Ed. note: Several weeks ago, I published the first installment of this piece by Raine Saunders, Does Fundraising for Disease Pay Off?, questioning whether or not industry fundraising for cancer, diabetes, and auto-immune disorders’ research really does what it’s supposed to do. In this second installment, Raine gives her take on what we might do instead to cure – or prevent – these diseases that doesn’t take millions of dollars of research and years to discover.
What’s the solution?
Although I won’t claim that there is any absolute cure for any disease, …

Millions of dollars are raised a year to find cures for “incurable diseases”, often through the hard work and limited resources of the average American. But does this fundraising really make people healthier, or simply fatten the pockets of the drug companies?

Finally, a way for women to “gain hold” in the fight against rape. South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers has developed a female condom with “teeth” on the inside that attach to a man’s penis during penetration. Here’s the process.