This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a surgeon, when I see patients referred to my clinic with a surgical problem such as a hernia or gallbladder disease, they usually bring their medical records from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global tuberculosis experts want to see numerical funding targets for combating the epidemic set at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the disease next year. It’s time for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Congress is now overdue to reauthorize funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The funding provided in the last reauthorization expired on September 30 and by the end…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy has announced the first patients have begun treatment in a new pancreatic cancer multi-center clinical trial. To combat the nation’s third deadliest cancer, the phase 1b/2…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I spent time at a fascinating conference in Silicon Valley, which came complete with roughly the level of inchoate enthusiasm about things like blockchain technology that you might expect. I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After Charles Kenny agreed with me that public-health aid should be run through governments rather than non-governmental organizations acting largely independently, I had a simple question for him. If I want to give money…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The late, great Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman said it best: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Friedman’s pithy proverb reminds us that there is also no “free health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For generations, it has been the go-to instruction for harassed parents pestered by bored and fractious children: “Go outside and play”. Now researchers have confirmed the long-held suspicion that playing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A majority of American teachers feel stressed at work, according to a new survey from the American Federation of Teachers — and the number citing poor mental health has jumped alarmingly over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Senator Sanders and his Senate colleagues have performed a valuable service in sponsoring their comprehensive legislation. They have outlined in detailed legislative text what a government-managed health care system would…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two new papers from teams at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center provide the most comprehensive data yet reported on side effects of the emerging cancer immunotherapy strategy known as CAR…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Healthcare doesn’t grow on trees — except perhaps in Louisville, where a $14.5 million research project is testing out that very theory on its residents. The Green Heart project is an…