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One day after Governor Patrick filed his state budget proposal for fiscal year 2009, the Boston Globe ran a front page story highlighting the size and nature of the additional investments in health care reform included in the budget. …

I and more than 80 other physicians, public health and medical practitioners, and social policy experts have signed the below letter. It notes the importance of health reform, and it notes why the issue of “individual mandates” has …

… information and resources we’ve recently posted that readers might otherwise miss, such as our ongoing series of essays, blog entries and Wise Counsel podcast interviews with noted mental health therapists and research.

Being addicted to tobacco brings you a host of health problems related to the substances in tobacco smoke. These effects include damage to your lungs, heart and blood vessels. Smokers have significantly higher rates of heart disease, …

For me, like for many others, the fight for health reform is personal. While my own health challenges that I have faced for the last 25 years have always made me a health reform advocate, a close family member drove home that point for …

Lactobacillus organisms are considered friendly bacteria as they play an important role in digestive function and immune health of the small intestine. These small microbes coat the intestinal wall and have a key part in the proper …

“Ensuring that private health plans offer the same level of coverage for contraception as they do for other prescription drugs and services. Massive shifts have occurred in the number of women with access to contraception through their …

This morning, CBO released a new report, Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending. I am testifying before the Senate Budget Committee on the new report and on our long-term health projections, which we released in …

Sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund in NY and Kaiser Permanente, an examination of health literacy-related “promising practices” for clinicians and office staff in the primary care setting - “Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care …

Exercise; Common health questions on exercise; What foods can affect the way I feel and increase my energy levels? What should I eat when I exercise? What are the different types of exercise class? What is a muscle cramp? …

For the past couple of months, I’ve been writing about the candidates’ health care plans. I’ve written about the Democrats — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — the Republicans — Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, …

Background: The Internet is increasingly used by citizens as source of health information. Young, highly educated adults use the Internet frequently to search for health-related information. Our study explores whether reported chronic …