Hans Rosling, who died of pancreatic cancer 2017 February 7 at the age of 68, was professor of international health at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He was a gifted public speaker who specialized in correcting popular misconceptions, including pessimistic … Continue reading
Here’s Dr Aaron Carroll’s five-minute summary of the latest publicly released version of the Senate’s proposed healthcare changes. Link: https://youtu.be/IwJ8wkZ0EcQ If you’ve been keeping up with this, you’re probably already familiar with most of the bad news. Costs would rise … Continue reading
Two years ago today Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, died of brain cancer. A little over a year later I lost my youngest brother, also to brain cancer. Last year President Obama named Joe Biden to head … Continue reading
Here’s another John Green vlog post I like, one March 28 but still very timely, on the subject of health insurance in the U.S. and the dismal level of conversation about it. Link: https://youtu.be/09RvU9_m30Q Passion tends to far exceed information … Continue reading
This three-and-a-half minute video from John Green discusses something a bit surprising: Your neighborhood, specifically your zip code, is strongly correlated with your life expectancy. Even a distance of a few miles can make a big difference, and the difference … Continue reading
Odds are you’ve already seen this, but I’m putting it here anyway in case you might not have. It’s from the May 1 broadcast of his late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live in which he described what happened to … Continue reading
A few weeks ago the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced a healthcare reform proposal that threatened to increase the number of uninsured by 24 million over a decade, including a large fraction of that number in the … Continue reading
A couple of months ago I developed middle-back pain (also called thoracic back pain). I’d had lower back pain before, but this was different. Different but not any better. I don’t recommend either. After suffering a few weeks hoping in … Continue reading
By multiple measures, U.S. access to medical care lags behind that in other developed countries. Pediatrician and medical school professor Aaron Carroll talks about that here: Link: https://youtu.be/RyWsga1P3VQ For more on this, see Dr Carroll’s article in The New York … Continue reading
The April issue of AARP Bulletin has an interesting chart (which unfortunately doesn’t seem to be available on line) breaking down healthcare spending in the United States in terms of where the money comes from and where it goes. A … Continue reading