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There should be limits on the amount of damages awarded in medical malpractice suits.

Healthcare reform should include a government-sponsored health insurance option. In fact true reform would exclude everything but Medicare for all. Let private providers insure for incidentals and supplemental demand. Get out of the way of what this country needs. True reform from the top down.

Health care reform legislation will not be passed in 2009. We might get something but it will not be true reform of the current system but rather it will be pandering to the minority party, private insurance, and pharma; that is not REFORM.

A universal healthcare system would require a tax increase. However, the cost of benefits paid by both the employer and the employee would be decreased significantly thus offsetting the increase in taxes. This is what no one considers when the whine about a tax increase!

Drinking in moderation is not a viable treatment for alcoholism.

Habitual consumption of alcohol is worse on one's personal health than habitual consumption of marijuana.

Video games do improve the cognitive brain function in adults over 50.

"Third-hand smoke" is not a viable concern.

Medical providers should have the right to refuse medical care they find morally objectionable. If they are private providers such as church supported.

Flu shots should be recommended for people 65 and older.

There are no persuasive reasons not to take vitamin supplements.

Eating soy has no effect on a woman's risk of breast cancer.

Black cohosh cannot effectively treat menopausal symptoms.

A bilateral mastectomy is the most effective long-term solution for women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Vitamin supplements should not require a prescription.

HPV immunization will not encourage sexual activity. This is a ridiculous assumption by people who have clearly forgotten what it was like to be a teenager.

Retail stores should not be allowed to operate medical clinics.

Acupuncture is effective at treating back pain.

Detoxification diets are not beneficial.

Frequent marijuana use adversely affects sperm. so they say

Pregnant women should avoid peanuts. there is some evidence that this is true

Elective cesarean deliveries should be available in the absence of medical complications.

There should not be a "fat tax" on foods deemed unhealthy.

Parents should administer over-the-counter cold and cough medicines to children under the age of six. Under proper circumstances

There aren't persuasive health reasons not to eat food products from animal clones.

The identity of sperm donors should remain anonymous. The collection of information regarding ethenticy, health, intelligence is available. The identity of a donor is private and without protecting that privacy the numbers of donors will be diminished.

Flu shots should not be mandatory for children over 6 months old.

People should not use the Internet for self-diagnosis.

Television ads do contribute to childhood obesity.

Veterinarians should not prescribe psychoactive drugs for animals.

Antibacterial soaps are more effective than regular soaps.

There is not a link between alcohol consumption and the development of cancer.

it is not necessary to grow food organically.

States should mandate driver testing after a designated age.

Children with ADHD should not be treated with medications. ADHD is simply a new way of defining a difficult child. We all remember the creative classmate, the one who wasn't quite like us. They didn't get medicated into compliance they got directed into ways to think, ways to study, ways to interact. Teachers

Positive thinking can improve your health.

FDA rulings are affected by special interests.

The FDA should ban aspartame.

The FDA should not prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

Congress should change the eligibility guidelines for Medicaid.