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No Opiates for the Masses? Mar. 20, 2016
There is no problem so bad that government-imposed remedies cannot make it worse, spawn new problems... Read More
Heads Must Roll at the CDC Mar. 16, 2016
Consumer Reports is sounding the alarm about a vicious infection raging through hospitals, even pres... Read More
CDC Dropping the Ball on Zika Jan. 27, 2016
If you're pregnant or planning to be, rethink your vacation plans. The Centers for Disease Control a... Read More
Health Tip: The Next Time Government Gives You Dietary Advice, Do the Opposite Aug. 14, 2015
In "Sleeper," Woody Allen plays Miles Monroe, a cryogenically frozen owner of a Greenwich Village he... Read More
The Failing Health of Our National Wellness Program Apr. 03, 2015
It is possible — even likely — that you are sitting as you read this, just as I was sitt... Read More
New Food Agency? Hold the Hysteria Feb. 24, 2015
As things now stand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture oversees steaks, chicken thighs and eggs out... Read More
Smoke and Fears Dec. 17, 2014
Cigarette smoking among adults in the U.S. dropped from 20.9 percent in 2005 to 17.8 percent in 2013... Read More
Ebola Fear Factor Oct. 17, 2014
It's time to take a deep breath. Ebola is an awful disease that has tragically infected a handful of... Read More
Let Obama and Frieden Do Their Jobs Oct. 17, 2014
If the prospect of hanging concentrates the mind, then even the possibility of infection with Ebola ... Read More
What Ebola Can Teach Us Oct. 09, 2014
Even if Africa's Ebola emergency never mutates into a global catastrophe, those of us who live in th... Read More
Finding Salt Aug. 29, 2014
Q: Eating food wouldn't be much fun without salt, yet we are constantly being told to avoid it in ou... Read More
Lethal Lies About Hospital Infections Apr. 02, 2014
It's hard to know which is worse, the dying or the lying. A bacterial infection called C. diff is th... Read More
6 Places You're Most Likely to Get Sick (Part 1) Feb. 28, 2014
Q: Chuck, my husband doesn't believe how easily he can get sick using public restrooms or even going... Read More
Uncle Sam's Drinking Game: Mixing Medicine with Moralism Jan. 15, 2014
Does your doctor nag you about your drinking? The federal government wishes he would. Last week the ... Read More
U.S. Lacks Will to Fight Superbugs Dec. 25, 2013
Ronald Hale went to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Canada last month with a lung problem, but ins... Read More
What's Good for Business Must Also Be Good for Ordinary People Mar. 20, 2011
We've never bought the idea that what's good for people — real, living, breathing human beings... Read More
