Issues
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Radiation overdoses at Cedars Sinai Monday, October 19, 2009
Los Angeles Times: Doctors and safety experts around the country face a troubling question: In an era of supposedly fail-safe medical technology, how did the problem go undetected for 18 months?
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California over-radiation cases come under scrutiny Monday, October 19, 2009
New York Times: At a time when Americans receive far more diagnostic radiation than ever before, two cases under scrutiny in California — one involving a large, well-known Los Angeles hospital, the other a tiny hospital in the northern part of the state — underscore the risks that powerful CT scans pose when used incorrectly.
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The hazards of unsafe trucks Monday, October 19, 2009
More than 9 million trucks travel U.S. roads each year. They make up only 4% of all vehicles. But they are involved in 12% of all motor vehicle fatalities.
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Shining some light on medical negligence debate Friday, September 25, 2009
New York Times: The direct costs of malpractice lawsuits — jury awards, settlements and the like — are such a minuscule part of health spending that they barely merit discussion, economists say. But that doesn’t mean the malpractice system is working.
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It was a must-read in the White House Friday, September 25, 2009
New Yorker: “The greatest threat to America’s fiscal health is not Social Security,” President Barack Obama said in a March speech at the White House. “It’s not the investments that we’ve made to rescue our economy during this crisis. By a wide margin, the biggest threat to our nation’s balance sheet is the skyrocketing cost [...]
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A conservative attack on tort reform as a “red herring” Thursday, September 24, 2009
An essay by Ken Connor that has appeared on a number of conservative blogs contains some strong language you don’t normally hear from Republicans.
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Quitting Time Friday, September 18, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching a new effort to snuff out smoking, or at least regulate it.
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