Does Iraq's Depleted Uranium Pose a Health Risk?

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Previous 270The AIDS Miragehttp://www.ourcivilisation.com/aids The AIDS MirageTop/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Alternative_Views Hiram Caton's complete work "Debunking the AIDS Myth; An Explanation Why and How the Medical Profession Kills Gays."
Other resource N0 Women's Global Health Imperativehttp://www.wghi.org Women's Global Health ImperativeTop/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Women The AIDS Research Institute of UCSF develops tools to help women and girls protect themselves from HIV. Current projects and fact sheets.
Other resource N1 Physician Assistant AIDS Networkhttp://www.paan.org/ Physician Assistant AIDS NetworkTop/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Workplace/Organizations Promotes networking, continuing medical education, and symposia for physician assistants working in HIV/AIDS care.
Other resource N2 Phoenix Indian Medical Centerhttp://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Aids/index.asp Phoenix Indian Medical CenterTop/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Race_and_Ethnicity/Organizations The HIV Center of Excellence (HIVCOE) is a clinically based center for HIV care, treatment, research and intervention.
Other resource N3 ADAP Monitoring Projecthttp://www.atdn.org/ ADAP Monitoring ProjectTop/Society/Issues/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Sexually_Transmitted_Diseases/AIDS/Treatment_Activism/Organizations Provides comprehensive information on AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, which provide vital medications to low income uninsured or underinsured people in the US.
Other resource N4 University Of Healthhttp://www.universityofhealth.net University Of HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Dentistry Commercial education program about mercury poisoning and dental-related illness, designed to create "informed, logical, thinking consumers".
Other resource N5 National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizationshttp://www.nassembly.org/ National Assembly of Health and Human Service OrganizationsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy An association of national nonprofit health and human service organizations bound by a common concern for the effective delivery of health and human services to the American people, especially those in need.
Other resource N6 Kaisernetworkhttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/ KaisernetworkTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy News and information on health policy issues, including Medicare, Medicaid, children's health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, health care advertising, minority health, and health reform.
Other resource N7 Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere)http://www.projhope.org/ Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy International health education, policy research, and humanitarian assistance programs.
Other resource N8 Duke Health Policy Cyberexchangehttp://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange Duke Health Policy CyberexchangeTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Portal site for health policy information on the Web.
Other resource N9 Health Systems Research, Inc. - Publicationshttp://www.hsrnet.com/pubs/index.htm Health Systems Research, Inc. - PublicationsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Health Systems Research, Inc. (HSR) is a public policy research and consulting firm that provides program and technical support to publicly-funded health and human services agencies, as well as to not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations. This site provides general information about HSR's services and staff and allows visitors to download publications on a wide range of health- and welfare-related topics.
Other resource N10 Health Information for Development Projecthttp://www.iwsp.org Health Information for Development ProjectTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health information resource centres that will provide locally appropriate content on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health services and education systems, not replace them.
Other resource N11 European Observatory on Health Care Systems, Madrid hubhttp://www.isciii.es:100/publico/drvisapi.dll?MIval=cw_usr_view_SHTML&ID=238 European Observatory on Health Care Systems, Madrid hubTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The European Observatory on Health Care Systems supports comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe.
Other resource N12 National Health Law Programhttp://www.healthlaw.org/ National Health Law ProgramTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Comprehensive information on health issues, with a substantive section on child health, including documents, as well as links to numerous other child health sites.
Other resource N13 New England Healthcare Institutehttp://www.nehi.net New England Healthcare InstituteTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI) is a health policy research organization focused on enabling innovation in health care.
Other resource N14 Investigator Awards in Health Policy Researchhttp://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/rwjf Investigator Awards in Health Policy ResearchTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy This site provides information about Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Investigator Awards program, the investigators who have been funded through the program to conduct broad studies of the most challenging health policy issues facing America, and the results of some of their work on a wide range of topics.
Other resource N15 New England Journal of Medicine - Health Policyhttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/health_policy New England Journal of Medicine - Health PolicyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy The Health Policy collection covers topics such as Medicare, Medicaid, and tobacco control and includes research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorial commentary.
Other resource N16 Ward Health Strategieshttp://www.wardhealth.com/ Ward Health StrategiesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy Communications firm with a focus on health care issues. Site includes several free health-related e-newsletters.
Other resource N17 Americans for Free Choice in Medicinehttp://www.afcm.org/ Americans for Free Choice in MedicineTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Promotes the philosophy of individual rights, personal responsibility and free market economics in the health care industry.
Other resource N18 The Dangers of Socialized Medicinehttp://www.amatecon.com/etext/dosm/dosm.html The Dangers of Socialized MedicineTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation This collection of essays makes the moral and practical case for a complete free market in healthcare.
