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 […]
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Dialing Back Frailty
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 […]
My friend Lynn Jennings suggests ways for employers to get the most out of their health plans On blogs like this, people like me write analytically about issues which are often, at best, conceptual to us. Not so to the guys in the rough and tumble world of health care finance. I remember that the […]
Maggie Mahar, a seasoned and experienced health thinker, believes we should outlaw for-profit medicine. Here’s our exchange Maggie Mahar, the former Barron’s journalist, author of Money Driven Medicine, and Health Policy Fellow at The Century Foundation chewed on my piece about Walgreen’s recent acquisition of worksite clinic firms, and wrote a strong response outlining why […]
