We need first to tackle the basic issues of health insurance. Preexisting conditions and other inequities. Do individuals get treated like groups? Are groups all treated the same? What is the range of insurance costs attributed to people of different ages? Ultimately, we must get everyone an affordable ticket to the health care arena. That’s what the fight is about. Then we need to manage our resources better.
The Kepler satellite was launched into sun orbit March 7, 2009. Its mission is to prove that life exists on other planets in our galaxy. We already have used less sophisticated instruments to prove the existence of several hundred planets in our neighborhood in the Milky Way in just the past few years. The new satellite contains sophisticated instrumentation that…
Information about H1N1 influenza and the forthcoming vaccine continues to evolve. Here is a summary of our most recent updates and recommendations.
Controlling and losing weight is extremely difficult. The biggest problem may be making a true commitment to succeed. How do we find our Start Button to initiate and sustain the behavior changes that are required? A success story.
Why our health care system is so wonderful and so dysfunctional is an immensely complex tale that is of immediate political importance to understand. Introduction to a planned series of reports.
Fall is arriving, along with traditional influenza and the new swine flu. With appropriate precautions and available immunizations, we should all be able to enjoy a healthy season. Here is the current status and our recommendations.
An FDA advisory panel was widely reported last week to recommend banning Vicodin and Percocet because the committee believes the amount (500 mg) of Tylenol those drugs contain is dangerous and contributes to liver damage and fatalities. What should we do about Tylenol dosage in general?
The AMA opposes including a publicly run health insurance plan in reorganization of US health insurance. We at Orchard Health Care strongly feel precisely the opposite, that an available public plan is critical for any reform plan to succeed.
The New York Times lead story today was on the nationwide shortage of primary care physicians, which imperils the ability of the Obama administration to successfully implement health care reform.
A new flu epidemic, caused by an H1N1 virus that appears to be a relative of “swine flu,” has occurred in Mexico with numerous deaths, and with apparently much milder manifestations in the U.S. and elsewhere. How do we react?