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Commuting’s Hidden Cost

Jane E. Brody | New York Times | October 28, 2013

My twin grandsons, now 13, walk nearly a mile to and from school and play basketball in the schoolyard for an hour or more most afternoons, when weather and music lessons permit.... Read More »

Health IT, At Least On The Big Island, Starts With Fresh Vegetables And Gardening

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | August 30, 2012

The first step for gaining patient buy-in for the use of health IT may start with fresh vegetables and gardening, a gateway to start thinking about and owning your health. Read More »

How Would You Spend $100 Million?

Matt Mattox | Axial Exchange | January 29, 2013

Picture one hundred million dollars. 1,000 units of $100,000. Health systems routinely spend that much on a new EHR system. Keep in mind that EHRs are software systems that no one seems to love, that have dubious impact on care quality, and that are fundamentally ill-suited for the patient-centric future of healthcare. Nevertheless... Read More »

Is Paying for Un-Healthiness the Core Problem with the US Healthcare System?

Health care needs a better business model. HHS reports that U.S. health care spending will surpass $10,000 per person this year, will grow almost 6% annually for the foreseeable future, and will consume over 20% of GDP by 2025.  About half of our spending goes for labor costs, with health care employment remaining one of the "bright spots" in our economy.  Indeed, health care jobs continued to soar even when the economy tanked in our most recent recession. Despite that steady growth, we continue to talk about a physician shortage, especially for primary care.  Medical school enrollment is at new highs, yet it is not projected to dent the demand...

 

It’s Time To Change American Disease-Management Into A Health-Fostering System

Joseph Mercola | Mercola.com | March 18, 2013

I’ve recently written a couple of articles about the exorbitant cost of medical care in the US, which is incompatible with the poor health outcomes of Americans at large. Americans pay the most for but reap the least amount of benefits from their health care, compared to other industrialized nations... Read More »

Living Sick And Dying Young In Rich America

Leah Sottile | The Atlantic | December 19, 2013

Chronic illness is the new first-world problem. Read More »

See How I Dropped 83 Pounds With The Help Of A Smartphone

Owen Thomas | Say Media Inc. | October 17, 2013

Three and a half years ago, I got my first modern smartphone. And I discovered that the world of apps it unlocked—the ease of tracking my exercise and nutrition on the go—were the key to finally doing something about my longstanding weight problem.

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The Extraordinary Science Of Addictive Junk Food

Michael Moss | New York Times | February 20, 2013

On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food companies. [...] Rivals any other day, the C.E.O.’s and company presidents had come together for a rare, private meeting. On the agenda was one item: the emerging obesity epidemic and how to deal with it... Read More »