Opinion
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California Insurance Mandate Faces Repeal
Opinion -Californians Against Government Run Healthcare, a coalition of business groups led by the California Chamber of Commerce, announced on December 1 it had collected more than 620,000 signatures in its effort to secure a ballot referendum to repeal state -
Heimlich Maneuver for Drowning
Opinion -Drowning is choking on water. The Heimlich maneuver for drowning is the same maneuver we learned years ago for choking on food. Here are eight reasons why the Heimlich maneuver is right for drowning victims: 1. -
Clean Hands for Clean Food
Opinion -Summer-time concession stand food workers may not know what professional food workers know: Keep your hands clean when preparing food. -
Free-Market Solution
Opinion -Pfizer, the largest manufacturer of prescription drugs, will reduce prices on its drugs for all people without health insurance, regardless of income or age. -
Beware Kerry Rx Kare
Opinion -Democratic Senator John Kerry said that if he were president he would lower the cost of prescription drugs by allowing the re-importation of foreign drugs. -
It’s Not Just the Summer Sun
Opinion -Exposure to the sun during any season may result in skin cancer. Follow these safety tips: 1. Always wear protective dark, tightly woven clothing when outside. 2. Wear a wide-brimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses. 3. -
Vital Vitamins
Opinion -Taking vitamins E and C together might reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Up until now early studies suggested only that these vitamins might help protect the brain against the degenerative disease. -
The Anti-Drug
Opinion -Forget the government’s war on drugs. Parents are the best soldiers in this war. Teenagers close to their parents are less likely to engage in risky behaviors, but all teens are at risk when it comes to illegal drugs. -
Hot Stuff
Opinion -Heat stroke is a life-threatening illness, the result of long exposure to the sun. Heat stroke can happen rapidly. Seniors, infants, people working outdoors, and those on certain medications are especially susceptible to heat stroke. -
ABC Breast Health
Opinion -In 1940, the lifetime risk of a woman developing breast cancer was 5 percent, or one in 20. In 1997, the risk was estimated at 12 percent, or one in eight. Today the risk is even higher. -
Narrow Vote Belies Broad Support for Medicare Reform Measure
Opinion -While Congress approved H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, by the narrowest of margins, support for the measure was broad among health care groups with a range of political agendas. -
NY Times: Greenhouse Gases May Avert Next Ice Age
Opinion -A quarter-century ago, climate change alarmists were claiming the world was on the brink of a new ice age. Now they argue we are baking the planet. According to the New York Times, the alarmists may have been right the first time. -
Eleven Years Under Howard Dean: Lessons from Vermont
Opinion -Judging from his 11-year track record, Governor Howard Dean most wants Vermont voters to remember him for his efforts to drive down the fraction of Vermonters who lack health insurance coverage. -
Europeans Explore Consumer-Directed Health Care
Opinion -Health policy debates taking place on both sides of the Atlantic are remarkably similar. Entrenched forces are determined to resist change, even if it means the decline and decay of programs they are trying to protect. -
House Republicans Make Stand on Medicare
Opinion -When the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the Medicare bill on November 22, 25 principled Republicans voted “no. -
Five Ways to Spend Less on Higher Education
Opinion -On October 21, 2003, the College Board once again documented the widespread impression that college costs are spiraling wildly out of control. -
Why Gates’ Dad Is Wrong on the Death Tax
Opinion -So Bill Gates Sr. has decided that all Americans should pay estate taxes. He’s even written a book, Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. Hey, Mr. Gates: Speak for yourself! -
Energy Bill Dies in Senate
Opinion -A $31 billion measure aimed at overhauling the nation’s energy strategy died in the Senate November 21, as proponents of the bill failed to gather enough votes to block a filibuster. -
Russia May Doom Kyoto Protocol
Opinion -As Russian President Vladimir Putin met with European business leaders in Moscow on December 2, his top economic issues advisor explained to reporters at the Kremlin why Russia won’t ratify the Kyoto Protocol. -
You Are What You Eat
Opinion -Whole grain foods may be just what the doctor ordered to help prevent diabetes. -
Oh, My Aching Back
Opinion -While the human spine is a miracle of design, it is also unreliable. If you are hearing [or reading] this message, you probably have suffered the agony of back pain. -
Medicine That Goes Beeeeeep
Opinion -A medicine container that goes “beeeep” when it’s time for another dose, a computerized drug dispenser, and a special cap that counts the number of times you have taken your prescriptions are some of the new twenty-first century aides for patients who -
GOP Abandons Conservatives
Opinion -The Medicare prescription drug bill passed by Congress in late November may prove to be a watershed event for political conservatives in America. -
America’s Oldest Teenager
Opinion -Tan, fit, and still looking young at age 74, Dick Clark hardly looks like a poster boy for type 2 diabetes. So it came as quite a shock when the host of “American Bandstand” announced he was diagnosed with diabetes more than 10 years ago.
