Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles Articles explore the Medicare bill and its drug plan, the imported drug controversy, stem cell research, and the Administration's policy for the uninsured. |
| Random 1 | Arts & Leisure: Thoroughly Modern | http://weeklywire.com/ww/12-20-98/memphis_afea.html Arts & Leisure: Thoroughly Modern | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theatre/Musicals/R/Rent 1998 review of the show in Memphis Flyer. |
| Random 4 | Nanopac | http://www.nanopac.com Nanopac | Top/Shopping/Health/Disabilities/Assistive_Technology/Computer_Access Supplies computer related products and services for individuals with disabilities. |
| Random 4 | Cowboy's Line Dance Page | http://members.tripod.com/~Dream_Master_8/index.html Cowboy's Line Dance Page | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Folk_Dancing/Country_and_Western/Line_Dancing Over five hundred and fifty line dance text files, information on teaching, pictures of line dance group. |
| Next 70 | Fetal Abuse | http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/fetal.html Fetal Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Prenatal_Rights The rash of women being charged criminally, or having their babies taken away from them, because they took drugs while pregnant focuses attention on the notion that unborn babies deserve the same legal protections as children. |
| Previous 70 | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons | http://www.aapsonline.org/aaps/ Association of American Physicians and Surgeons | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation A non-partisan professional association of physicians, dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine. |
| Next 170 | IndiaHealthstat.com: Data about Anthrax | http://www.indiahealthstat.com/indian/health/diseases.asp?secid=20941&ptid=77&sec=Health IndiaHealthstat.com: Data about Anthrax | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical/Anthrax Details of cases and deaths from Anthrax from 1999 to 2001 in India. |
| Previous 170 | Free William Leonard Pickard Website | http://www.freepickard.org Free William Leonard Pickard Website | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Dedicated to supporting freedom. Leonard is currently awaiting trial for LSD manufacturing. |
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| Previous 270 | Online Pot | http://www.onlinepot.org/ Online Pot | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana Medical marijuana news, stories, grow guides, how to's, research studies, message boards, photographs, seed banks, reefer madness past and present, laws, and activist guide. |
| Other resource N0 | Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition | http://www.masscann.org Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML Massachusetts NORML chapter |
| Other resource N1 | Texas NORML | http://www.normltexas.org Texas NORML | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML Clearinghouse for information, in the state of Texas, regarding NORML activities. You will find message boards and contact data for speakers, interviews, and general information on the subject. |
| Other resource N2 | Arrest Report | http://norml.org/facts/arrestreport/ Arrest Report | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML Quantity of US marijuana arrests by cities, ranked alphabetically and by arrest rate, with comparisons to international arrest numbers. Color-coded states map illustrates data without numbers. |
| Other resource N3 | Union College NORML/SSDP Chapter | http://virtual.union.edu/~norml Union College NORML/SSDP Chapter | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML The homepage for the Union College NORML/SSDP Chapter in Schenectady, New York. |
| Other resource N4 | Purdue NORML of Indiana | http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~norml/ Purdue NORML of Indiana | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/NORML College chapter of NORML at Purdue University |
| Other resource N5 | Cures Not Wars | http://www.cures-not-wars.org/ Cures Not Wars | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Lots of medical marijuana related materials. They have photos and newsclips from their Million Marijuana March. |
| Other resource N6 | Marijuana Medical Use | http://www.marijuana-as-medicine.org/ Marijuana Medical Use | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Full text articles, news summaries, supporting organizations and states, additional resources, and information on medical marijuana. |
| Other resource N7 | 420 Times | http://www.420times.com/ 420 Times | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes A magazine dedicated to the legalization of industrial hemp and medical marijuana. |
| Other resource N8 | San Diego Association for Cannabis Therapeutics | http://ganja.com.tripod.com/ San Diego Association for Cannabis Therapeutics | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes This association has created a site to promote Proposition 215 by linking patients with therapeutic options in the San Diego, California area. |
| Other resource N9 | The Green Cross Patient Co-Op | http://hemp.net/greencross/mmj The Green Cross Patient Co-Op | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes A compassion organization devoted to providing medical cannabis to those in need. |
| Other resource N10 | Benefits of Marijuana, Reported by AskMen.com | http://www.askmen.com/sports/health/20_mens_health.html Benefits of Marijuana, Reported by AskMen.com | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Information on the benefits of Marijuana, including myths that are purely false and the actual medical research. |
| Other resource N11 | CBC News Online | http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/medical_marijuana.html CBC News Online | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes News reports and videos on the medicinal use of marijuana in Canada. |
