Eight Days: A Health Care Diary

Thought-provoking commentary from blogger Michael Millenson Health Commentary guest blogger Michael Millenson has been on the road recently, covering health care events around the country. His summaries, posted at the Health Affairs Blog July 10, capture very well some of the key issues we face in trying to sort out our health care system problems. Read on… EIGHT […]

Salt and Your Health

Are you getting too much of it?The average American consumes two to three times as much salt as she or he should on a daily basis, and only 15% of that comes from the salt shaker. About 10% occurs naturally in foods, and a whopping 75% is put there by the food industry. So what’s […]

Declaration of Independence

Health independence today On July 4th, I was reading The New York Times, and at the end of the first section found a full page reproduction of the Declaration of Independence. I read it with pride in our founders, their idealism and courage, knowing of course that the union was established with acceptance of injustice […]

Fat Chemistry

A quick history of trans fatsWith all the talk about the nation’s obesity epidemic in recent years, we have been bombarded with information about fat content in food. But it’s not always easy to sort out the so-called “good” fat from the “bad.” In this week’s video, embedded with this blog, I offer a basic […]

Chances for Reform

CodeBlueNow! explores common ground; cross-sector platforms emerging Will this be the season of Health Care Reform? With the economy swirling, and the current approach to health care in the U.S. arguably a deeply embedded complication, is it possible to imagine and implement a fundamentally different approach to care that promotes goodness and fairness, quality, access […]

AMA’s Virtual Mentor

A valuable resource for both teachers and students Three things are happening to health education information these days. First, it’s going electronic and virtual. Second, it’s uniting various audiences, bringing them together, often in new and interactive ways, to inform, educate and bridge. Third, it’s changing the power equation, emphasizing that we are all teachers […]

Healthy Behavior

Blending economics and psychology on behalf of healthDespite the great strides that we have made in health care over the last 50 years, we find ourselves in 2008 with an interesting problem: There is growing acknowledgement that human behavior has been unable to maintain pace with scientific understanding. When it first became obvious that we […]

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