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"Third-hand smoke" is a viable concern. The source or it's level is immaterial. Smoking should be illegal, all forms of it. Our innocent lungs deserve a chance to live long healthy lives. (I only said "Yes" because Rush said "No")

The use of antibiotics in food animals poses a risk to human health. Too many studies to date have shown the potential risk to humans is overwhelming, esp to the elderly, the young and pregnant mothers.

There are potential benefits to drinking red wine. I am a living testament to it's benefits.

Medical providers should not have the right to refuse medical care they find morally objectionable. The perspective is wrong here. The oath of the medical provider out weighs all else. If religious or moral issues arise that will not permit you to do your job, then find another job. Don't place your extra-medical values or conflicts of interest on your

Low-carb diets are an effective method of losing weight. according to http://www.lowcarb.ca/ they are.

Obesity should not be classified as a disability. This is a tough one for me since I have 3 people in my extended family that are well over 150lbs of their normal weight. For the vast majority of US obese people it is a habit of eating too much and/or unhealthy food , and not exercising (my family member

Online pharmaceutical purchases should not require in-person pre-screening exams. No. this is just another attempt or way of keeping inexpensive, safe drugs off the market to keep the US pharmaceutical companies from competition, thus keeping prices high, availability low and profit margins even higher.

All pregnant women should undergo testing for CMV (cytomegalovirus). From what I have read over the last year, there are reasons to believe a fetus could suffer developmental damage. The primary test is expensive, but a simple blood test can reveal a great deal.

Scientists should not try to slow the effects of aging. Aging, no matter what level in this universe or on this earth you choose, is a ever present and unstoppable - it is inevitable. In my view aging is a symptom of life as is death. The fear of aging and it's effects are just responses to our general fear of

Employers should not offer health savings accounts. Does not belong in the hands of the employers in a free-market economy that is without regulations or without ethics. When boardroom politics and major share holders make the rules, the workers will always lose. Profit and profit margins rule the roost. H

Governments should ban trans fats in commercially-prepared foods. They should ban commercials while they're at it.

Women should not abstain from drinking alcohol during pregnancy. No, a glass of red wine, i.e., light, one-glass a day, in a couple of huge studies done in UK and Norway, found that light drinking did not result in an increase of behavioral or cognitive difficulties. Children born to light drinkers were less likely to

Humans have souls. I believe God created humans in his image and likeness, in doing so gave us an eternal soul. Even before that belief I knew humans were remarkably different from the rest of the animal kingdom. If left unattended humans seem to be able to garner a consid

Alzheimer's disease is not preventable. My mother has it, my grandmother probably had it (though only diagnosed with senility),my great aunt ... all the women on my mother's side had it, most likely. It is a degenerative neurological disease. Very recent studies show strong evidence that people

The U.S. is not prepared for a flu pandemic. No one anywhere can ever be prepared for the next pandemic, it is a constantly mutating virus. All we can do, at best, is have something ready for last year's strain. Anything else is pharmaceutical propaganda. Individuals can help their own bodies out by

There are persuasive non-religious reasons for male circumcision. In 1975, the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) stated that "there is no absolute medical indication for routine circumcision of the newborn." Since then, many studies in the US and in other countries have indicated a 60-70% drop in HIV transmission in

Vitamin supplements should play no role in a healthy lifestyle. They should only be used when there are no other alternatives available. People in the US lead unhealthy live styles and basically eat crap. There are plenty of healthy, natural dietary choices in our country. A vast majority of the people in this country

HIV tests should be mandatory. I did not use to thinks so, but with it's rise worldwide and very little found to combat it, it may very well be our next plague, if it isn't already.

An avian flu pandemic is imminent. If it is not avian, it is another .. always one right around the corner, it is a pervasive and opportunistic virus ... kind of like the US.

Silicon-gel breast implants should not be allowed on the market. OK, enough is enough. Mfr's have been pushing for their return since the they were first banned in 1992. The link between connective tissue disorders and silicon-gel breast implants has been proven by many medical experts around the world. I am a firm bel

Food testing standards in America are not effective. .. your joking right? As long as the agro-business lobbyists rule in Washington and the FDA allows "independent labs" to test for them ... we might as well be eating bat guano.

Congress should strengthen regulations on direct-to-consumer advertising. Like the ever-present, god-awful pharmaceutical ads on TV??!! Absolutely!

The vaccine for human papillomavirus should not be mandatory. This is a quest for guaranteed profits and has nothing do with the people, the problem or the future. It is a proxy fight between two pharmaceutical giants: Merick and GlaxoSmithKline, their vaccines cover different variants of the HPV, but their goal is

The FDA should label food products from animal clones. "clones" well, almost all that we eat in the plant world is a clone in one form or another. However, animal lifeforms are much more complex and cloning has not shown itself to be particularly stable or successful ... yet. Cloning is something we are going

There are no persuasive reasons why people should not eat meat.

Vitamin C can help prevent the common cold. Dr Linus Pauling spent the later years of his life researching and testing the benefits of vitamin C. He was not some wacko or quack, he was a dedicated scientist. I don't know if this in response to his study (and many studies subsequently) called "Vitam

Health insurance policies should be legally required to cover behavioral treatments for Autism. I am hoping Obama will correct this great divide in our country. I have friends and family who are struggling, overwhelmed and unable to properly care for those that they love with this terrible anomaly of life. Whenever an economic crisis of this similar

The use of Bisphenol A in plastic bottles does pose a risk to human health. It already does.

Soldiers returning from battle should be given a mandatory PTSD screening. But only to make sure they get the help they need. Current reports indicate 1 in 5 suffer from PTSD, but that is because they do not screen more or extensively enough. Even the Joint Chief of Staff thinks so.

The government should subsidize prescription drugs for people who cannot afford them.

The government should impose smoking bans. Wherever the public could be gathered. Smoking cigarettes may still be a personal choice and right, but should not affect the choices of those around them when it comes to our health.

Smoking should be prohibited in all indoor public places. There are simply too many studies that show second hand smoke is almost as dangerous as smoking cigarettes yourself.

Life is fundamentally precious. All life, everywhere, in other words, not just human.

A person should have a basic right to death. This is a trick question at best. An individual has the right to die in dignity, has a right to die in the due course of one's life, free of pain if possible, but end one's life, or another's, on purpose or deliberately? That is murder. No person should e

Physician-assisted suicide should not be legal. Suicide is wrong in general, whether someone does it for you or not. God holds all life precious and of value, we should too. Absolutely no one knows how one's will affect another or when one's life is supposed to end. Suicide, in my opinion and belief, i

Addiction is a disease. Much research and many studies around the world have indicted there is a definite link between the psychology behind addiction and what it does to the physical body and visa versa, not to mention those genetically predisposed to addiction in the first pla

Vaccines containing thimerosal are not safe. No, because there have been a couple of studies done that indicate there is a problem, a very big problem. It is a derivative of ethylmercury for God's sake and that should have been a red-flag from the beginning. I'd rather err on the side of caution unt

There is a link between childhood vaccinations and autism. According to findings in N.America and Europe, there is a link. How substantial is yet to be determined and you can bet your bippy the pharmaceutical and medical industries don't want this go any further. Something about profits, accountability, lawsuits,

Life begins during the third trimester. The operative word here is "life". In the scientific sense, there are many variables but it is generally agreed "sustainable life" begins, when the fetus is viable on his own, without medical intervention or attached to the mother, by consensus around 28

The government should subsidize prescription drugs for seniors who cannot afford them. Yes, it should be our charge as a nation to take care of the elderly. We will all be there one day and perhaps will face the same or similar problems (and in this current crisis, most definitely).