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This article outlines the emergence of Allopathic Medicine (Modern Day Medicine) in the Western World. It shows a timeline that outlines the progress medicine has made throughout the history of man. I briefly discusses how the model of Allopathic Medicine got it foothold and took control of the medical model in the West.

Dr. Chopra writes this article for the AMA's Journal of Ethics as a practicing CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Practitioner. Dr. Chopra relates errors in the research in Allopathic Medicine as well as the declining effect of medicine. He relates to Holistic and Allopathic Medicine as a divorces couple who are beginning to reconcile and to establish a new the relationship.

A brief description of what constitutes Holistic Medicine and other common terms to describe certain aspects of Holistic Medicine and a brief over view of their definitions.

(medical cannabis - clinical studies) "By design CMCR [Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research] clinical studies focused on conditions identified by the Institute of Medicine for which cannabis might have potential therapeutic effects, based on current scientific knowledge (Institute of Medicine, 1999).

This article is about the first time we stood up for our genes and fought for our rights to our own DNA

If we had Universal Healthcare, no one would go with out seeing a doctor when they need to, or getting medicine they need to survive. We would also spend less money on healthcare. It would also prevent less medical errors, which would save more lives

Some freedoms may come at the expense of others. It is being said now, by ATF and federal law, that anyone who is known to be using or addicted to any drug that is illegal under federal, not state law, cannot purchase a weapon. This includes individuals who are medicinally using marijuana. Laws are still unclear as to what the consequences are for not admitting to using the drug when purchasing a weapon.

My conception of ethically permissible behavior is based on the view that any decision is ethically permitted if it is voluntary and does not cause gratuitous harm to others. This is congruent with the early ethical stricture in medicine, Primum non nocere, "First, do no harm." However, our perception of harm must be qualified. A living being can be harmed without being harmed in a moral sense. I harm a mosquito when I swat it, but I do not harm it in a moral sense unless I assign a moral absolute value to the mosquito's well-being. To be harmed in a moral sense is to be wronged. Thus, my concern is with behavior that does or does not wrong another.

A person is much, much more likely to be killed by a gun in the United States than in any of these other countries, and it isn't remotely close. The gun homicide rate in the United States was more than 25 times higher than in other high-income countries, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medicine that examined death rates per 100,000 people.

I do agree with the fact that people in america are more likely to be killed due to gun violence. But i think it is because our country is more privileged when it comes to even having access to them.

In this article, the author is explaining how marijuana has been used in the past for many medical uses and how it is starting to be known to help those with medical needs.

Enough signatures were gained to place the vote for an attempt to legalize marijuana in Washington State

The state of Vermont is currently assessing their current law that allows parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children. Many think that unvaccinated children will infect others with an outbreak of any number of sicknesses. While the opposition says that vaccines do not always work and it is not up to the state what medicines go into their child's body.

This article is about legalizing marijuana. It gives supports from both sides of the argument, both very interesting.

A number of movements to legalize the use of marijuana have been gaining steam lately. There are places in California where it's already legal for medicinal purposes. Much of the American public now believes that the drug should be legalized (40 percent according to a Rasmussen International Poll) but others are still concerned about health damage and other adverse affects.

Police raided a Michigan Marijuana dispensaries on suspicions of not following the state guidelines. Protesters stated to gather at the dispensaries claiming that there are sick people who need their medicine. Texas state law does not allow people to sell pot to each other even though over 99,000 people have a state issued medical marijuana card.

California prop. 215 was passed in 1996, by a 56% vote, legalizing medicinal marijuana. Now, some dispensaries in California are being shut down by the cities they are operating in. Attorneys in the case fighting for the dispensary owners are saying, "cities have the right to regulate... but they do not have the right to ban what the voters said is legal."

This article discusses how antibiotics were found and the impact they have in medicine, agriculture, and livestock. It also explains what antibiotic resistance is and how dangerous it is. It lastly touches on what is being done to help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance.

This article talks about physician assisted death. Discusses whether or not it is ethical.