| Other resource N12 | Contigo-Conmigo Medical Cannabis | http://www.or-coast.net/contigo/index2.html Contigo-Conmigo Medical Cannabis | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Based upon a belief that therapeutic use of cannabis is morally, ethically, and medically justified. This non-profit organization is dedicated to educate and support patients who use marijuana for medical purposes. |
| Other resource N13 | Benefits of Marijuana: Physical, Psychological & Spiritual | http://www.benefitsofmarijuana.com Benefits of Marijuana: Physical, Psychological & Spiritual | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Joan Bello,the author of a book about marajuana explains how the benefits are achieved.A question and answer section features a direct email to her.One will find many testimonials and relavent links. |
| Other resource N14 | Medical Marijuana in Colorado | http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/medicalmarijuana/marijuanafactsheet.asp Medical Marijuana in Colorado | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment offers complete information on the legal use of medical cannabis in the state of Colorado. |
| Other resource N15 | Marijuana as a Medicine | http://mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/MEDICAL Marijuana as a Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes A award winning collection of articles and links concerning medical cannabis. |
| Other resource N16 | Medical Marijuana Info | http://www.medicalmarijuanainfo.com/ Medical Marijuana Info | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes Online resource for information regarding medical marijuana, legalization issues, current events, and state and federal laws. |
| Other resource N17 | A Medical Marijuana Martyr | http://mischiefmarketing.com/mcwilliams/ A Medical Marijuana Martyr | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes/Personal_Stories Peter McWilliams (1950-2000) the story of his battles and accomplishments. |
| Other resource N18 | Allen's Story - Cancer and Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) | http://www.thesteward.net/allen/ Allen's Story - Cancer and Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Medical_Purposes/Personal_Stories Allen Eugene Bennett,details his struggle with cancer and how he credits Medical Cannabis to saving his life.A section gives an update on California Proposition 215. |
| Other resource N19 | Anachron City Library Biographs - Howard Marks | http://www.euro.net/mark-space/bioHowardMarks.html Anachron City Library Biographs - Howard Marks | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Individual_Advocates Find out about this author, pro-drug advocate, smuggler trader, and counter-culture icon. |
| Other resource N20 | Royal Spa Centre Review - Mr. Nice Gets The Joint Giggling | http://www.cwn.org.uk/arts/spa-centre/2000/10/001011-howard-marks.htm Royal Spa Centre Review - Mr. Nice Gets The Joint Giggling | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana/Individual_Advocates Interview with UK pro-pot advocate Howard Marks. |
| Other resource N21 | This Is Your Life If You Choose Drugs | http://members.aol.com/gidgetda/beer.html This Is Your Life If You Choose Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Anti-Legalization Anti-drug information, including: signs of teen usage, rehabilitation and help links, crack baby syndrome, and negative effects of club drugs such as roofies, marihuana, cocaine, and ecstacy. |
| Other resource N22 | November Coalition | http://www.november.org/ November Coalition | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs The casualties of America's War on Drugs and what you can do to end the drug war. |
| Other resource N23 | Government Wears No Clothes | http://www.nakedgov.com/ Government Wears No Clothes | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Website of Bob Newland, noted journalist, raconteur, iconoclast, political philosopher and exposer of the lies used to propagate the so-called War on Drugs. |
| Other resource N24 | The War on (Certain) Drugs | http://deoxy.org/usdrugs.htm The War on (Certain) Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Noam Chomsky argues that the U.S. government is scandalously cynical in launching a "War on Drugs" while, at the same time, supporting other dangers. |
| Other resource N25 | Drugs: The United States and Latin America | http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/drugs/drugs.html Drugs: The United States and Latin America | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs A few mordant words on drugs, drug abuse, and the disgraceful ties that bind Latin America and the United States. |
| Other resource N26 | Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies US | http://www.vetsformeds.org Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies US | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Favors the return of the drug problem to the domain of the medical profession. |
| Other resource N27 | Drug War Prisoners | http://www.drugwarprisoners.org Drug War Prisoners | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Information and articles by and for drug war prisoners and others interested in drug law reform. |
| Other resource N28 | Salon news: The war on drugs | http://www.salon.com/news/special/drug_war/index.html?CP=SAL&DN=110 Salon news: The war on drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Prisons, profiling and propaganda: Salon's coverage of the U.S. government crackdown on illegal-substance abuse and the drug trade. |
| Other resource N29 | Connecticut's Coalition for Drug Policy Reform | http://www.abetterwayct.org/ Connecticut's Coalition for Drug Policy Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs A nonprofit grassroots organization working with Connecticut legislators to change state laws on substance abuse to have a public health and safety solution. |
