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How Can a Doctor Choose Medications for Patients Without Data Comparing New Ones to Existing Ones? Half of the Time, They Don’t Have That
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When Marriage Does NOT Offer Health Benefits…
Researchers have long touted the “marriage benefit” on a person’s health. But now that benefit is getting a second look.
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The New Golden Age of Wireless Medicine
Twice a day, heart patients transmit results of a simple, self-administered test. If the results signal a possible problem, a nurse calls to check.
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“Being a Woman Is No Longer a Pre-Existing Condition”
Setting aside reproductive costs, which women have and men don’t, does a man who is not paying attention to his health for decades actually cheaper to insure? Just asking, health plans.
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What Do You Mean I Have Been Getting Unapproved Heart Medicine for Years? It’s Happening
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Doctors at prestigious institutions, such as Yale, say they are shocked to learn that their patients may have been getting untested drugs for years.
They learned this from The New York Times. They did not learn it from the FDA unless it has acted in ways which were not known to the reporter. One doubts that [...]
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What IS a Woman to Do? One More Hour Added to Her Day?
If every woman in America read about this study at the same time, you could have heard one loud scream all over this land. Perhaps you would have joined in if you are female.
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“The War on Cancer Begins at Home…Your Home and Mine”
This is a great piece about a topic which will be increasingly important as we enter the age of personalized medicine—a genetic read on individual risks as a route to targeting prevention and treatment. It is not here yet but the price of reading one person’s genetic code has come down to $50,000. As soon as the price gets into that ballpark, while there are no guarantees, that price should come down significantly.
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“When Is the Worst Time to Go to the Hospital?” It Depends on Which Hospital and Which Day
Once my husband was admitted—not for an emergency but for an unscheduled, important inpatient test—one night to the cardiac service in a hospital where I had worked.
There was a long delay once he got into the room. He asked what the problem could be. This was not like them.
“They are jammed to the rafters and [...]
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Please Help, Mrs. Obama Asks Food Manufacturers
The obvious causes of childhood obesity have been on display for years. High calorie foods leaping to the top of the menu. Kids not getting enough activity—play, organized sports. Some studies suggest that families who eat dinner together regularly (not every night) have lower rates of obesity in their children. America’s dinner tables often are [...]
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Poll Shows Surprising Agreement Among Americans About Health Care Reform
Will we or won’t we have health care reform? We shall soon know.
The fights have dragged on so long, and, understandably, been discussed in pieces, it may well be that most of America does not know what other citizens think.
To call it a quagmire is kind. The fault lies squarely with Congress and the president [...]
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Can We Talk Honestly About Mistakes and Safety Problems? Of Course Not
The first time I was a boss, I had to, of course, do a budget. I liked everything else better. The doctor who led this institution sat me down and said, “A budget is one of the most important creative and constructive opportunities you have as a leader. You can shape behavior with a budget. This is not math class. You are not just plugging in numbers.” Hmm…News to me.
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