Kim Baker

In the last 40 years, 70,000 American coal miners have died from black lung disease. Though the mining industry and the federal government have provided the victims and their families with over $45 billion, it does not compensate for the fact that these same entities have known for more than two

Earlier this month British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plead guilty to inappropriately marketing its antidepressant drug Paxil as well as Wellbutrin; for withholding information on the cardiovascular risks of Avandia (a diabetes drug that has been shown to cause heart attacks); and

With obesity and diabetes rates in the United States at an all-time high, physicians and patients alike should also be increasingly concerned about the foods hospitals serve in their cafeterias. Many fast food chains have set up shop in hospitals over the years, while the institutions' own

Last year, Kyle Willis – an unemployed and uninsured 24-year-old father from Cincinnati – couldn’t afford the antibiotics he needed for a tooth extraction. Several months later the infection spread, his brain swelled and he eventually died. Kyle’s tragic death serves as a bitter warning that

Each year 400,000 Americans will die from a smoking related health condition – making tobacco the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. This lethal behavior is largely driven by the bottom lines of cigarette companies who hope to downplay the real risks of smoking. Each year,