Category: School of Public Health
Have a headache? A stiff neck? Don’t go overboard on the pain medicine
Washington Post
David Kaufman, School of Public Health
Headaches, a nagging sore hip, a stiff neck after a day at the computer…
Expert quote:
“Medical conditions, particularly chronic pain, was a big driver.”
AAP Weighs In On Home Birth
Huffington Post
Eugene Declercq, School of Public Health
The safety of home birth is hotly debated, and now another major medical group has waded into the fray…
Expert quote:
“If the intent of the [statement] was to encourage the development of an integrated system, that’s terrific.”
Analysis: In force-feeding detainees, Obama has courts on his side
Reuters
George Annas, School of Public Health
As detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, press ahead with a widening hunger strike nearly three months old, President Barack Obama has come under increasing criticism for his policy of force-feeding them…
Expert quote:
“Do we care about indignity? No, you’re a prisoner, we’ll treat you the way we want.”
E-cigarette users out of luck in Ohio’s casinos
Columbus Dispatch
Michael Siegel, School of Public Health
Whenever she plays the slot machines in a casino, Kathleen Weber gets the urge to light up a cigarette…
Expert quote:
“The evidence shows them to be much safer than tobacco cigarettes and comparable in toxicity to conventional nicotine-replacement products.”
Donations to victims raises questions about others outside the spotlight
Boston Globe (subscription required)
Austin Frakt, School of Public Health
It was a gesture of generosity and concern for the community…
Expert quote:
“This is the right thing to do. The whole country is focused on [the Marathon attack] and so that probably helps the hospitals and insurers recognize that it’s the right thing to do. When everyone is not looking so carefully, are they making the same choice?”
After two decades of waiting, Gulf War vets see new hope
Boston.com
Kimberly Sullivan, School of Public Health
When Edward Bryan, then a 35-year-old full-time firefighter, was called to serve in the Persian Gulf War in April 1991, he didn’t know he would come home to the US after 6 months with a slew of medical problems, including headaches, dizziness, gastro-intestinal problems, vision and memory loss, and hearing problems…
Lancet: How To Save A Couple Of Million Small Children’s Lives A Year
WBUR “CommonHealth”
Christopher Gill, School of Public Health, Center for Global Health & Development
We’ve made so much progress on AIDS in Africa; now it’s time to tackle the world’s biggest child-killers, pneumonia and diarrhea…
How to save two million lives
The Guardian
Christopher Gill, School of Public Health, Center for Global Health & Development
A global plan to save the lives of the two million children who die from pneumonia and diarrhea diarrhoea every year – the most common causes of death in children on the planet – is launched today and deserving of much applause…
Expert quote:
“If these problems are so well known and so solvable, why haven’t they been solved already?”
Does expanding Medicaid ‘worsen health care options’? We take a second look
PolitiFact
Steve Pizer, School of Public Health
We recently checked a claim by Sen. Ted Cruz on expanding Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor…
Expert quote:
…is aware of “no evidence that Medicaid expansions have moved people involuntarily off private insurance. … Employer-sponsored insurance has been declining, but not as a result of Medicaid expansions. The causation probably runs the other way: Declining employer-sponsored insurance creates financial pressure on hospitals which push for Medicaid expansions.”
Can You Pay for Preschool With Cigarettes?
Bloomberg
Michael Siegel, School of Public Health
President Barack Obama has put a respectably high price tag on his preschool proposal — $75 billion over the next 10 years…
