Condoms

Time for straight talk This week we’ve seen opposition to the Obama Administration Stimulus Package with a lead sound bite from the opposition about "Millions for Condoms." In the past, the battle over condoms has often engaged around what approach to birth control and disease prevention is most successful. Back in 1986, Surgeon General C. […]

The New Science of Vascular Disease

Science has given us a new understanding of how cardio-metabolic disease works Note by Brian Klepper: Here’s an important new column about vascular disease by my good friend Dr. Bestermann…By William H. Bestermann M.D. Vascular disease and the conditions that produce arterial problems consume roughly one- third to one-half of the $2 trillion annual spend […]

President Obama’s Generation

Magee family and the passage of timeWatching President Obama’s speech today, as I was doing an emergency repair of my grand-daughter’s doll house in Cumberland, RI, I was very conscious of the passage of time, and the meaning of this historic event to various family generations. For Trish and I, born in the late 40’s, […]

Human Growth Hormone and Aging

What you need to know about HGHHGH is a large, complex protein molecule made up of 191 amino-acid building blocks. It’s produced in the pituitary gland, a peanut-sized organ in the base of the brain. Scientists first began to focus on the growth hormone in the early 1940s as they struggled to understand and help […]

Caffeinated Energy Drinks

Should they have warning labels? Should there be warning labels on caffeinated alcoholic beverages that have exploded onto the marketplace in the past few years? Experts at Johns Hopkins say yes. "The caffeine content of energy drinks varies over a 10-fold range, with some containing the equivalent of 14 cans of Coca-Cola, yet the caffeine […]

Rebooting America’s Health IT Conversation Part 2: Beyond EHRs

The Obama health care team should consider a wide range of useful, innovative health IT options[By David C. Kibbe & Brian Klepper] Yesterday we tried to put EHRs into perspective. They’re important, and we can’t effectively move health care forward without them. But they’re only one of many important health IT functions. EHRs and health […]

Regulating Health

The story of lead poisoningThe recent financial crisis in the U.S. unleashed a passionate debate on the absence of sufficient regulation to protect the interests of Americans. But as regulations associated with health in America well illustrate, it’s not enough to have regulation. You must have the right type of regulation at the right time, […]

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