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Health Is a Creative Process

Lawrence Rosen, M.D. | Posted 05.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Lawrence Rosen, M.D.

Being aware of what's happening in the room -- paying attention to the process -- requires an intention, a willingness to be present, to show up and engage with our patients in a way that is mutually respectful.

To Oncology Nurses, From a Seasoned Patient

Karin Diamond | Posted 05.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Karin Diamond

Proper health care is not one-size-fits all. Even if the 80-year-old Spanish-speaking man in the chemo recliner beside me has my same disease, his needs are different. Keep that individualization in care and kindness at the head of everything, and the rest will fall into place.

No Aid for Syrian Refugee Survivors of Rape

Helen Ouyang | Posted 05.06.2013 | World
Helen Ouyang

International aid money and donor priorities need specifically to allocate resources to target sexual violence, instead of camouflaging it under other programs or outright ignoring it.

Companies Dodge Obamacare By Doing This

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 04.09.2013 | Small Business

Since the Affordable Care Act passed into law, companies have been vocal about the drastic measures they'll take to avoid paying for basic health care...

The Trillion Dollar Woman

Tanya Abreu | Posted 04.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Tanya Abreu

It has been awhile since I have blogged here on HuffPost. Blame it on the "endless" presidential election of 2012 or the seemingly disheartened state ...

6 Tips To Get Your Doctor To Listen

Leana Wen, M.D. | Posted 03.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Leana Wen, M.D.

Have you tried to tell your story, only to have the doctor interrupt with a list of questions? This advice should help.

Why Diagnosis Is the Key to Your Health -- And the Health of the Nation

Leana Wen, M.D. | Posted 03.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Leana Wen, M.D.

When you go to the doctor, you want to find out what's wrong and how you can get better. In modern-day America, though, what you will get are tests to "rule out" problems rather than figure out what you actually have.

How Weddings Keep Patients Alive

well.blogs.nytimes.com | Posted 12.06.2012 | Weddings

As my patient looked on, his wife took the framed photograph out of a nondescript manila mailer, the type with bubble wrap on the inside, and handed i...

Does Race or Gender Influence Professional Judgement?

Katy Welter | Posted 12.29.2012 | Chicago
Katy Welter

Does race or gender influence decision-making among members of the most respected professions? Several recent, high-profile studies conclude that, yes, even scientists, doctors, and judges are vulnerable to such unconscious bias.

How We Can Truly Improve Health Care

Matthew Heineman | Posted 12.05.2012 | Healthy Living
Matthew Heineman

In directing ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare, Susan Froemke and I explore how our system is broken and why it doesn't want to change. But we also highlight pioneering leaders and courageous patients across the country who are implementing solutions.

What a Paul Ryan Medicare Voucher Will Buy You

John Blumenthal | Posted 10.16.2012 | Comedy
John Blumenthal

Instead of a hearing aid, under Paul Ryan's plan you'll recieve a voucher that will get you a hat that says, "Talk Louder."

Diagnosis Before Treatment

Amy Rothenberg, ND | Posted 10.10.2012 | Healthy Living
Amy Rothenberg, ND

All treatment falls short if not applied correctly, whether allopathic or naturopathic. A proper diagnosis always precedes a proper treatment.

Free or Low-cost Medical Care Is Available Right Now if You Need It

Steve Rhode | Posted 10.09.2012 | Home
Steve Rhode

I spent a number of years in the medical field. I even ran medical practices. But even I was unaware until recently about one really good option for people struggling to find more affordable medical care -- the federally funded community health center program.

Electronic Medical Records: Their Time Has Not Yet Come

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 10.08.2012 | Technology
Dr. Dennis Gottfried

If these assumptions about electronic medical records were true, medical quality could be improved while costs would decrease. Unfortunately, a simple review of the reality of EMRs shows a much less optimistic view.

WATCH: Company Helps Patients Save On Medical Expenses

Posted 08.06.2012 | Fifty

Medical bills can be overwhelming -- especially when you don't even know if they're accurate. In 2011, the American Medical Association reported that ...

Healing America's Health Care System

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 08.03.2012 | Healthy Living
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

The Affordable Care Act is the start of a "prevention revolution" in America. The focus will begin to shift from treating the sick to also keeping the healthy well and detecting disease early when there's the best chance of cost-effective interventions and cures.

When Parents Know More Than Doctors

Lisa Belkin | Posted 09.11.2012 | Parents
Lisa Belkin

A heart-breaking tale that will have you hugging your children and, I suspect, second guessing your doctor then next time your own child gets sick.

Health Reform, The Supreme Court And What I Learned From My Mother

Janet Mason | Posted 09.04.2012 | Fifty
Janet Mason

Ten years before she died, my mother was hospitalized for what turned out to be anemia. My mother looked at her X-rays and saw a shadow in her abdominal area (the same place where she had a massive tumor a decade later). When she told the doctor about this, he ignored her.

Patient Zero: Why Health Care for All, Via a Nationalized Single-payer System, Is a National Security Issue

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.29.2012 | Politics
Scott Mendelson

So now that the Affordable Care Act is set in stone, the next step is the provision contained which allows individual states to choose how best to implement the law.

Hospital Debt Collection Could Soon Get Tougher

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 06.26.2012 | Business

When it comes to settling hospital bills, government officials want to give patients a little bit of breathing room. New rules proposed last Frida...

The Problem Is Relative

H. Gilbert Welch | Posted 08.21.2012 | Healthy Living
H. Gilbert Welch

Numerous studies have shown that the general public has exaggerated perceptions of the health risks they face -- as well as exaggerated expectations of the benefit of medical care.

What Female Soldiers Really Need

Forbes Woman | Posted 06.19.2012 | Women

American women are fit to fight. But the military’s ability to keep them healthy? Still pretty flabby. That's the consensus of an Army task force...

Home Values May Depend on "Location, Location, Location" and So Does Your Health

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 07.29.2012 | Los Angeles
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Within the borders of the United States, precisely where you live has a lot to do with your health, your health care and what it costs.

Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

Are Doctors Shortchanging Black Patients? Racial Bias May Be To Blame, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.03.2012 | Black Voices

The average time most doctors spend with their patients during each visit is just 20 minutes, according to 2009 estimates by the National Center for H...

Former Cowboy Provides Free Medical Care To World's Poor

Posted 04.10.2012 | Impact

The costs of medical attention can be exorbitant for a low-income family or an unemployed person -- even if the needs are the same. That's why Stan...