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 “He’s the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.” -Benjamin Franklin   The great 19th century physician, Robert Hutchinson, had a daily prayer which ran: “God! Give me deliverance from treating sick human beings as cases, not letting the well alone and...

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Our stars, who are the Gods for the younger generation, promote bottled sodas and desiccated milk drinks both of which are dangerous to human health, while Mars Mission eats up the tax payers' hard earned money. This is exactly why inexpensive health measures are not encouraged by the powers...

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Charles Ornstein  and   Tracy Weber (ProPublica) 21 November 2013
With billions in potential savings for Medicare at stake, ProPublica asked drug experts and practitioners alike why more doctors don't recommend generics when they can We talked to dozens of experts for our Monday report on how Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year...

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Charles Ornstein  and   Tracy Weber (ProPublica) 21 November 2013
With billions in potential savings for Medicare at stake, ProPublica asked drug experts and practitioners alike why more doctors don't recommend generics when they can We talked to dozens of experts for our Monday report on how Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year...

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We have been fooling the public all through by manipulating in every field of science and medicine. Heart attacks, cholesterol and statins are only the present avatar of this fraud!   “If I could live my life over again, I would devote it to proving that germs seek their natural...

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Kim Barker (ProPublica) 20 November 2013
The biggest dark money group, launched by Republican strategist Karl Rove, shows in its tax filing that it got one donation of nearly $23 million and another of $18 million (Donors names not included) The dark money giant Crossroads GPS, launched by Republican strategist Karl Rove, told...

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While market based pricing can potentially reduce pricing for two-third essential medicines, there are several critical medicines that are not in the “essential medicines” list. Several Diabetes, TB, HIV, Cancer drugs are not under DPCO 2013 even though WTO lists them as essential

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Jake Bernstein (ProPublica) 19 November 2013
Responding in a wrongful termination case, the New York Federal Reserve disputes Carmen Segarra's claim that Goldman Sachs lacked firm-wide conflict-of-interest policies The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit by a former bank examiner who says she...

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A mix of bland travelogue and history summarised Pankaj Mishra has made a name as an essayist and novelist, starting with his first book Butter Chicken in Ludhiana. His subsequent books, The Romantics and From the Ruins of Empire, have been widely acclaimed. The Economist magazine called...

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How to take your business to the next level Starting one’s own business is always a scary prospect, with the odds severely stacked against the entrepreneur and the future uncertain. Yet, it is among the most exciting pursuits. There’s nothing like creating your own enterprise. It is no...

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The story of a man wrongly convicted and waiting to be executed—for 19 years You are seated at Wankhhede Stadium for Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th Test. The wicket is a batting beauty. He is going to get at least one, if not two, centuries. Maybe even break Brian Lara’s record of 400. It’s...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 November 2013
Along with Sachin Tendulkar, world class scientist Dr Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao was awarded the Bharat Ratna today. We had the great fortune to interview Dr Rao, exactly three years ago in Bangalore. Dr CNR Rao, known in India as “Mr Science” has published more than 1500 research...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 14 November 2013
A tireless effort to restore the old glory of the Jaipur gharana The year was 1964. Prakash Surana, scion of the well-known Surana Jewellers of Jaipur, came in contact with Kaushal Bhargava, a connoisseur of the performing arts, who had worked tirelessly to preserve and promote music and...

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Justin Elliott  and   Liz Day (ProPublica) 14 November 2013
Earlier this year, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin drew scrutiny for working at the State Department and a consulting firm at the same time. The agency is mum on who else had such an arrangement Earlier this year, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin drew scrutiny for a special arrangement...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 November 2013
Advocate KK Ramani explained, to a packed audience, the pitfalls of overlooking flaws in conveyance and the fine print in redevelopment deals At an event organised by Moneylife Foundation, advocate KK Ramani, who has authored several books on property laws, explained the importance of...

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Charles Ornstein (ProPublica) 13 November 2013
Just a fraction of the 500,000 people expected to enrol in Obamacare via the new health exchanges have done so, according to media reports anticipating the official numbers. But there’s more to the story This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce...

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While market based pricing can potentially reduce rates for two-third essential medicines, there are far too many loopholes in the move. Pharma companies have exploited such escape routes in the past According to the Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO), 2013 the ceiling price of...

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Whether cancer therapy has brought down the death rate is a question waiting for an answer I always used to feel that our treatment of cancer does not fit in with common sense. But when I said so, I was mocked. When Nobel Laureate biologist, Albert Szent-Györgyi, noted that it would be...

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While market based pricing can potentially reduce pricing for two-thirds of essential medicines, there are far too many loopholes to reduce your chemist bill. Ironically, the set ceiling price of the remaining one-third of essential medicines is higher than market leader’s price. Can the...

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Charles Ornstein (ProPublica) 12 November 2013
Many state and federal insurance pools covering patients with pre-existing conditions are set to close 31st December, but it’s an open question whether patients will be able to find policies on Healthcare.gov in time “This is what keeps me up at night,” Tanya Case told me earlier this...

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