How will the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) Affect You?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) remains a mystery to most Americans. Will it make it easier or harder to get health care? Will it really decrease costs or just make health care more expensive? First, remember that PPACA is market-based health...U.S. Spends Almost Twice as Much as Any Other Country on Healthcare
A recent New England of Medicine article demonstrates that U.S. healthcare costs have risen much faster than those of other countries. The average American now spends over $8000 per year on healthcare, whereas people in most other industrialized countries spend less...More Evidence that Mediterranean Diet Healthful
The most definitive study yet shows conclusively that the Mediterranean diet—including olive oil and nuts, wine, and fish—is good for your health. The five-year study, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that people on this diet were 30%...An Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse
More Americans are addicted to prescription drugs than every before. Aggressive marketing by drug companies of prescription narcotics, ADHD drugs, depression and anxiety drugs, and sleep aids has contributed to the problem. More than 27,000 people died in the U.S....Atul Gawande tells us “How to Heal Medicine”
The Harvard surgeon and writer Atul Gawande explains that the routine mistakes and extensive waste in modern medicine result from a longstanding “cowboy” mentality in medical practice. Because medicine has become so complex he suggests that healing...New Release Available in Bookstores
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