Other resource N19 Citizens' Council on Health Carehttp://www.cchc-mn.org/ Citizens' Council on Health CareTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation A citizens' resource for designing the future of health care.
Other resource N20 Socialized Medicine Leaves a Bad Taste in Patients' Mouthshttp://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=2748 Socialized Medicine Leaves a Bad Taste in Patients' MouthsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation Bad food in Canadian Hospitals is symptomatic of the problems of a single-payer health care system.
Other resource N21 Health Care Newshttp://www.heartland.org/Publications.cfm?pblId=2 Health Care NewsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for free-market health care reform, with 100s of articles on malpractice reform and the uninsured.
Other resource N22 Free Market Medicinehttp://www.marketmed.org/ Free Market MedicineTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Anti-Regulation A site dedicated to the proposition that the free market can provide high-quality, reasonably-priced health care without government intervention.
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Other resource N24 Restructuring Medicare: Impacts on Beneficiarieshttp://www.urban.org/health/medicare_restructuring.html Restructuring Medicare: Impacts on BeneficiariesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare From the Urban Institute.
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Other resource N31 National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Healthhttp://www.ncemch.org/ National Center for Education in Maternal and Child HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Research center at Georgetown University. This site includes issue papers on outreach and CHIP.
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Other resource N47 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)http://cms.hhs.gov/ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/United_States_Government Agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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Other resource N51 Toxicological Profile - fluoride, hydrogen fluoride and fluorine, by U.S. Dept of Health and Human Serviceshttp://www.zerowasteamerica.org/FluorideToxProfile.htm Toxicological Profile - fluoride, hydrogen fluoride and fluorine, by U.S. Dept of Health and Human ServicesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Government report about toxicity of fluoride included that to certain subsets of the population, April 1993
Other resource N52 Irish Medical Journalhttp://www.imj.ie/news_detail.php?nNewsId=1967&nCatId=1&nVolId=59 Irish Medical JournalTop/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Irish Medical Journal, September 2000 Vol. 93 Number 6. "Water Fluoridation : Pollutant or Panacea?" by dentist Don Mac Auley
Other resource N53 Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Healthhttp://www.fluoridefacts.org Massachusetts Coalition for Oral HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation The Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health (MCOH) is an organization dedicated to improving the oral health of the residents of Massachusetts through the use of effective, community-based oral health education and preventive measures. MCOH seems to be organized to fluoridate Worcester, Massachusetts
Other resource N54 Rescue Health Care Dayhttp://www.rescuehealthcareday.com Rescue Health Care DayTop/Society/Issues/Health/Activism This is the official web site for the upcoming national event. Our aim is to help move America beyond managed care.
Other resource N55 Health Care Policyhttp://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ Health Care PolicyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Harvard Medical School - Home Page
Other resource N56 Health Care Reformhttp://www.thebody.com/hanssens/reform.html Health Care ReformTop/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Legal Defense Fund and AIDS/HIV information resource.
Other resource N57 Health Care Reformhttp://cfmresearch.tripod.com/healthcare/index.html Health Care ReformTop/Society/Issues/Health/Activism A collection of previously published essays, data, and commentary on health care reform issues, organized in book format.
Other resource N58 Medical Care and Bloodhttp://www.watchtower.org/medical_care_and_blood.htm Medical Care and BloodTop/Society/Issues/Health/Blood_Products With good reason, many now ask, 'How safe are blood transfusions?' But this is more than a medical issue. It has made news involving Jehovah's Witnesses. Have you wondered why these ethical people, who believe in good medicine, refuse to accept blood?
Other resource N59 Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Medicinehttp://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=0007ACC0-ACD3-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7 Scientific American: Ask the Experts: MedicineTop/Society/Issues/Health/Blood_Products How do scientists make artificial blood? How effective is it compared with the real thing?
Other resource N60 HealthySistershttp://www.healthysisters.com HealthySistersTop/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance Dedicated to big, beautiful, and confident women sized 14 and above.
Other resource N61 Health at Any Size Web Ringhttp://www.webring.com/hub?ring=anysize Health at Any Size Web RingTop/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance/Directories Quality of life at any size.
Other resource N62 DB's Medical Rants: Public Guidelines for Managed Carehttp://www.medrants.com/archives/001417.html DB's Medical Rants: Public Guidelines for Managed CareTop/Society/Issues/Health/HMOs_and_Managed_Care A weblog topic page concerning Kaiser Permanente's announcement that it would publish on its website the guidelines developed and used by its doctors. Visitors are allowed to comment.
Other resource N63 Maternal-Fetal Conflicthttp://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/matern.html Maternal-Fetal ConflictTop/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Prenatal_Rights Examines the rising awareness of maternal-fetal conflict from an athical perspective in the medical profession.
