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Humpday Humor
Posted in Humpday Humor, tagged cartoon, Obama, policy, political satire, research, science on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Humpday Humor
Posted in Humpday Humor, tagged bioethics, cartoon, policy, political satire, stem cell research on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By executive order, the ban against federal funding for stem cell research has been removed. What are the implications for biomedical research in America?
Will Stem Cell Research Stimulate the Economy
Posted in from The Bench, from The Hill, tagged administration, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Obama, policy, research, stem cell research on March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Statistics serve only to confirm what we instinctively already knew, the Executive Order of 2001 which banned funding for embryonic stem cell research did not reflect the will of the people. (see fig. 7-18) Though we live in a representative democracy, the ignorance and fears of the minority should not overrule the cautious optimism of the majority.
Humpday Humor
Posted in Humpday Humor, tagged cartoon, health care reform, health care system, health reform, Obama, policy, political satire on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many stakeholders and special interest groups may become uneasy as the Administration makes progress towards reforming health care. Considering the current state of the system, can we really make things worse or is there nowhere to go but up? Leave me a comment and tell me what you think about this week’s satire feature.
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The Fierce Urgency of (Health Care) Now
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health reform, Obama, policy on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The “fierce urgency of now” is the concept that President Barack Obama used to explain why he would run for president. Yet it can also be used to characterize his motivation and the subsequent actions in the push to reform health care. With the new legislation, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 coverage for millions was protected or extended.
Obama Makes Giant Steps towards a Full Health Care Team
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, AIDS, DHHS, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health reform, HRSA, Jeffrey Crowley, Kathleen Sebelius, Mary Wakefield, Nancy Ann DeParle, Obama, policy on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Health and the 44th Presidential Administration (Part III). In three nearly back-to-back announcements, President Obama is working prodigiously to fill his leadership roster for health care. Of course, the most newsworthy was his selection of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary-designate of the Department of Health and Human Services. The White House Office of Health Reform, however will be lead by Nancy Ann DeParle who headed up the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the Clinton administration.
SCHIP Is Signed into Law
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health reform, policy on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, by a margin of 66 to 32 votes (including 9 Republicans), the Senate approved expansion and reauthorization of SCHIP and today, President Obama signed that bill into law. This legislation was resurrected and revised after two vetos by former President Bush and began making its way through the Congress once again scarcely [...]
Expansion of SCHIP is Approved by the House
Posted in from The Hill, tagged administration, health care system, health insurance, health reform, policy, SCHIP on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“In this moment of crisis, ensuring that every child in America has access to affordable health care is not just good economic policy, but a moral obligation we hold as parents and citizens,” Obama said.
Incentivizing Health Care Outcomes
Posted in from The Hill, tagged David Cutler, health economics, policy on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A primer of the innovative ideas of David Cutler, health economist, author of “Your Money or Your Life,” and adviser to President-elect Obama.
Dear 44: Take a Pragmatic Approach
Posted in from The Hill, tagged health reform, Jeanne Lambrew, policy on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A primer of the health policy advice Dr. Jeanne Lambrew, the newly named Deputy Director of the White House Office of Health Reform has for the President-elect.
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A Minute of Health with CDC- Preventing Pneumonia November 5, 2009Of the approximately 10 million children under the age of five who die each year, nearly one in five dies from pneumonia.. This podcast discusses the importance of parents keeping adequate immunization records to protect their children from potentially life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonia.
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- 18 and Under: Fearing a Flu Vaccine, and Wanting More of It November 10, 2009Dual worries among parents who haven’t experienced epidemics.
- Mind: A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain November 10, 2009A new theory suggests that dreams are a warm-up for the day ahead.
- Through 1 Woman, 20 Views of Life’s End November 10, 2009The stories in an Off Broadway play, “Let Me Down Easy,” include Lance Armstrong’s victory over testicular cancer and the tales of some who lost their battles.
- 18 and Under: Fearing a Flu Vaccine, and Wanting More of It November 10, 2009
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- Medical schools revise curricula to adapt to changing world November 10, 2009When Aaron Laviana started medical school at Georgetown University in 2007, he dissected a cadaver in his first week, in anatomy class. Today, classes such as "Physician-Patient Communication" and "Social and Cultural Issues in Health Care" come first. Dissection doesn't begin until month four at...
- Googling can mislead people seeking health information November 10, 2009It always starts out innocently enough -- for example, with an eye twitch. It's just a little tic, but it keeps coming and going over the course of a few weeks, and so I decide to do a little medical investigation online. I plug "recurrent eye twitch" into my friendly search engine and, after sev...
- Living With: November 10, 2009High cholesterol. Early osteopenia. Pre-diabetes. I was stunned by the diagnosis. I had breezed in for my annual checkup last year as a healthy-looking, 125-pound, energetic 59-year-old. Diabetes in particular was a terrifying prospect. My doctor was taking it very seriously. She recommended that...
- Medical schools revise curricula to adapt to changing world November 10, 2009
- WSJ: Health
- Shocker: Doctor Visits Are Getting Longer November 9, 2009A new analysis looked at visits to primary-care docs between 1997 and 2005.
- Only 1% of Hospitals Are Below Average* November 9, 2009*In the opinion of the people who chair hospital boards.
- Which R&D Sites Is Pfizer Closing? November 9, 2009The company explains its post-merger consolidation plans.
- Shocker: Doctor Visits Are Getting Longer November 9, 2009
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