“Voters should ask themselves a few basic questions to help formulate their views on health care policy. Is it a comforting thought that someone else — anyone else — should be responsible for paying for your health insurance? If so, is it a comforting thought that you must pay for everyone else’s health insurance? The […]
“What kinds of home improvements could I do that would make my house healthier and more environmentally friendly? Most homes are not lacking in ways they can be healthier for family and kinder to the environment. For one, indoor air quality is a serious problem affecting millions of homes. Studies show that air within homes […]
“While the claim is that cholesterol-lowering drugs inhibit the formation of plaque that occludes the four coronary arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood, inexplicably, doctors still aren’t sure whether to use a statin drug to treat angina chest pain, which is caused by a narrowed plaque-laden coronary artery. Estimates are that 6,500,000 people […]
“The TV ad is disturbing and difficult to watch. Michael J. Fox’s face, so familiar from all his appearances in the ‘Back to the Future’ movies and hit TV shows such as ‘Family Ties,’ ‘Spin City’ and ‘Boston Legal,’ bobs uncontrollably around the screen. Why? Then you remember: Fox is a relatively young man who […]
“Medical information can be confusing. And most of us can recall having difficulty deciphering health information at one time or another. Whether you have stopped taking a prescription too soon because you didn’t understand the instructions or whether poor vision prevents you from accurately reading the label on the bottle, low health literacy can get […]
“A study by researchers at Charite University of Medicine in Berlin has found that acupuncture can ease the pain and disability associated with arthritis. The study, published in Arthritis and Rheumatism, looked at 712 patients split into two groups; one group of 357 were given immediate acupuncture treatment and the remaining 355 started treatment three […]
“The amount of time Canadians have to wait for surgical and other therapeutic treatment increased slightly in 2006 and continued to hover near the 18 week mark first reached in 2003, according to The Fraser Institute’s 16th annual survey, Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, released today. The total waiting time for patients […]
“As a newborn, Grace Goad was mesmerized by the mobile that spun above her crib. At 8 months, she stopped saying the 12 words she knew. And as soon as her feet could carry her, she ran in the same circular pattern around the house. When doctors diagnosed her with autism at age 2 in […]
“Oil, pharmaceutical, health insurance, managed care, utilities and tobacco top the list of industries many people think need more regulation. Very few people think these industries are honest and trustworthy, [although the] percentages of those who favor more regulation have declined since 2003. … A majority of U.S. adults think that the oil industry (54%) […]
“Scientists are working on a vaccine against drug-resistant staph bacteria such as MRSA. MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It resists treatment with many antibiotics. MRSA infections are rising worldwide. It often infects the skin but can also infect the blood, lungs, urinary tract, and other parts of the body. University of Chicago scientists are targeting […]
