Opinion
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Fat Camp Is Over
Opinion -Kids who went to “fat camp” during the summer will regain the pounds they lost unless the parents change the lifestyle of the whole family--and that means Mom and Dad included. -
Cancer Prevention
Opinion -Most of us know there are ways to lower the risk of getting cancer, but we don’t seem to be doing much about it. -
Kyoto Protocol Loses Support
Opinion -As the science behind the global warming scare gradually melts down, support for implementing the Kyoto Protocol is starting to evaporate. -
Partnerships Offer Common-Sense Approach to Long-Term Care
Opinion -The financing of long-term care is an issue of growing concern for many Americans. The demographic make-up of our population is changing, creating a looming crisis in providing--and, most importantly, financing--long-term care services. -
Doctors Must Participate in the Health Policy Debate
Opinion -Physicians in Southern California, often a laboratory for the nation’s private and government health care reform efforts, need to take an active role in educating their patients about what’s good and what’s bad in the U.S. health care system ... -
Table: Side-by-Side Comparison of MSAs, FSAs, and HRAs
Opinion -Side-By-Side Comparison Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) MSA FSA HRA Who “owns” it? Individual/Employee. Individual/Employee. Employer. Who funds it? -
Fixing Medicaid
Opinion -One of the reasons most states struggle with balanced budgets is the escalating cost of Medicaid. Medicaid costs rose 13 percent in 2002 and by an average of 9 percent a year since 1997. -
Medicare Deform
Opinion -Attempts by politicians and bureaucrats to offer prescription drugs to Medicare enrollees has taken on the look of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” or maybe more correctly, Pennsylvania Avenue. Whatever you call it, it’s becoming a bad horror show. -
Germ Warfare
Opinion -Most Americans are losing the battle against germs. Close to half of 1,000 people surveyed allow dust to accumulate in their vacuum cleaners for more than six months. -
Al Gore and the Liberal Dream
Opinion -Former Vice President Al Gore recently began pounding the drum for health care reform. He told the nation what most of us already know: The U.S. health care system is in a state of crisis. -
All Shook Up
Opinion -If the rest of the country is anything like North Carolina, an estimated 1,300 U.S. children will suffer severe or fatal head trauma from child abuse. -
Bugs in a Bottle
Opinion -Lots of folks like to keep plastic water bottles at their desks or in their car. Good idea, right? Maybe not. A study in the Canadian Journal of Public Health suggests your water bottle could be making you sick. -
Buyer Beware
Opinion -Congress is considering legislation to make re-importing drugs legal, not just from Canada but also from two dozen other countries. -
Charter School Legislation: State Rankings
Opinion -The Center for Education Reform has developed a ranking of state charter laws, from strongest to weakest, based on how each law encourages or inhibits the development of autonomous charter schools. -
Conference Highlights Voluntary Actions on Climate Change
Opinion -A major international conference held November 20-21 in Houston, Texas brought together an impressive array of scientists, federal officials, non-government action groups, and industry leaders to share ideas and report on progress in climate change -
Consumer-Friendly Health Care Reform
Opinion -While the media attention has been focused on Medicare reform and a prescription drug benefit, little attention has been paid to the most consumer-friendly section of the new law, which has nothing to do with Medicare. -
Cooking Your Kids
Opinion -Picture this: You’re alone in the car. The windows are open a little. The temperature is rising. It’s hard to breathe. You need to get out, but you can’t. You’re strapped in a child’s car seat. -
Counting Sheep
Opinion -More than 70 million Americans suffer from insomnia--one of the main reasons people see their doctors. -
Defining Consumer-Driven Health Care
Opinion -A consumer-driven health plan defines the dollar amount an employer will contribute to employee health insurance premiums and asks employees to be more responsible for their own health care decisions, lifestyle choices, and cost-sharing. -
Drugs for the Aging
Opinion -As the population of seniors continues to grow, America’s pharmaceutical companies are investing billions of dollars in research to ensure we will live longer and healthier lives. -
Dumbing Down Kids
Opinion -The very youngest children in America are growing up immersed in media, spending hours a day watching TV and videos, using computers and playing video games, according to a study released by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. -
Employer May Be Liable for Medical Advice
Opinion -The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not prevent a plaintiff from suing her deceased husband’s employer and the employer’s medical services provider for advising the employee to stay in Saudi Arabia for dangerous surgery, according -
EPA Restores Flexibility to New Source Review
Opinion -Aging power plants, refineries, and factories will have greater flexibility in updating their equipment and meeting Clean Air Act requirements, the Bush administration announced November 22. -
EPA Study of Diesel Health Effects Targets Past, Not Present or Future
Opinion -Chronic exposure to emissions from older diesel technology is linked to increased rates of lung cancer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported on September 3.