| Other resource N30 | Maximizing Harm - Losers and Winners in the Drug War | http://www.maximizingharm.com Maximizing Harm - Losers and Winners in the Drug War | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs This site and its accompanying book offers a look at why the war makes problems worse instead of better, and who gets hurt and who gets helped by these policies. |
| Other resource N31 | Drug Policy Alliance | http://www.drugpolicy.org Drug Policy Alliance | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs An organization working to end the war on drugs and promote new drug policies based on common sense, science, public health and human rights. Formerly the Lindesmith Center. |
| Other resource N32 | Drop the Rock | http://www.droptherock.org/ Drop the Rock | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Enacted in 1973 when Nelson Rockefeller was governor, the Rockefeller Drug Laws require harsh prison terms for the possession or sale of relatively small amounts of drugs. |
| Other resource N33 | "War on Drugs" Or... How the Feds Are Destroying Our Liberty | http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/drugs/main.html "War on Drugs" Or... How the Feds Are Destroying Our Liberty | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Information regarding federal intrusion into personal responsibility. |
| Other resource N34 | Common Sense For Drug Policy | http://www.csdp.org Common Sense For Drug Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies. |
| Other resource N35 | Prohibition: The War on Drugs | http://www.serendipity.li/wod.html Prohibition: The War on Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs The nature and origin of the 'War on Drugs'. Why this 'war' is so entrenched. |
| Other resource N36 | Cannabis News - marijuana, hemp, and cannabis news | http://cannabisnews.com Cannabis News - marijuana, hemp, and cannabis news | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs/News_and_Media Marijuana, cannabis, and hemp all describe the same plant cannabis sativa. Our mission is to distribute accurate and unbiased news about marijuana, cannabis, and hemp. |
| Other resource N37 | The Narco News Bulletin | http://www.narconews.com The Narco News Bulletin | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs/News_and_Media News From Latin America. |
| Other resource N38 | CIA and Drugs | http://www.ciadrugs.com CIA and Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Smuggling CIA and other government agents reveal the CIA's 50-year role in drug smuggling into the United States, in liaison with organized crime. |
| Other resource N39 | American Iatrogenic Association | http://www.iatrogenic.org/ American Iatrogenic Association | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Iatrogenesis Studies and reports on illness caused by the medical profession. Despite the rare public discussion of iatrogenic illness, it is a significant cause of disease and death for Americans... Time magazine has reported one estimate that 80,000 people are killed annually by doctors and medical treatments. That is about twice the number of Americans killed each year in car accidents. |
| Other resource N40 | Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly: The Cancer War Grinds On | http://www.sustain.org/Bulletins/getbulletin.cfm?bulletin_ID=48&issue_ID=1286&browse=1&SID=28 Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly: The Cancer War Grinds On | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer Over the period 1991-95 the incidence of cancer in the US finally started a sustained fall. Yet there is still a long way to go, and the NIH's explanations of the causes of cancer are suspicious. |
| Other resource N41 | W. Douglas Brodie, MD. | http://www.drbrodie.com/ W. Douglas Brodie, MD. | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Alternative_Treatments Alternative cancer treatment and complementary cancer care. Combines medical science, nature, hope, and prayer in the care of patients. |
| Other resource N42 | HealthDEV: HIV/AIDS Discussion Forums | http://www.hivnet.ch/aids98/ HealthDEV: HIV/AIDS Discussion Forums | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS Topics include HIV/AIDS and access to treatment and care, community-based research, PLWHA networking, sex work, human rights, and immigration rights. |
| Other resource N43 | Health Global Access Project | http://www.healthgap.org/ Health Global Access Project | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS Campaign to eliminate barriers to global access to affordable life-sustaining medicines for people living with HIV/AIDS. Organization and campaign details, news, press releases, resources. |
| Other resource N44 | James F. Lawton | http://www.ampage.com/honduras James F. Lawton | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views Personal page of a medical researcher in Hondorus and Mexico. Essay on the Phoenician alphabet and how it leads to a plant that cures HIV. |
| Other resource N45 | HEAL: Health Education AIDS Liaison, Toronto | http://healtoronto.com HEAL: Health Education AIDS Liaison, Toronto | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views/Organizations Toronto chapter of this dissident organization. Alternative views on cause and treatment. |
| Other resource N46 | Women and HIV/AIDS - from Feminist Women's Health Center | http://www.fwhc.org/hiv.htm Women and HIV/AIDS - from Feminist Women's Health Center | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Women For the first time ever, in 1996, AIDS deaths in the US declined. Compared to 1995, death among men declined by 22%, but the decline in deaths for women was 7% - substantially less. |
