Yea Paul is right on the war, he’s right on U.S. foreign policy,  and he’s right on SOME economic issues.
However, Ron Paul thinks the United States should have a system where profit motive, and the free-market should determine health care options, not actual medical need.
What happens in such a system?
This…
From TheRawStory:
Teen dies after insurance nixes […]

 
From Reuters:
Americans see fat as normal as weights rise: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Carrying a spare tire or two around the waist has become socially acceptable in the United States as the population’s waistlines have expanded, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Economic researchers from Florida State University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston […]

Awwww… Parasite Twin Babies are so cute! Goochie goochie goo!

Our Pro-Death President has veto’d only three bills in his entire incompetent joke of a career as U.S. President,  and each one of those vetos has led, or will lead, directly to the deaths and suffering of untold amounts of people.
Two Vetos on Stem Cell reasearch bills,  first in 2006, and now in 2007, which could […]

The Good News?  You used to weigh over 600 lbs, and after 3 years of strict dieting and exercise, you’ve lost 400 lbs.
The Bad News?  Now you have around 20 lbs of excess skin on your body that won’t shrink with the rest of you.   A pretty incredible and inspiring story about David Smith and […]

From The BBC:
Patient bleeds dark green blood
A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports.
The man emulated Star Trek’s Mr Spock - the Enterprise’s science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood.
In this case, the unusual colour of the 42-year-old’s blood […]

By Restless
Bodybuilders seeking more impressive physiques are flocking to a newer dysmorphia product. Synthol binds with the muscle fibers to create a bloated appearance, or instant bulk. Without any weight training, recipients of the injections can end up with arms larger than their legs.
Link (from grow a brain)

From MSNBC.COM: 
Beyond blisters: Herpes has an upside
Virus shown to protect mice against bubonic plague, other dangerous germs
The herpes family of viruses can have a surprising upside — it can protect against the bubonic plague and other bacterial contagions, at least in mice.
Research into whether a similar mechanism applies to humans and other mammalian hosts should […]

 
From Yahoo News:
Can the PlayStation 3 aid cancer research?
An experimental science project reaches epic proportions courtesy of Sony’s powerful processor.
While gamers endlessly bicker about which system will come out on top of the console war, a group of inventive scientists at Stanford University are concerned with a very different kind of battle - the fight […]

From NewScientist.COM:
US conservatives block cancer vaccine for girls
Plans to vaccinate young girls against the sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer have been blocked in several US states by conservative groups, who say that doing so would encourage promiscuity.
Advocates of the vaccine point out that the jabs work against human papillomavirus (HPV) - which causes virtually […]

From The BBC: 
Too much bacon ‘bad for lungs’
Eating large quantities of cured meats like bacon could damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease.
A Columbia University team found people who ate cured meats at least 14 times a month were more likely to have COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
COPD, which includes chronic […]

By Restless
The number one podcast show in the Health category is Man and Wife. It is the greatest! Sex advice every episode (there are about 20 now) in a video podcast by a stocky black couple. Their interplay could not possibly be scripted. They take calls, give out advice, fight a bit, all the while […]

By Restless
For awhile there in 2006, I thought it was prudent to drink diet soda. Sure it tastes funny, kind of metallic, but diet soda had less carbs than sugared sodas. Aspartame is the sweetener in most diet sodas. Surprisingly, it’s also in over 5,000 foods, drugs and medicine.
My diet soda jag wasn’t going well. […]