Joan Retsinas
A slimmer U.S. is a healthier U.S., it’s our patriotic duty
Each year Americans are expanding, girth-wise. Doorways are widening, as are airplane seats. Fashionistas proclaim size 14 the new 10.
Glum analysts recount the...
Progress, yes, but less drinking and driving needed
Every year more than 500,000 Americans crowd into hospital emergency rooms. The cause is not a germ, a virus, or a syndrome. Most victims...
Outside influence on physicians needs to be checked
The next time you write a check at your physician’s office, ask for a pen. It’s likely to bear the logo of a drug...
Now is time to take stock <br> of what taxes return to...
“Lower taxes” is the mantra in this, the political season, with a corollary cry for “less government.”
But before we cast our votes, let us...
Cutting care for illegal immigrants <br> won’t improve the nation’s health
The 2004 movie “A Day Without a Mexican” alarmed the nation’s non-Mexican employers. Many restaurants, landscape services, factories, hotels and retailers would close without...
Government still performing essential functions
Thanks to endless debates (have we hit 200?) and lexicon searches for who said what when, campaign fatigue is endemic. Fortunately, the November election...
Having insurance doesn’t guarantee health coverage
Phew! This is the collective cry of the insured. The uninsured face physicians who refuse to see them, long waits at neighborhood clinics, dunning...
Common-sense organ reform
Welcome to the global market of commodities. Think corn, computers, cars … and organs.
Scan “transplant tourism” under Google to see the possibilities. One...
A risky but popular short cut in the battle on obesity
Take this quiz.
Imagine you are obese. For a chunk of the population, that is not much of a stretch. Your physician has warned you...
A risky but popular short cut in the battle on obesity
Take this quiz.
Imagine you are obese. For a chunk of the population, that is not much of a stretch. Your physician has warned you...
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