| Other resource N47 | Healthcare Workers and AIDS prevention | http://www.avert.org/needlestick.htm Healthcare Workers and AIDS prevention | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Workplace Needlestick injury and the risk of HIV transmission in health care setting. Includes statistical information in occupational settings and Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP). |
| Other resource N48 | Initiative to Eliminate Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health | http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov Initiative to Eliminate Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Race_and_Ethnicity Information about eliminating racial disparities in HIV infection and AIDS. |
| Other resource N49 | New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme | http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~boss/ New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Substance_Use/Organizations Information about a health education and health promotion service for people who inject drugs. |
| Other resource N50 | Preventive Dental Health Association | http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/health.htm Preventive Dental Health Association | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Dentistry Educate about the dangers of fluoride and mercury, and provide healthful alternate solutions. |
| Other resource N51 | Improving Oral Health | http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/oh/ataglanc.htm Improving Oral Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Dentistry Center for Disease Control program for oral health issues. |
| Other resource N52 | Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University | http://www.cshp.rutgers.edu Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Center focusing on health services research, public health, health policy and the social sciences with a strong set of applied research and policy analysis initiatives. |
| Other resource N53 | Health Publications of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/health.htm Health Publications of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The Center is a research institute that conducts analyses on gov't policies and programs. |
| Other resource N54 | Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Health Research | http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/HEALTH.HTM Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Health Research | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Studies that span the changes taking place in the health care system. Includes short-term policy projects as well as longer-term evaluations. Most evaluations also include a cost-effectiveness analysis. |
| Other resource N55 | Texas Health, Education, Assistance, Resources and Training: Texas HEART | http://www.txheart.org/ Texas Health, Education, Assistance, Resources and Training: Texas HEART | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Committed to conducting health outreach to the chronically underserved as well as becoming recognized as a receptor site for multiple sources of assistance, including education, guidance, referral, and self-advocacy |
| Other resource N56 | Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change | http://sihp.brandeis.edu/council Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The Council, based at Brandeis University, presents the findings of nationally-recognized health policy experts on emerging health policy issues, such as medicare reform, managed care regulation and the uninsured. |
| Other resource N57 | UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/ UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research applies the extensive expertise of faculty and researchers from UCLA's leading professional schools and academic departments to meet the needs of the nation, states, and local communities for health policy-related research and information |
| Other resource N58 | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | http://www.kff.org/ The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy News and analysis on health policy topics including managed care, Medicare, Social Security, universal health insurance coverage, and patients rights. |
| Other resource N59 | RAND Health | http://rand.org/health/ RAND Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Research on health and health policy by RAND, a nonprofit public policy institute. |
| Other resource N60 | Center for Collaborative Research in Health Outcomes and Policy | http://www.ccrhop.org/ Center for Collaborative Research in Health Outcomes and Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Conducts research for the development, management and understanding of health improvement, outreach and promotion, as well as disease management, clinical outcomes and health policy analysis. |
| Other resource N61 | The Health Voice Network | http://www.healthvoice-uk.net The Health Voice Network | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy UK Network for people helping each other by sharing their experiences, ideas, knowledge, questions and skills on health related issues. |
| Other resource N62 | Health Care for All (MA) | http://www.hcfama.org/ Health Care for All (MA) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Massachusetts organization dedicated to making adequate and affordable health care accessible to everyone, regardless of income, social or economic status. |
| Other resource N63 | International Advocates for Health Freedom | http://www.iahf.com/index1.html International Advocates for Health Freedom | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation The founder, John Hammell, has been fighting for health freedom for 10 years, and first got involved with alternative medicine after recovering from a life threatening illness via a suppressed alternative treatment (orthomolecular medicine) after mainstream methods almost killed him. He believes it to be highly immoral for anyone to try to restrict the availability of herbs and supplements or to do anything which would hamper consumer access. |
