Syzygy
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:38 amNot only is it an awesome word that I never get to use, but it also describes the current state of the healthcare debate. Watch…
Posts Tagged ‘health’
Obama: Gym Rat
By Kay Steiger - Nov 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pmPresident-elect Barack Obama may be our healthiest president ever (well, except for that whole smoking thing), since, as Mike Scherer stalks reports in a post…
Is Your Computer Slowly Killing You?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 20th, 2008 at 10:42 amThe MacArthur Foundation just released a study on teen Internet usage, reports The New York Times. Since it “describes new-media usage but does not measure…
RFK Jr. Would Make a Terrible Head of the EPA
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pmRumors are swirling that the Obama transition team may be eyeing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to head up the Environmental Protection Agency. Despite his left-leaning…
Strangled By Corn
By Jesse Singal - Nov 13th, 2008 at 6:02 pmEffect Measure has an interesting post highlighting a study that used stable isotope analysis (I totally know what this means but, um, don’t want to…
A Few Notes on State Measures
By Emily Rutherford - Nov 5th, 2008 at 6:24 pmAside from the obligatory excitement concerning the presidency:
Congratulations to California, which defeated a proposition requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions.
Congratulations to South…
Women and the Individual Health Insurance Market
By Kay Steiger - Oct 30th, 2008 at 5:25 pmVia Megan at Jezebel. So the New York Times reports something that I wrote about last week: The individual health insurance market is much more…
Obama’s Health Care Plan
By Kay Steiger - Oct 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pmToday Kaiser Network had a webcast with David Cutler, health care adviser to Barack Obama and a professor of economics at Harvard. (Kaiser will broadcast…
Smoking’s Unhealthy. This Isn’t News
By L. Russell Allen - Oct 8th, 2008 at 9:55 amCigarettes kill people. We have known this for decades. Light cigarettes are no exception. They have the same warnings on the packs as unfiltereds.
When…
Don’t Call Me Sweetie, Dear
By Lisha Arino - Oct 7th, 2008 at 4:28 pmIn general, I’d rather not be called “sweetie” or “dear.” I get that it’s meant as a term of endearment, and for some people it’s…
Size Doesn’t Matter
By Kay Steiger - Oct 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pmVia Jezebel, this Sunday New York Times Magazine article shows that the mainstream is beginning to accept larger people and encourage people to be healthy…
Campus Beat: Sex, Drugs, and Opening Plenary
By Emily Rutherford - Oct 6th, 2008 at 12:27 pmIn some weeks patterns develop in the reporting at far-flung campuses, and seemingly everyone will be turning out a story on the same subject. This…
Realities of Ramadan
By Jessica Hillyard - Sep 29th, 2008 at 9:19 amYesterday The Washington Post featured a story on the unique challenges faced by overweight Muslims during the spiritual fasting month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, practicing…
Paying Attention to Mental Health
By Kay Steiger - Sep 26th, 2008 at 3:28 pmYesterday, amid all the wrangling over the debates and the bailout bill, Congress managed to pass a long-overdue bill with bipartisan support. The bill, once…
A Horror Story With a Progressive Solution
By L. Russell Allen - Sep 24th, 2008 at 1:48 pmFox News is reporting that four young children are being tested for HIV and Hepatitis C after one found a used heroin needle and poked…
