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Are E-Cigarettes Safe? Here's What the Science Says

They were designed to save smokers, but there's more to the story

Why people often lie to their doctor

For the best health care, be sure to be honest with your doctor about symptoms and lifestyle habits. Leaving out valuable information can be just as bad as lying.

This Is What 7 Smoker vs. Non-Smoker Identical Twins Look Like After Years Of Lighting Up

Identical twins may be born with nearly identical DNA, but their choices throughout life – including diet, environmental toxicity, and the chemicals they are exposed to – can alter their genetic expression and influence the way they look. Because identical twins are an excellent study to determine the effects dietary and lifestyle choices may have […]

How Abortion Bans Will Stifle Health Care Innovation

Investment in what is typically called “FemTech” – defined as diagnostic tools, products, and services related to women’s health — has exploded over the past decade. Some of the most promising ventures have been focused on reproductive care. Then came the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The legal and policy restrictions on reproductive health care that result from this decision will not…

Are health care professionals held to a higher personal health standard?

As a health care professional, should I be held to a higher standard for personal health? As I type this blog entry, a half empty bag of red, white and blue peanut M&M’s sits on my desk and the…

How Working for a Treatment Center Helps Sobriety

Relapse is a scary prospect for people in recovery. Have you considered how working for a treatment center could help your sobriety?

What Is an Advance Directive for Health Care?

Your estate plan should include advance directives for health care. You execute these documents to account for the possibility of incapacity late in life.

Disease Care or Health Care?

Chiropractors provide health care. They concern themselves with interference to the system of the body that controls all functions—the nerve system. Vertebral subluxations cause interference to t…

Housing is Health Care—and Health Care Can Build Housing

Traditionally, the housing and health care industries have viewed one another as distinct. This distinction has prohibited us from seeing our broader intersections with economic, social and racial equity—and the solutions.

What Drives Innovation in Health Care?

Innovation is in vogue in many industries including health care. But what exactly is innovation? That is the issue hospitals and academic medical centers are g…

What Is Cost in Health Care?

Although cost is a common topic in health care, it is not commonly understood. As one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, similarly, in health care, one man’s cost is …

Why physician-led health care leads to quality patient care

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) believes that physician-led health care is essential for optimal patient-centered care and focuses on the personal transformation of physicians to improve patient outcomes and health care delivery.

Is There a Right to Health Care?

Saying people have a right to health care is based on a conceptual confusion.

Why is collaboration missing in health care?

Collaboration by health care professionals is an essential element.

New way to find substance abuse treatment centers

The Trump Administration is unveiling a new way to find substance abuse treatment centers.

Why human touch matters in health care: the limitations of AI

AI may transform industries, but it can't replace human clinicians in health care due to lack of empathy, bias in algorithms, limited contextual understanding, medical errors, need for human interpretation, limited creativity, data privacy concerns, need for continuous monitoring, lack of personal touch and ethical considerations.

Attacks on health care questions and answers

What to look for in a health care proxy

A health care proxy, also sometimes known as an agent or the person named in your healthcare power of attorney, is going to make decisions for you when necessary. Using a medical power of attorney is a very common part of estate planning. You get to select the person who can make medical choices if