| Other resource N64 | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons | http://www.aapsonline.org/aaps/ Association of American Physicians and Surgeons | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation A non-partisan professional association of physicians, dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine. |
| Other resource N65 | Cato Institute Health & Welfare Studies | http://www.cato.org/research/healt-st.html Cato Institute Health & Welfare Studies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation This list of online papers from the Cato Institute includes studies on demonstrating the practical superiority of Medical Savings Accounts over managed health care type plans, moving the FDA's pharmaceutical and medical device approval responsibilities into the private sector, and allowing Americans to opt-out of Medicare and into private insurance arrangements. |
| Other resource N66 | Citizens for a Sound Economy: Health Care Reform | http://www.cse.org/informed/healthcare.html Citizens for a Sound Economy: Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Just three years after the American public rejected government-run health care, Democrats and Republicans in Congress are taking away consumers' control over their own health care decisions. CSE campaigns for consumer choice in health care. |
| Other resource N67 | The Problems with Socialized Health Care | http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/healthcare/socialized.html The Problems with Socialized Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Articles, links, figures and facts exposing the devastation resulting from so-called "Universal Health Care." |
| Other resource N68 | The Heritage Foundation Publications Library: Health Care Reform | http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/index.cfm The Heritage Foundation Publications Library: Health Care Reform | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Regular updates on U.S. health care reform as well as links to related news articles. |
| Other resource N69 | Online News Hour: Medicare | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/medicare/medicare_index.html Online News Hour: Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare PBS backgrounder on the Medicare program. |
| Other resource N70 | Almanac of Policy Issues: Medicare | http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/medicare.shtml Almanac of Policy Issues: Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Background information and links on the Medicare program. |
| Other resource N71 | Urban Institute Issue Focus on Medicare | http://www.urban.org/news/focus/focus_medicare.html Urban Institute Issue Focus on Medicare | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare A selection of reports, publications, forums, commentaries and testimonies on Medicare, Medicare reform and senior health in general. |
| Other resource N72 | Medicare Information | http://www.healthsymphony.com/MedicareInfo.htm Medicare Information | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare Background information on Medicare from Health Symphony, a commercial health insurance quotes and information center. |
| Other resource N73 | Medicaid Disease Management and Health Outcomes | http://www.dmnow.org/ Medicaid Disease Management and Health Outcomes | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Executive interchange for Medicaid directors, pharmacy administrators, medical directors, and Medicaid managed care companies. Sponsored by the National Pharmaceutical Council. |
| Other resource N74 | National Association of State Medicaid Directors | http://www.nasmd.org/ National Association of State Medicaid Directors | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicaid Bipartisan, professional, nonprofit organization of representatives of state Medicaid agencies (including the District of Columbia and the territories). Position papers, legislative memoranda, specific information on state waiver activity, and CHIP plan summaries. |
| Other resource N75 | Children's Health Insurance Issues | http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/health/kids.htm Children's Health Insurance Issues | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program A number of articles within the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Policy. |
| Other resource N76 | Maternal & Child's Health Policy | http://www.mchpolicy.org Maternal & Child's Health Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families. |
| Other resource N77 | Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/ Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program. |
| Other resource N78 | Century Foundation: Prescription Drug Information | http://www.medicarewatch.org/research_development/prescriptiondrugs.htm Century Foundation: Prescription Drug Information | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Sources for the debate over prescription drug coverage in Medicare. |
| Other resource N79 | No Free Lunch | http://www.nofreelunch.org/ No Free Lunch | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Discusses pharmaceutical industry marketing, promotion, and sales practices and how they may adversely affect prescription drug prescribing practices, and increase prescription drug prices. |
| Other resource N80 | The Cost of Protectionism in Pharmaceuticals | http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14425 The Cost of Protectionism in Pharmaceuticals | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs An article from Alternet that examines the effects of the patent system in the pharmaceutical industry and suggests that increased public funding of pharmaceutical research and development could dramatically lower costs for consumers. |