-
Getting the Most out of Working With a Learning Disability
As many as one in five people in the United States has a learning disability, but workplaces are only beginning to maximize their potential.
-
![]()
David Manning / Reuters Eagle Scouts Publicly Reject Gay-Discriminatory Policy
When the Boy Scouts of America announced that they would continue to refuse membership to homosexual men and boys, they amplified a critical public health hazard. But Eagle Scouts are leading the repudiation of the policy, opting "to help other people at all times."
-
-
What SPF Does And Doesn't Tell You About Your Sunscreen
Consumers generally look to the SPF rating to determine the strength of a sunscreen product. What the deceptively simple index really means, and what it misses
-
America's Most Livable State: ... Utah
As the most livable state in the nation, sparsely populated Utah has a lot going for it.
-
Curing the Physician Shortage: Systemic Change to Breed the Doctors We Need
When it comes to financing medical education, it's time the taxpayers demand their money's worth.
-
The Living Model for Comprehensive Elderly Care
If we don't create and support environments that foster dignity and connection -- where even the most vulnerable among us can participate in opportunities for service and recreation that honor our intrinsic worth at every age -- shame on us.
-
The Exponential Growth in U.S. Health-Care Spending Is Slowing, and It's Not Because of the Recession
The recession had almost no effect on health-care costs.
-
-
How to Put a Child in a Car: A Simple Chart
Proper use of safety restraints could reduce the chances of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers.
-
America's Hand in Chinese Drug Detox Prisons
Examining the role of U.S. scientists in research conducted at China's historically abusive treatment centers
-
Massachusetts' Decisive Move to Attack Health-Care Costs
What we learn from the health care law signed today in Boston could provide valuable insight for the rest of the country.
-
Florida: A Bellwether For Medicaid Expansion
Governor Rick Scott is one of a handful of national Republicans threatening not to expand Medicaid eligibility under President Obama's health law. How the dance with Washington could play out
-
Is Your Doctor Healthier Than You?
Whether your primary care doctor keeps fit can determine the quality of your own care. Here are eight charts that explain the state of physician fitness in the United States.
-
-
No One Should Die From AIDS
How far we've come, and how far we have to go before an AIDS-free generation
-
Casinos as the Bleak New Senior Citizen Center
Are we turning a blind eye to a government-sponsored movement that creates false community, drains money, and undermines dignity for those most vulnerable among us?
-
Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Era of Digital Health
As growing technological prowess enables sophisticated discrimination capabilities, our reach for health and economic benefit stands to collide with the ethical core of medicine.
-
Linda Vista: The Ruins of an Abandoned Los Angeles Hospital
Twenty years after the last patient left the grounds, the turn-of-the-century compound remains a telling anachronism.
-
Red Cross Calling for Blood
The summer droughts aren't limited to water. We're also amid the blood shortage of the century.
-
-
How Did Bird Flu Kill 162 Baby Seals?
The science of tracing the deaths back to avian flu, and what it might mean for humans
-
![]()
Mathieu Belanger / Reuters A Woman's Right to Choose (Not to Breastfeed)
New York City's new pro-breast milk policy stigmatizes infant formula and limits access to it, effectively revoking women's freedom to feed their babies as they choose.
-
Our Unsustainable Culture of Medical Specialization
Not only do patients with multiple chronic diseases receive overall suboptimal care, but their disjointed care results in redundancies and inefficiencies that put disproportionate pressure on our health care system.
