Why does Congress now seem to want to discourage the creation of innovative new drugs and life-saving medical devices? That...
Sometimes it's hard for us "right wingers" to keep track of the myriad ways in which we're supposed to be...
Time has jumped on the idea. But look a bit down in the article, and you might notice: Still, it's...
Steyn: The minute a first-world country has "free" health care, it becomes the provider of choice to anyone who can...
One of the arguments I hear most often from advocates of socialized medicine is that nations which have government-run healthcare...
According to "progressives", Republicans must completely block all "healthcare reform" if you don't want to see a government takeover. How...
Walter A. Brown MD, Psychiatric Times: In the course of gathering information for his book, At Day's Close: Night in...
Daylight savings time disrupts humans' natural circadian rhythm When people living in many parts of the world move their...
Late last year (2008), my gal started and I both started to notice that various milk brands here in Denver...
I've often wondered why vegetarianism frequently (though certainly not always), in the West at least, seems to correlate with a...
Is it better to have the government pay doctors directly, or does it make more sense to let Medicare consumers...
And if so, what is the cause? Ryan discusses the popular belief that something in our food or environment might...
This is a bit old, but I'm noting it here for posterity... Want more Americans to die of cancer? Let's...
A major setback for "science" (as opposed to religious fanaticism, which is what supporting any other approach would be). In...
"Dalrymple", a British prison physician, on heroin: Perhaps I can best describe what I think most people believe about opiate...
Courtesy of John Ray, we learn toxoplasmosis, a brain parasite believed to infect slightly less than half the people on...
World Mag Blog: ... the child was born in a place where it appears, according to an Orlando Fire Department...
Given that people of all races -- and locations -- are subject to the same laws of physics, I've long...
I am eating a small pizza. The box assures me the pizza constitutes three servings. I find this improbable: Who...
What has killed more people? The recent tsunami in Asia, or one year of socialized medice in the UK? The answer may suprise you.
Worried about losing weight? Get enough sleep: We found that people who slept for shorter durations have reduced leptin and...
If John Kerry was elected, Christopher Reeve would be walking today! Or soon! Or something! These miracles are ONLY possible with embryonic stem cells, right? Ach, you poor sheep...
Mark Steyn talks about drug reimportant. Jon Henke has a light bulb moment. I kibbitz from the sidelines.
Steve complains people say crazy things about the flu vaccine. For the most part, I agree with him. Until we...
One quick follow-up to the last post (which you'll probably read next), from FrontPage Magazine, a comment about the movie...
The "obesity epidemic" is spreading, unchecked. And the press, and an expansion of federal governmental powers, is necessary to save the day... or maybe not!
TIME magazine and ABC news slant their coverage of the fast food debate they're creating, and Radly Balko gets involved. But what do food-control advocates really want? I offer a few thoughts on the debate...
Sadly, the effect appears only to be temporary. Dr. Vanessa Strumling, a senior lecturer in medical imaging at the University...
A USA Today article mentions: The recommendation of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panels this month to allow the...
Who knew? New Scientist reports Pretty Women Scramble Mens' Ability to Assess the Future, in which researchers show that after...
The actions of psychiatrists imply antidepressants are the best solution for depression. But it seems studies indicate otherwise...
Last night, I was talking to a friend, and saying, regarding health care, that very often we had simply no...
A recent study reports that creatine, a dietary supplement which occurs naturally in meats boosts brain power, at least in...
Everybody looks better in a tan, don't they? Perhaps in the short term -- but what about the long term? Check out these photos...
Diet advice from the WSJ via Jane Galt: Doctors have long been fascinated by people who claim to eat very...