Whose Offices Are Germier:
Men's Or Women's?

Allen Frances, 05/30/12

Professor Emeritus, Duke University

Psychiatric diagnosis has become too important to be left in the hands of a small, withering, cash-strapped, incompetent association that feels compelled to regard its bottom line as a higher priority than having a safe, scientifically sound, and widely accepted diagnostic system.

Gifty Maria Ntim, 05/29/12

MD, MPH, Primary Care Physician

Effectively engaging vulnerable patient populations in their care is attainable and vital, and will improve health outcomes and contain costs.

David Katz, M.D., 05/29/12

Director, Yale Prevention Research Center

The USPSTF has moved on from ambivalence about prostate cancer screening with the PSA test, and inveighed decisively against it -- a recommendation that is apt to stoke the flames of competing passions, and generate a whole lot of heat but altogether too little light.

David Volpi, M.D., P.C., F.A.C.S., 05/27/12

Otolaryngology surgeon; author, 'Wake Up! You're Snoring'

A recent study suggests that many cases of ADHD in children may have been misdiagnosed, and that behavior such as moodiness and hyperactivity might in fact be due to obstructive sleep apnea or other sleep disorder.

Art Markman, Ph.D., 05/28/12

Executive Editor, Cognitive Science; Psychology and Marketing Professor, UT Austin; Director, the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations

If you find yourself overwhelmed by the details, then try to scale back your expectations. Even small steps toward a goal are better than no steps at all.

Dave Helfert, 05/27/12

Professor of Political Communication, Johns Hopkins University

This Memorial Day, honor those who have fallen in service to the nation. They have given the last full measure and they surely deserve our respect and gratitude. But take just a minute to honor those who fought in our wars and lived. For many, their battles are far from over.

Mark Hyman, MD, 05/27/12

Practicing physician

Acute disease can be left to the hospitals, but creating health and healing of chronic disease seems to happen best in the community -- with people helping people where each one of us lives, where we eat, cook, learn, work, play and pray.

Lisa Firestone, 05/27/12

Psychology expert on relationships, parenting, self-destructive thoughts and suicide; author, 'Conquer Your Critical Voice'

Getting veterans to the help they need is imperative. It is also valuable for us to have an understanding of the many factors that lead to increased suicide risk among veterans.

Susan Blumenthal, M.D., 05/25/12

Public Health Editor at HuffPost and Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General

This May marks the 63rd anniversary of Mental Health Month, but the problem of mental illness requires greater attention as a major 21st-century public health challenge.

Jeffrey Levi, 05/25/12

Executive Director, Trust for America's Health; Chair of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health

If we're going to lower the number of injuries in America, we need to redouble efforts. We need to adopt, implement and enforce evidence-based approaches, and increase public awareness of ways we can all keep ourselves and our families safer.

Leslie Spry, M.D., FACP, 05/24/12

National Kidney Foundation spokesperson; medical director, Dialysis Center of Lincoln, Neb.

Yes, there are many significant benefits of screening and early detection of kidney disease, but no, not everyone should be or needs to be screened.

David Crews, 05/24/12

Ashbel Smith Professor in the Section of Integrative Biology

We haven't proved that chemical exposure is at the root of increases in mental health disorders. What we do know with increasing confidence, however, is that chemical exposure is changing our brains, and that those changes are being passed on to our descendants.

Steven Kurlander, 05/23/12

Political and communications strategist/Columnist for Sun Sentinel and Florida Voices

When these changes are implemented by HHS, Americans will be able to the right to get a report from their medical providers or insurance companies detailing who has electronically accessed their protected health information.

Philip Lee Miller, 05/23/12

Founder and Medical Director of Los Gatos Longevity Institute

The time for a new approach for men and prostate cancer screening has now come. But you must be persistent and seek a new course.