Tag: public health

Medical Myths Exposed: Do We Want Truth or Zeus?

We have had many family conversations about education reform over the We…

Michael Kirsch

Whose Diet Is Best?

Consumer Reports …declared Jenny Craig the winner among several commercial weight-loss plans,…

JohnCGoodman

Ronald McDonald Promotes Obesity: Call in the Navy Seals!

Fast Food or Front for Evil?As Whistleblower readers know, I have a…

Michael Kirsch

The Government’s Diet Advice Is Not Evidence-Based

More recent research has further undermined the cholesterol-as-bad-guy hypothesis. Scientific American summed…

JohnCGoodman

Racial Disparities in Health Care: The Hundred Years’ War

It was 1999 when the Federal government first acknowledged our nation had…

GlennLaffel

Health Care Buzz Today

iPad Used To Track Progress of Spinal Surgery Patients. An online health…

GlennLaffel

California Dreamin’

According to a city report on lifeguard pay for the calendar year…

JohnCGoodman

State Farm Can Monitor Your Driving Habits

The software, as it says now, doesn’t report back to the company…

BarbaraDuck

Snap a Photo of Your Dinner to See Its Calorie Count, and Other Links

New iPhone app lets you photograph your meal to receive a calorie…

JohnCGoodman

Do You Know What’s in Your Pain Pill?

People take billions of doses of over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol every…

JohnCGoodman