Preventive Health

It is Wrong to Ransom College Affordability with Preventive Health Funds

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 05.10.2012

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Leslie Gerwin

Failing to support public health weakens our nation's security. It is ironic that given limited funds and competing needs, Republican budget proposals cut human services and increase defense spending.

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Women's Health Care is Stronger Thanks to the Health Care Law

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 05.20.2012

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Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

Over the last two years, women have begun to see the better health, better care, and lower costs that everyone deserves. And over the next two years, women will continue to see stronger benefits and protections for them and their families.

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Why Prevention Is In Peril

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.22.2012

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David Katz, M.D.

As I write this, the Prevention Fund is about to undergo -- or has just undergone -- a $5 billion amputation. For those of us dedicated to disease prevention and health promotion, this is a very cruel cut indeed.

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A New Approach To Primary Care: Prevention

AP | By TOM MURPHY | Posted 09.19.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS -- A budding model for primary care that encourages the family doctor to act as a health coach who focuses as much on preventing illness ...

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This June, Get Healthy, Stay Healthy

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 08.02.2011

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Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

In the end, we're all responsible for our own health. But we know that when we work together to make healthy choices easier and more affordable, everyone benefits. That's why in June we are marking our nation's first-ever Prevention and Wellness Month.

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Obama the Visionless: Flogging the Four Horsemen of the Bureaucracy

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anis Shivani

We are stuck with the checklist president -- the to-do-list president, the carry-over president, the regulation president -- when what we needed was a vision president.

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Better Education, Better Health

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Elaine Schattner

There's a huge disconnect between what doctors and other scientists know and what most patients grasp. To bridge this gap, physicians need do a better job talking to patients in plain language.

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