New USA Today/Kaiser/Harvard Poll Finds the Public Sees Real Benefits From Prescription Drugs, But Feels that They Cost Too Much and that Drug Companies Care Too Much About Profits
A new poll, the third in a series conducted jointly by USA Today and public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, finds Americans greatly value prescription drugs’ potential benefits for their families, but most believe they cost too much money and many struggle to pay for needed medicines.

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http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr030408pkg.cfm

Here’s one simple way to keep your children healthy: Ban the bedroom TV.

By some estimates, half of American children have a television in their bedroom; one study of third-graders put the number at 70 percent. And a growing body of research shows strong associations between TV in the bedroom and numerous health and educational problems.

Children with bedroom TVs score lower on school tests and are more likely to have sleep problems. Having a television in the bedroom is strongly associated with being overweight and a higher risk for smoking.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-tv-children-healthmar04,1,3791149.story

Much has been said and written about the Democratic candidates’ health-care proposals [front page, Feb. 27]. I question Sen. Barack Obama’s definition of the word “universal.”

Central to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s message is universal health care — meaning that everyone would be covered. Mr. Obama’s plan does not include everyone.

It was a bold move in the 1930s to implement the Social Security Act, and it was a bold move to implement the law establishing Medicare in the 1960s. It will take a courageous president to implement a health care program that truly covers everyone.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022903852.html