HealthCommentaryThe damage they do is serious and long-lastingRecently the problem of school bullying reared its ugly head. The airwaves featured a youngster in Arkansas, progressively and deliberately isolated, abused, tormented and damaged. The problem is large, complex and pervasive, according to the American Medical Association. How large a problem? A 2001 study of nearly 16,000 […]
The Chief Knowledge Officer of Britain’s National Health Service, Sir Muir Gray, on Health Care’s ProgressOver the last year or so, I’ve written a lot about how health care information will become increasingly available to consumers and health care business, and how this access will drive new decision-support capabilities that will profoundly change how health […]
Bird Flu is still a concern Flu season this year hasn’t exactly played by the rules. Its second wind nationwide may be beginning to wind down. Experts say some of this is related to the effectiveness of this year’s vaccine. HHS and all of its various divisions expend a huge amount of time, effort and […]
New ruling on high fructose corn syrup is a first step — and industry has responded This week, the FDA decided to (sort of) take a stand on the use of the word “natural” in processed foods. First, some background. Many food products are labeled with the claim “natural,” but it has been problematic. There […]
Head over to The Health Care Blog for this edition of the review that brings together the best health commentary from around the Web. Over at The Health Care Blog, I’m host of this edition of Health Wonk Review, an eclectic collection of articles delving into a variety of topics on science, medicine, health policy […]
Addressing aging at conception With the world’s population of people over sixty rapidly rising, we’re starting to pay increasing attention to age-related disease and disability. The good news is that some new concepts about disease and old age are on the way – including the theory that we might be able to avoid some diseases […]
Have we educated the public to recognize heart attack symptoms? Hollywood is hot for drama, and when it comes to portraying a person having a heart attack it can be misleading. Gasping, struggling for a breath, holding the chest as if it is about to explode or clenching an arm tightly all make for great […]
