“The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot — literally. Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse announced plans to spend $4 million to establish the nation’s first-ever ‘Center on Cannabis Addiction,’ which will be based in La Jolla, Calif. The goal of the center, according to NIDA’s press release, […]
“International obesity expert Dr. Maurice Larocque told a conference in Dublin this weekend that ‘much of the obesity epidemic worldwide has been caused by a more sedentary lifestyle.’ Surprised? Sounding like she took a chapter straight out of CCF’s ‘Small Choices, Big Bodies’ report, Dr. Larocque continued: Food is not the problem. If food was […]
“In a November 2005 letter to the Legislature, more than 20 state business associations declared support for measures that would deliver healthcare cost controls to the state’s ambitious reform efforts. After lauding measures like investing in electronic health initiatives and creating cost transparency at hospitals, the business leaders wrote, ‘Cost, after all, is the single […]
“As the scribbler of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, the only piece of health policy research that ranks states’ laws and regulations according to the principles of free markets and individual choice, I always look forward to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality’s State Snapshots, which derive from its National Healthcare Quality Report. […]
“A portion is a portion is a portion — unless, that is, it’s a giant, super, king or grande portion, in which case it’s probably trouble. Over the last 30 years, portions have grown by heaps and mounds in restaurants across the country and in many homes as well. During that same time, the waistlines […]
“Researchers believe that they may have uncovered the function for the appendix, which has long been thought to be superfluous: the organ may act as an incubator for beneficial bacteria that aid the body in digestion. Writing in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, researchers from Duke University Medical School speculate that the appendix provides a […]
“You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR — rapid, deep presses on the victim’s chest until help arrives — works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest in adults. Experts […]
“For life-long couch potatoes in their 60s, 70s and beyond, the prospect of starting an exercise program can be daunting — but it doesn’t have to be, a researcher told the American College of Sports Medicine’s 12th annual Health and Fitness Summit in Long Beach, California. In an interview with Reuters Health, Melissa Miller, who […]
“Satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists. Penn State Erie researchers Eric Corty and Jenay Guardiani conducted a survey of 50 full members of the Society for Sex Therapy […]
“What do former patients think about the care they received at your local hospitals? The government wants to make it easier for you to find out. Federal health officials in recent years have made strides to improve transparency in health care. But measuring how well hospitals do their job can be technical. New patient satisfaction […]
