Monday, July 6, 2009

Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Uwe Reinhardt: Plain Talk on Health Reform

A prominent health economist talks about high prices, medical insurance, and rationing. more >>

Why Doctors Take Issue With Obama's Health Reform Plan

To end defensive medicine, Congress's reforms must address frivolous lawsuits and costly judgments. more >>

7 Ways Health Reform Is Going to Affect You

Congress and President Obama aim to change your healthcare radically, perhaps by summer's end. more >>

Health Reform: We Need Details, President Obama

Sweeping change is almost certainly coming, but how will it work? more >>

Swine Flu's Fall Return: 3 Steps We Must Take Now

A deadly pandemic might still happen when flu season gets underway. more >>

Health Reform, Too Tough on Hospital Readmission

Most Medicare patients who go back to the hospital are really, really sick. more >>

Swine Flu: At Level 5—and in Need of More Rapid Diagnosis

With a flu pandemic imminent, it's important to know who's actually infected. more >>

How Technology Is Changing the Medical Profession

Clinical practice guidelines, electronic medical records, and population science are revolutionary. more >>

The Vaccines-Autism War: Détente Needed

The government has called for research on vaccine safety, and it's sorely needed. more >>

Surprise! Heart Muscle Can Replenish Itself

The discovery by Swedish researchers offers hope for better treatments. more >>

Should Obama Get a PSA Test? On Prostate Cancer Screening and Comparative Effectiveness

Every man needs to make sense of the 2 long-awaited prostate cancer trials. Here's some help. more >>

What to Make of the Prostate Cancer Screening Studies

The latest studies on PSA screening for prostate cancer seem to conflict, but actually both make sense. more >>

Comparative Effectiveness: Is Obama Really Calling for Rationing?

President wants to link computerized records with standardized care. more >>

Obama Lifts Stem Cell Ban but Opens Debate on Embryo Creation

The president leaves unanswered the question of whether embryos can be created solely for lab research. more >>

Why Embryonic Stem Cells Are Obsolete

President Obama has been right to take his time lifting the ban on embryonic stem cell research. more >>

Electronic Medical Records: Will Your Privacy Be Safe?

When computerized health information floods the ether, current confidentiality rules won't work. more >>

A Cardiologist's Red-Dress-Day Tribute to the Heart

As highly aware of the heart as people are, they too often take it for granted. more >>

Legalize Marijuana? Obama Was Right to Say No

Pot is bad for the brain, especially young brains. more >>

A Growing Heart Problem: Congestive Heart Failure

An epidemic of weakened heart muscles is one result of better heart-attack survival. more >>

Estrogen Paradox: Can HRT Be Both Good and Bad for the Brain?

While estrogen is important to cognition, HRT sometimes shrinks older women's brains. more >>

Teen Sex and Pregnancy: Part of a Bigger Problem

The birthrate among all unmarried women accounts for nearly 40 percent of births. more >>

What Sanjay Gupta Offers a Daschle-Run Health Team

The CNN medical correspondent could be terrific as surgeon general. more >>

8 Traits of Teens Who Abstain From Sex

New data show teen birthrates rising in many states. Yet, most teens aren't currently sexually active. more >>

Mothers Are Key to Preventive Health

Mom's nagging seems to have fallen out of favor. Bring it back—unite, mothers of prevention! more >>

7 Factors That Foster Teen Virginity, Pledge or No Pledge

News reports on a study of abstinence pledges and teen sex behavior overlooked several key details. more >>

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