Today’s Wall Street Journal health blog cites projections from credible sources on how, in the absence of health reform, millions more will be uninsured in the near future. Not a happy scenario. The number of Americans without health insurance could rise to almost 60 million by 2015 from 49 million today if nothing is done [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The Good Times in Health Care?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2010 |
Marion Nestle: The Fate of Vitamins in Stored, Cooked and Raw Foods
Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2010 |
I highly recommend Marion Nestle’s Food Politics blog as an excellent source of accurate news and information. This post on the loss or retention of vitamins after foods have been steamed, stored, boiled, microwaved, or just eaten raw is refreshingly clarifying. Bottom line: it’s a bit more complicated than you thought: Cooking also destroys vitamin C. [...]
The Longrunning Controversy on Autism and Vaccines Continues
Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2010 |
I do not hold a firm opinion on this topic. This controversy has swirled for an extended time and allegations of falsifying data by both sides have muddied the waters to the point where uncertainty seems a reasonable response. If one is to believe the preponderance of evidence in the peer-reviewed literature, a causal link [...]
Two Physicians’ Views on Why Healthcare Costs Are Out of Control
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2010 |
This Medscape article may not address every reason for skyrocketing costs, but it certainly gets the conversation started. Some of the experiences they report are quite stunning. Aside from malpractice reform, which has been extensively discussed in the public debate on reform, most of the other points will come as news to many readers. 1. [...]
Chiropractor Helps Fellow Soldiers in Iraq
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2010 |
Dedication above and beyond the call: “During that time I had a chiropractic table shipped to me,” Smith said. “While there, the word got out that there was a chiropractor in the neighborhood and soldiers from other units would show up to seek care. I saw many people from all branches of the U.S. military [...]
Navajo Nation Hospital in Arizona Shows How to Lower Caesarean Delivery Rates
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2010 |
Elsewhere, the rates keep climbing, driven not by medical need but a toxic combination of laziness and greed. Good reporting here on how an Indian hospital is bucking the trend. Washington debates health care, this small hospital in a dusty desert town on an Indian reservation, showing its age and struggling to make ends meet, [...]
Insurance Companies: Rates Up, Competition Down
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2010 |
Just in from a Goldman Sachs analysis telling their clients to buy health insurance stocks. The Goldman Sachs analysis shows that while insurers can be aggressive in raising prices, they also walk away from clients because competition in the industry is so weak, the White House said. And officials will point to a finding that [...]
