Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill (from RollCall.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By Jeff Stier. Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor...  Read Full >>

One Flu Over the Piggy's Nest (from Wall Street Journal)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Articles
Publish Date : Tuesday, April 28, 2009
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  The news is a-chatter about swine flu. Is a pandemic pending--where all of us are at risk of disease and death? There are more questions than answers right now. Here are a few of them...  Read Full >>

The Lesser-Known Effects of Obesity (from Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Articles
Publish Date : Saturday, April 4, 2009
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. There is an old adage that more weight reduction diets begin in the fitting room of a clothing store than in a physician's office...  Read Full >>

Support, Disdain for Flu Shots (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Monday, October 6, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The 1980s Japanese experience -- wherein a requirement that Japanese schoolchildren get vaccinated against the flu led to a dramatic reduction in the death toll among seniors -- should have led our own CDC to...  Read Full >>

Worried About Vaccine Fears (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Monday, August 18, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  It would be impossible to get unanimity on any medical topic. But all pediatric and vaccine experts, as well as all federal health officials, advocate vaccination of preteen and young teen girls against human papilloma virus...  Read Full >>