Tag Archive | health care reform
Hard Choices and Cancer Disparities
Covering medical research for the University of Chicago, one hears a lot about racial health disparities and the efforts to narrow those gaps. But some statistics still pack a punch, and Otis Webb Brawley’s talk at the University of Chicago last Thursday contained several left hooks. The five-year risk of death after diagnosis with breast […]
Checklisting Your Way to Health
A couple weeks back I marveled at the ability of medical students to find time in their busy schedules for research projects. That goes double for residents, many of whom struggle to make it under the 100-hour workweek limit. Yet somehow Shantandu Nundy, an internal medicine resident at the University of Chicago, has not only […]
Primary Care Triumphant in Minneapolis
General internal medicine might seem like an awfully vague term. But assuming the health care reform bill signed by President Obama in March will be fully implemented, the general internists will finally have their day. Many of the bill’s provisions are focused on a reshuffling of the American medical landscape, which is currently dominated by […]
The Countless Ripples of Health Care Reform
If there’s anything clear about health care reform, it’s that it’s unclear. Over the last 15 months, what has mostly been heard has been the two loudest sides, as political supporters and enemies of the health care policy changes under debate in Washington state their views frequently, at maximum volume. But the landmark reform legislation […]
Linkage 3/24: The Pinky of An Ancestor and Harmful Neurologisms
Expanding the Human Family, One Cave at a Time A couple weeks back on the blog, Callum Ross debunked a lemur-like creature, Darwinius masillae, purported by some to be a very distant human ancestor. If you were feeling sad about this contraction of the human family circle, you may have been cheered by news this […]
Learning to Love Health Care Spending
One of the major goals of the health care reform effort that has dominated political discussion for the past year has been reining in medical spending. Oft quoted is the fact that U.S. health care expenditures have tripled since 1990, that the health care industry comprises a whopping 16% of U.S. GDP, and that each […]
Better Health Through Soda Pop Tax
Whether you call it pop, soda, a soft drink or lower-case coke, sugary, carbonated beverages have become a staple of the American diet. And as we all know, the American diet is not exactly the healthiest. So with obesity racking up an estimated $150 billion a year in health care costs – which, as you […]
Looking Beyond Health Care Reform
The question was a welcome one, given the heated, exhausting health care debate that has raged through the summer: On the day after health care reform (whatever form it takes), what are the potential stumbling blocks and opportunities? That’s how moderator Michele Norris (of NPR’s All Things Considered) thoughtfully began the panel at the University […]
