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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)

How Important is Healthcare to the Politically Engaged?

One of the fun parlor games of Election '08 is to look at Internet data and figure out what they mean.   The answer may be "nothing," of course.   But let's play along and look at the latest Hitwise data on popular search terms.   HitWise, a company that tracks Internet traffic, counted the search words that sent people to... Read moreChevron
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posted 06/02/2008, comments (0)

Young People Going Uninsured: Beyond the "Invinceable Factor"

Do young people decline to get insurance because they can't imagine they'll get sick or injured?   A new report from the Commonwealth Fund questions that assumption--and sets the table for interesting discussions about healthcare reform as the general eletion (remains) poised to begin.   So why don't high school and college grads... Read moreChevron
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posted 05/19/2008, comments (0)

The Candidates on Childhood Obesity

The Washington Post has published a spectacular piece of journalism about the childhood obesity crisis. No one intersted in public or personal healthcare issues should miss it. No parent should be left behind without reading it.   The multi-day feature includes explainers about the biology of childhood obesity, a timeline showing how we got... Read moreChevron
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posted 02/14/2008, comments (5)

Is Disease Prevention Worth the Money?

In response to Hillary Clinton's, Barack Obama's and other presidential candidates' calls for more spending on prevention programs, a group of researchers has dug into the existing data on the costs and benefits of disease prevention programs. The results of the prevention study appear in today's New England Journal of... Read moreChevron
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