By the time I began practicing pulmonary medicine over 28 years ago, the official position of the U.S. Public Health Service was that the evidence pointed to a causal relationship between smoking a...
The secret behind shallow water blackouts and drownings revealed Over the past several years, an epidemic of drownings has occurred nationwide. The drownings include a surprising population of indi...
Between the time that the Clintons submitted their ill-fated health care plan in 1993 and Bush's re-election to the presidency in 2004, the overall costs in health care in America have doubled and...
Recently, I overheard a discussion between an established physician and an undergraduate in pre-medicine studies from a small liberal arts college. The physician tended to discourage the student fr...
What makes a population healthy? The economic structure of a nation may be the most important determinant of the health of its citizens. People living in countries or regions where the economic gap...
It is becoming clearer that at any given level of overall economic development for a country or region within a country, the populations of countries and regions with smaller gaps between rich and...
Mount Nittany Medical Center names new Cancer Pavilion for donors Lance and Ellen Shaner.