Tag: Healthcare
Want to live longer? Consider the ethics
John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer...
A rare instance when preventative screening is worth the dollar cost
David Hutton, University of Michigan
Very few people know about hepatitis B, the so-called silent killer, and the billions of dollars it costs the U.S....
Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you’re...
Michael Blake, University of Washington
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced last week that the 2020 census will include a question about citizenship. Ross argued that...
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
Want to fix America’s health care? First, focus on food
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
The fundamental underlying challenge is cost...
Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction
Richard Arenberg, Brown University and Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington
Editor’s note: The fight didn’t last long. Moments before a scheduled vote...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
