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Too Much Control?
July 2, 2008 8:55 AM by Amanda Koehler

Recently, CNN ran an article about company wellness programs. It discusses the benefits of having health coaches at work, encouraging employees to go to a gym and to eat right, and offering weight-loss and smoking cessation programs. The article's author Read More...

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Undercover Healthcare
June 16, 2008 1:54 PM by Amanda Koehler

USA Today recently ran a story on "undercover patients"-- people who get paid to fake physical illness so they can grade a medical facility's services. The American Medical Association is considering endorsing this practice during its 5-day meeting starting Read More...

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The Celebrity Effect
May 30, 2008 11:29 AM by Amanda Koehler

It seems if a celebrity or her loved one is diagnosed with an illness, it tends to get a lot of ink or television exposure. For example, actress and comedienne Jenny McCarthy has been talking about autism-her son Evan has the disorder. She's even written Read More...

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CDC Says Flu Vaccine Ineffective
April 21, 2008 9:41 AM by Amanda Koehler

CNN recently reported health officials from the CDC said this year's flu season is the worst in 3 years, and the vaccine was only 44 percent effective. Read more... Read More...

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Personal Politics
March 14, 2008 9:25 AM by Kerri Penno

Last month, HHS secretary Michael Leavitt (or Mike, as he goes by in his blog ) posted a comment about the urgent state of Medicare, which accounts for 56 percent of the HHS budget. Left as is, Medicare is just 11 years from going broke, Mike pointed Read More...

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Taking Responsibility
November 29, 2007 9:50 AM by Amanda Koehler

The CDC recently announced none of the airplane passengers who flew with TB-infected lawyer Andrew Speaker have contracted the disease. This should be a sigh of relief, knowing the 250 people who boarded a flight from Atlanta to Paris in May are safe Read More...

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The Global Warming Debate
November 21, 2007 9:00 AM by Amanda Koehler

When I started working for ADVANCE , one of my first story assignments was to write about global warming and its effect on deforestation and parasitology. I was excited for this assignment because the topic had always interested me and I wanted to learn Read More...

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Learning From History? Maybe Not
October 24, 2007 12:19 PM by Matthew T. Patton

I'm a huge genealogy and history buff. While recently looking over the "Biennial Report of the State Board of Health (1902-1903)" for Kentucky, I came across this report from the county doctor, T. Atchison Frazer, MD. Dr. Frazer was in the era of the Read More...

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