Insurance against Illness? In Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” about the health care industry in the USA, much is made of the fact that Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) often deny coverage to patients because they failed to declare ‘previously existing conditions’ in their application. In

The Impact of Medication Using medication to supposedly cure disease or ameliorate uncomfortable symptoms has become a part of our lives in Western culture. It is a part of the “pill for every ill” mentality that came about in the 1950s subsequent to the development

The First Small Steps People frequently talk about steps in analogies and metaphors. “One small step for man — one great leap for mankind”, said Neil Armstrong as he stepped off the Apollo space craft on to the moon surface. “A journey of a thousand