Other resource N64 Diversification of US Medical Schools via Affirmative Actionhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/3/6/ Diversification of US Medical Schools via Affirmative ActionTop/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Affirmative_Action/Supporting_Views Investigates the implications of affirmative action, particularly race-conscious compared to race-blind admissions policy; explains how alternative programs are generally impractical, and provides a brief review of the history and legality of affirmative action in the United States.
Other resource N65 Defend Your Privacyhttp://www.defendyourprivacy.com/ Defend Your PrivacyTop/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Privacy Opposes the US Health and Human Services regulation can force doctors to turn their patients' confidential medical records over to the government.
Other resource N66 Healthy Citizenshttp://www.HealthyCitizens.com Healthy CitizensTop/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Advocacy_Organizations/North_America Citizens against human experimentation. Focuses on the development of post World War II United States health and military programs.
Other resource N67 Delivering Health Care to the Homelesshttp://www.med.uottawa.ca/homeless/ Delivering Health Care to the HomelessTop/Society/Issues/Poverty/Homelessness Basic curriculum for medicine students in Ottawa, Canada.
Other resource N68 HealthCentral Internet Hoax Watchhttp://www.healthcentral.com/centers/onecenter.cfm?center=Internet_Hoax_Watch HealthCentral Internet Hoax WatchTop/Society/Issues/Fraud News, commentary, and links on internet hoaxes. (Not just medical hoaxes.)
Other resource N69 LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and Morehttp://www.geocities.com/dhcpolwnk LRM'S Place: Disability, Health Care, Advocacy...and MoreTop/Society/Issues/Disabilities/Advocacy Personal web site of public policy analyst Laura Remson Mitchell. Primary focus is on health-care reform and disability policy. Includes original articles and commentary as well as advocacy links.
Other resource N70 The Concord Coalitionhttp://www.concordcoalition.org/ The Concord CoalitionTop/Society/Issues/Economic/Public_Debt/Federal_Deficit The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to eliminating federal budget deficits and ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure for all generations.
Other resource N71 Background on the U.S. Blockade Against Cubahttp://www.cubasolidarity.net/blockade.html Background on the U.S. Blockade Against CubaTop/Society/Issues/Economic/Sanctions/Cuba/Opposing_Views Analysis and opinion from prominent US citizens describing impact of boycott on children and medical patients.
Other resource N72 World Health Organisation (WHO): Iraqi Health System Close to Collapsehttp://www.who.int/archives/inf-pr-1997/en/pr97-16.html World Health Organisation (WHO): Iraqi Health System Close to CollapseTop/Society/Issues/Economic/Sanctions/Iraq/Official_Reports Responsible for implementation of the sanctions and oil for food programme.
Other resource N73 Health Care and Social Securityhttp://www.project21.org/Health.html Health Care and Social SecurityTop/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security Is Social Security unfair to minorities? Project 21, a leadership network of conservative African-Americans, answers that question and others. Links to policy analyses.
Other resource N74 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicarehttp://www.ncpssm.org/socialsecurity/ National Committee to Preserve Social Security and MedicareTop/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security Seniors group outlines their positions on Social Security and Medicare issues.
Other resource N75 Ontario Health Coalition -- P3shttp://www.web.net/~ohc/P3s.htm Ontario Health Coalition -- P3sTop/Society/Issues/Economic/Public_Private_Partnerships Series of articles, papers, fact sheets, media releases and other documents critical of the use of Private Public Partnerships and Private Finance Inititives to provide health care services.
Other resource N76 Citizens AgaiNst Drug Impaired Drivershttp://www.candid.org Citizens AgaiNst Drug Impaired DriversTop/Society/Issues/Transportation/Activism/DirectAction Illicit drugs, prescription and over-the-counter medications, and inhaled substances - their impact on impaired driving - and the drug recognition expert training program for law enforcement.
Other resource N77 Before I Diehttp://www.thirteen.org/bid/ Before I DieTop/Society/Issues/End-of-Life A PBS program exploring the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today. Features real life stories about people who have faced these personal decisions.
Other resource N78 Professionals for Excellence in Health Carehttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3052 Professionals for Excellence in Health CareTop/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Anti-Euthanasia We are professionals dedicated to the ethical treatment of persons, born and unborn.
Other resource N79 University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in Medicinehttp://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/pas.html University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in MedicineTop/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Assisted_Suicide This site presents a comprehensive sets of Q&As about physician assisted dying, and two cases for consideration.
Other resource N80 Compassionate Healthcare Network: Philip Nitschkehttp://www.chninternational.com/nitschke.htm Compassionate Healthcare Network: Philip NitschkeTop/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Right_to_Die/People/Nitschke,_Philip Two articles about Nitschke, presented by the Compassionate Healthcare Network, a Canadian organization which opposes end-of-life choice.

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