Bernadine Healy, M.D.

Commentary: Health Reform, An Assault on Doctor-Patient Choice

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - November 22, 2009

The new mammogram guidelines offer an illustration of how the government could dictate care. more >>

Why Health Reform Will Be a Danger to Passive Patients

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - November 9, 2009

Even if Congress soon ends health insurance worries, your job as an informed patient will be key. more >>

The Obesity Epidemic Isn't Just About Willpower

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - October 14, 2009

Why tough-love policies to prod people into thinness are bound to fail. more >>

7 Better Ways Medicine Can Beat Back Swine Flu

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - September 29, 2009

Pandemic challenge: knowing what to do, when, and for whom. more >>

To Cut Healthcare Costs, Let's Start With the Secret Prices

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - September 15, 2009

When a colonoscopy ranges from $450 to $10,000, there's room for plenty of savings. more >>

Health Reform: Let's Lower—Not Raise—Young Adults' Premiums

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - August 26, 2009

Making young people buy expensive comprehensive health insurance is not the best way to proceed. more >>

Health Reform Fattens Big Insurance and Taxes the Young

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - August 17, 2009

A young adult now paying $500 a year for health insurance may pay closer to $4,000 after health reform. more >>

Health Reform Demands That Lawmakers Read the Bills

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - August 3, 2009

4 details you and your congressman need to know about health reform. more >>

Video: Challenges Obama Faces on Health Reform

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - July 23, 2009

A look at some of the reasons health reform is not a summer slam-dunk. more >>

Why Rush Health Reform? Let's Fix Insurance First

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - July 21, 2009

It may well be more prudent to make smaller changes now and build upon them. more >>

Francis Collins: Leader for the 21st Century NIH

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - July 9, 2009

When I recruited Collins to the NIH's genome project, little did I know he would eventually lead NIH. more >>

Uwe Reinhardt: Plain Talk on Health Reform

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Health - July 1, 2009

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

Why Doctors Take Issue With Obama's Health Reform Plan

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - June 22, 2009

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

7 Ways Health Reform Is Going to Affect You

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - June 10, 2009

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

Health Reform: We Need Details, President Obama

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - May 26, 2009

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

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

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - May 12, 2009

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

Health Reform, Too Tough on Hospital Readmission

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - May 1, 2009

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

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - April 29, 2009

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

How Technology Is Changing the Medical Profession

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Education - April 22, 2009

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

The Vaccines-Autism War: Détente Needed

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - April 14, 2009

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

Surprise! Heart Muscle Can Replenish Itself

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - April 3, 2009

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

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

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - April 2, 2009

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

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - March 23, 2009

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?

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - March 18, 2009

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

Obama Lifts Stem Cell Ban but Opens Debate on Embryo Creation

By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Heart to Heart - March 9, 2009

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