This page contains links to articles, research papers, and blog entries regarding issues of public policy and controversial health practices.
- This paper published at the CHCF site chronicles the truly disturbing delays and negative attitudes of physicians in adopting urgent reforms. Indeed, our health care delivery system seems to be 15 years behind corporate America in understanding the fundamental truth of change. If you can't change the people, you have to change the people.
The Science of Spread: How Innovations in Care Become the Norm - This article from Yahoo! is crucial to understanding how new medical technology will sharply reduce spending on diabetes and on chronic care in general. Indeed, along with Cancer, heart disease and stroke, diabetes is one of the four top line items in our health care budget. It would be nice if individuals had more help in managing diet and exercise, but our current paradigm is about letting things break. With alternatives like this one for treating obesity, we get the benefits of improved health and reduced cost. Andy Kessler makes this point in his book: "The End of Medicine".
Obesity surgery seen as diabetes cure - This page from the NY Times chronicles the controversy regarding the epidemic of doctors diagnosing young children with bi-polar disorder and treating them with regimens of powerful drugs.
Troubled Children: A Series
