Carol Hoenig - Health
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Opinions
Veterinarians should not prescribe psychoactive drugs for animals.
Physician-assisted suicide should be legal. If the patient has conveyed they don't want to be kept alive for the sake of being kept alive, I have no problem with a physician providing dignity to him or her.
Bottled water is not safer than tap water. We truly do not know where the bottled water comes from and the plastic bottles that hold the water may have cancer causing elements. In turn, some tap water may carry carcinogens. Neither are foolproof.
Alzheimer's disease is preventable.
Congress should change the eligibility guidelines for Medicaid.
HIV tests should not be mandatory. This is a tough one, since anything "mandatory" concerns me. More importantly, I think educating people about safe sex should take place.
Masturbation is healthy.
Restless Leg Syndrome is not a legitimate medical condition.
There are persuasive reasons why people should not eat meat.
There is no link between childhood vaccinations and autism.
Positive thinking can improve your health.
Women should abstain from drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
Employers should be required to offer health insurance to full-time employees.
Chain restaurants should be required to display calorie counts on their menus.
The government should require labeling of genetically modified food.
The FDA should label food products from animal clones.
Adults should not be required by law to purchase health insurance.
The U.S. should expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Retail stores should not be allowed to operate medical clinics.
Insurance premiums should be tax-deductible.
Employers should offer health savings accounts.
Employer health care plans should offer equivalent benefits for both mental health and physical conditions.
Contraceptives should be covered by health insurance plans.
Smoking should be prohibited in all indoor public places.
The government should not impose smoking bans.
The U.S. is not prepared for a flu pandemic.
An avian flu pandemic is not imminent.
Abstinence-only sex education is not effective.
Low-carbohydrate diets have a positive effect on health.
Food testing standards in America are not effective.
There are potential benefits to drinking red wine.
Nutrition labels do not contain sufficient information.
Governments should ban trans fats in commercially-prepared foods.
Addiction is a disease.
Sexual orientation is immutable.
The vaccine for human papillomavirus should not be mandatory.
The FDA should regulate tobacco products.
The government should not negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.
The U.S. should permit the import of prescription drugs from Canada.
The government should subsidize prescription drugs for people who cannot afford them.