Topics: Issues : Health
This category is for sites about health issues from a non-medical standpoint.
Alcohol
Alcohol is a social issue from the standpoint of health, ecoonomics, family wellness, productivity and more.
Drunk Driving,
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Body Image
Fat Acceptance,
Media Pressures,
Pro-Anorexia,
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Circumcision
Controversial surgical procedure which involves removing the foreskin (glans) of the penis in males. Activist groups claim that the procedure is medically unnecessary.
Activism,
Articles,
Legal,
News,
Organizations,
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Conditions and Diseases
Sites listed in this category focus on the controversies surrounding specific diseases and treatments. Sites about the condition or disease itself, or living with it, or about conventional, non-controversial, treatments, should go in Health/Conditions_and_Diseases - this category is for non-conventional understandings, criticisms, and dissenting views.
Autism,
Cancer,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
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Dentistry
This category lists sites about the social implications of practices, technology, and regulation of the dental health profession and the dental products industry.
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Drugs
This is split into illegal drugs and medical drugs.
Illegal,
Medical,
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Female Genital Mutilation
The cutting and the excision of external genitalia and stitching of vaginal opening in females is considered to be not only medically unnecessary but genital mutilation.
News,
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Food, Drink and Nutrition
Food Additives,
Infant Feeding,
Nutritional Supplements,
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Fraud
Sites listed here should relate to fraud and abuse, claims mismanagement, fraudulent billing, non adherence to regulatory statutes related to healthcare, and OIG classifications for non compliance.
Medicare,
Quackery,
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Health Policy
This category is for health policy organizations and related research and documents. Please do not submit information on commercial health-related services to this category.
Anti-Regulation,
Articles,
Canadian Health Policy,
Children's Health Insurance Program,
Hospitals,
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HMOs and Managed Care
This category is for sites concerning attitudes towards managed care. Managed care is a hybrid of the insurance and health care industries.
Health Policy,
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Iatrogenesis
The focus of this category is on mistakes, errors and mishaps that occur in healthcare.
Abstracts and Papers,
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Mental Health
Sites discussing controversies about mental health, psychiatry, and psychology, pointing out problems, and offering a wide range of differing opinions.
Anti-Psychiatry Organizations,
Articles,
ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy,
Involuntary Commitment,
Medication,
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The Codex Alimentarius
The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of international food standards covering the main foods, whether processed, semi-processed or raw, as well as materials used in the further processing of food products.
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Tobacco
This category focuses on public policy issues related to tobacco. These issues include, but are not limited to: Advertising, Smoke-free areas, Taxation, Activism and lobbying, Prevention of tobacco use, Promotion of tobacco use, Media coverage of issues, Economic considerations, and Smuggling.
Advocacy,
Economic Impact,
Government,
Industry Critiques,
Master Settlement Agreement,
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Transplantation
This category contains sites about transplantation issues of a non-medical nature.
Organ Trafficking,
Xenotransplantation,
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Vaccination
Sites listed in this category focus on any issues against vaccinations, the vaccine preservative thimerosal, mercury in vaccines, etc.
Childhood Vaccinations,
Side Effect Debate,
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Water Treatment
The Water Treatment category covers the health issues concerning water treatment. There are many different water treatment methods and processes.
Chlorination,
Fluoridation,
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