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Nutritional pollutants at Harvard and the New England Journal of Medicine
A little reported essay in the New England Journal (NEJM) of Medicine on October 27 merits attention. The paper, by Lewis and Rosenthal of the Harvard School of Public Health, proposes establishing a...
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Why it’s so tough to tame health care costs
There is an excellent essay in today’s New England Journal of Medicine on why it is proving so difficult to alter the trajectory of medical care spending in the US. Read the free essay here. The...
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Associations between body composition and gait-speed decline: results from...
Gait speed is an established predictor of early mortality. Adults who have a faster normal walking pace live longer than those who are slower. Walking speed is an indicator of both cardiorespiratory...
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CDC Vital Signs – Progress on Childhood Obesity: Many States Show Declines
Success on an important wellness issue, without the intervention of a single workplace wellness vendor. In fact, in my experience, most workplace wellness programs make little effort to help families....
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National Health Expenditure Projections, 2012–22: Slow Growth Until Coverage...
Health Affairs has just published the official federal projections of health care spending for the next decade. These people, who actually understand health economics, don’t even use the word...
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JAMA Network | JAMA | The Elusive Path to Health Care Sustainability
An excellent essay on how to achieve policy sustainability. Jack Lewin is a long-time health policy insider and expert. The consensus amongst major policy think tanks is quite striking. One note and...
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The Long and Short of Health Numbers | The Health Care Blog
If you want to read a great example of what’s wrong with healthcare policy making in America, read this essay at The Health Care Blog. Written by two longtime insiders, it is a half-baked hash of...
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