Access to Care
Health Reform Unraveled: A Health Professional’s Perspective
Monday, March 29th, 2010by Adam Dougherty, MPH
Last week, Congress passed arguably the most comprehensive health legislation since Medicare. After over a year of passionate debate (and nearly a 100 years in the making), the bill was signed into law. Though not a perfect bill, far from it for many, the legislation establishes a fundamental social precedent where we [...]
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009by Brandon Leonard
This past weekend, the Prostate Cancer Research Institute held its annual conference in Los Angeles, hosting over a dozen experts on prostate health and 600 participants. According to PCRI volunteers, the purpose of the conference is to provide an avenue for those with prostate cancer and their loved ones to get more information [...]
NYT Op-Ed on Health Care Reform
Sunday, December 16th, 2007I saw this op-ed on NYT yesterday. Its a short interesting piece on the style of health care reforms proposed by some of the Democrats recently.
Coming from the UK with our National Health Service I am always very interested in how national health care programs are viewed here. My personal opinion is that there is [...]
Links / News Nov 9th
Friday, November 9th, 2007“Men’s health care showing disparity” – The San Diego Union Tribune
“Center starts program to help men stay healthy” – Washington Square News
“Study: 1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans” – New York Times
“In Tests, AIDS Vaccine Seemed to Increase Risk” – New York Times
“Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person’s Weight” – New York [...]