Diplomats for Polio Eradication?
As China reports four cases of wild poliovirus type 1 close to the border with Pakistan (here) and $128 million in new grants arrive to the Global Polio Eradication…
Explaining Our Debt Problem
Recently, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States because of our budget problems. But the figures are awfully hard to comprehend: U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt:…
A Victory for Coverage with Evidence Development
A federal study of a new stent designed to prevent repeat strokes was stopped early because 2 1/2 times (14.7%) more people either died or had a repeat stroke after…
Gifts to Doctors: What the Talmud Teaches
Recently I heard a Rabbi discuss the prohibitions against bribes in Jewish law. He shared the Talmudic insight that “a gift blinds the eyes of the wise” and taught that…
Contagion: Help Congress Protect the CDC’s Outbreak Investigation Budget
This is a joint post with Kate McQueston. Coming your way in September, Contagion is a star-filled movie about a global bird flu outbreak complete with scary music, frequent deaths,…
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month – Paving the Way towards a Healthier Future
There are an estimated 23 million obese or overweight children in the United States and this number continues to rise each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)…
Britain Rations Health Care
Hip replacements, cataract surgery and tonsil removal are among operations now being rationed in a bid to save the National Health Service money: Hip replacements, cataract surgery and tonsil removal…
Cell Matrices in Tissue Engineering
The search for synthetic-based biocompatible materials has posed particular problems for researchers in that no synthetic material is completely accepted and integrated by the body. Therefore, the goal has been…
Dead Consumers Still Getting Social Security Checks
Wait a minute, this is the most relied upon data base in the US that everyone uses, right? Well when you look at it though we still have clerical input…
Why Can’t Medical Care Work This Way
In the span of 36 hours, I cleaned out my closet, dropped off the unwanted threads at a thrift store, bought a pair of Beyoncé tickets, assembled an outdoor hammock,…
