The American Medical Association released a report showing that “that physicians have a huge influence on national and state economies beyond their role of safeguarding a healthy community…
People who develop fibromyalgia may complain of fatigue, memory problems and disturbances with sleep and mood. Fibromyalgia is often hard to diagnose and treat because there is not…
John Mattison, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Kaiser Permanente, explains why he left the fee-for-service world and joined the Kaiser Permanente as an integrated delivery system. Dr.…
David Stipp, MS, author of The Youth Pill, delves into the mechanisms of calorie restriction that leads to an increase in life expectancy. While not fully understood, the…
David Stipp, MS, author of The Youth Pill, delves into recent research on rapamycin, which in trials, has extended life expectancies of elderly mice by about 1/3 and…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, cites research from her book, Better but Not Well, which looks at the changes in…
Recently, two major changes were made in the guidelines that recommend how physicians manage high blood pressure in their patients. The changes affect millions of Americans, especially older…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, takes a detailed look at the state of mental illness in the US. She describes…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, explains 5 reasons why healthcare has been slow to change. A variety of factors have…
Today drinking remains highly prevalent among young people, particularly college age students, world-wide. A new study looked at how effective a web-based screening and intervention was for reducing…