Obesity is historically linked to about one third of the increase in domestic health spending since the mid-1980s and is a key factor in the rise in private insurance premiums, Medicare and Medicaid spending.
Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
Wellness can be described as a state that combines health and happiness. Thus those factors that contribute to being healthy and happy also will be contributing to being well.
Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
More than one hundred Americans have sent video "postcards" to members of Congress as part of "Say 'Yes' to Health Reform" -- a web-based campaign to manage chronic disease.
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living
Years ago, the term "detoxification" was often only applied to a program for those with a drug or alcohol abuse issue, but today there are much broader and more significant applications of this concept in health care.
Barry Sears | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
Health care providers are making too much money. So what is the solution? Less health insurance, not more, may be the answer. Fewer food subsidies, not more, might be a start.
James S. Marks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
The CBO is a valuable resource for elected officials for measuring the economic value of legislation. But it doesn't automatically score what we as Americans value, especially our health.
Dr. Ralph Snyderman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
Getting health care reform right requires a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of how health care is delivered today and how to make it better. This understanding starts with a real story about James.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.30.2009 | Home
I believe a comprehensive approach is needed to address chronic thyroid issues and to diagnose them. Unfortunately, most of the options for healing by conventional care are quite limited.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living
Are you one of the 30 million women and 15 million men who have a chronic medical problem that is both under-diagnosed and under-treated? Are you suf...
Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living
After 30 years of practicing Medicine, I have learned that for any chronic illness or ailment, treating underlying imbalances and dysfunctions is more...
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home
To effectively reform healthcare in the U.S., we must change not only the way we practice medicine, but also the type of medicine we practice.
Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
By better managing chronic diseases, we avoid demand for costly procedures. The savings to both the health care system and the economy could be substantial.
Sunil Chacko | Posted 07.04.2009 | World
Treating chronic diseases are so costly in human and financial terms -- for people, governments and indeed the economy. Ramping up prevention programs, worldwide, is the need of the hour.
Chris Norwood | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
For the United States, health reform without a clear plan to mobilize community groups nationwide to put proven prevention programs right in place wh...
Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.
Jeffrey Levi | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
How do Americans expect to compete in the global economy if our workforce isn't healthy enough to be competitive? The good news is, many of the US's most prevalent medical problems are very preventable.
Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics