What You Need to Know About Cancer Pain

Mark Lema Pain has and impact on many types of people – the elderly, the young, those who are healthy and those dealing with chronic conditions and illnesses, such as cancer. While novel cancer treatments have greatly improved survival rates in recent years, approximately one-third of adult cancer patients actively receiving treatment experience pain.1 The […]

DAILY CHOICE: Thursday, December 17, 2009

Reflection: Intimate vs. Impersonal

DAILY CHOICE: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Reflection: Wise vs. Smart

“Meaningful Use”: Health Information Technology

Zoe Baird, President, Markle Foundation Dear Colleagues, It has been almost a year since President Obama signed the Recovery Act with economic stimulus that included about $40 billion to help finance health information technology. Soon, we expect that Medicare and Medicaid programs will release criteria for the “Meaningful Use” of health information technology (IT)—the metrics […]

Artificial Sweeteners, Obesity and the Holidays

Mike Magee Featured Video Dr David Ludwig, in a recent editorial comparing natural sugars with artificial sweeteners in the Journal of the American Medical Association, noted that “Problems occur when sugars—chiefly sucrose and the chemically similar product, high-fructose corn syrup—are refined, concentrated, and consumed in large amounts. Without the protection conferred by an intact, natural […]

DAILY CHOICE: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Reflection: Help vs. Hurt

Nonprofit Home Health Providers Express Concerns in Health Reform Debate

Emily Swanson, VNAA The Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) is still deeply concerned about the Medicare home health cuts proposed in the Senate healthcare bill (H.R. 3590), the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” despite being significantly lower than the House bill’s proposed cuts; $42.1 billion and $54.7 billion, respectively, over ten years. “We […]

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