In recent years, a new and intriguing concept has emerged in the prevention and treatment of chronic illness: the health coach.
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.
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
I have come to recognize that there are three therapies that stand above others in helping to reduce the burden of many chronic illnesses.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living
A new day has dawned, and with it another study of marriage misrepresented in the media: as always, implying that getting married results in better outcomes than it actually does.
Nancy Whitelaw | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living
It's critical to refocus the healthcare conversation on proven, cost-effective ways to improve people's health, particularly for one crucially important -- and costly -- group: the chronically ill.
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.
Chris Norwood | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
In barely a decade, stimulus funding used strategically now to prevent and control chronic illness will save billions in the galloping costs of medical care and disability.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Without further ado, below you have this week's Grand Rounds -- a Q&A session with over 30 bloggers led by the incoming President on how to reform (for the better, we hope) healthcare.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living