Answers To Diseases

Some people have a shorter fuse than others. Some people seem to spend most of the time ticked off about something. Anger is a normal, healthy emotional state — but it also has a physical impact on the body.

One of the hurdles impeding health insurance reform is convincing those already with insurance that the changes will benefit them.
Indeed, according to most polls, more than 3 in 4 are satisfied with their own care, and according to The New York Times’ David Leonhardt, “Americans say they want change, but they also want to preserve [...]

The following is part of a series of original guest columns by the American College of Physicians.
by Steven Weinberger, MD, FACP

The public plan is todays ultimate Rorschach test; different observers may see very different perspectives. Particularly when the advocates leave loose ends, their opponents weave those untied threads as they will. Nobodys on firm ground so no concrete debate is possible. Lots of smoke, hardly any light.
It seems that there are some simpler clarifying questions [...]

Hospitalist Bob Wachter comes up with a nice analogy explaining why health spending is soaring.
Apologies for the block quote, but this should be read in its entirety:

Tremendous controversy surrounds the screening for cardiac disease.
The USPSTF does not recommend heart screening tests for the general population, like a routine EKG or exercise stress test. Texas, however, takes the opposite approach. They recently passed the Texas Heart Attack Prevention Bill (via Schwitzer), “mandating health-benefit plans to provide coverage for certain screening [...]

Are you a morning person or a night owl? Throughout my school years, I was a morning person. I arranged my college schedule to have class in the mornings and afternoons free.