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Many health policy experts, including those who wrote the Affordable Care Act, believe there’s only one thing that can get doctors to change their behavior — money. A new study may blow a giant hole in that belief, just in time to save the government millions or even billions of dollars.
Does your heart skip when your phone buzzes with a message from your new flame? If a new survey is to be believed, all those texts and late-night Facebook chats might lead you into the bedroom faster too.
My kids had their first intimate experience with death last week, and I think it was a growing experience for all of us.
On average Americans don’t live as long as people in many other wealthy nations, and they’re less healthy overall — this, despite the fact that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation in the world. A new report by the National Research Council lays out the reasons for America’s longevity problem, [...]
A panel of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine is currently trying to determine whether coverage of infertility treatments — along with many other procedures and medical services — should be considered essential health benefits and therefore included in policies available through state-based insurance exchanges. Individuals and small businesses will be able to buy [...]
Like last week’s episode, this week’s House M.D. stuck to the formula that has worked so well for the series these past 6.5 seasons: medical mystery, a flurry of possible diagnoses — more than any episode this season, I think — and then a twist at the end. Like Law & Order, one of the [...]
Before the Tiger Mother ever roared, author Judith Rich Harris stirred parents into a frenzy with a similarly controversial — if opposing and much more evidence-based — claim.
Being a bad mother, or even a controversial one, is one of the cardinal sins of the 21st century. But it’s not all hopeless. If you write about it, you might find yourself with a best-seller, as Amy Chua did. And if you play one in the movies, you might get an Oscar nomination.
—LESLIE G. SARASIN, chief executive of the Food Marketing Institute, explaining why in part the food industry is rolling out a new nutrition labeling plan, without waiting for the FDA to complete its voluntary guidelines. The industry's labeling system will begin appearing on the front of food packages in the next few months. [via The [...]
That breast-feeding is good for mom and baby is old news, which is why U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin didn’t focus on that when she issued her first “Call to Action” last week.
