Disease prevention has fallen on hard times. This according to a New York Times article last week titled “What’s a Pound of Prevention Really Worth?”

The article opens with a description of Dr. Arthur Agatston’s practice. Although he is most famous as a diet doctor for writing “The South Beach Diet”, he’s a cardiologist—like Robert Atkins, whose diet also originated with the same concern for preventing heart attacks. [Read more…]

There’s been a considerable amount of churn in scientific journals recently about tainted science. For example, a study about how articles in leading medical journals influence doctors’ decisions in light of several studies showing how pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers influence the research that appears in those journals along with studies showing [Read more…]

While reading through recent news articles and editorials on medical insurance reform issues, preparing to comment on this important issue, a contribution to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sunday opinion section caught my eye. The title of the piece was “SF should drop ban on certain toys.”

What? San Francisco is outlawing toys? [Read more…]