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Column: Health insurance mandate necessary

As you’re planning a night out with friends, you start to feel strange. Your throat is sore, your muscles are achy, and you start feeling so bad that you call the night off. APR 16

Tracking habits, not just weight

Most college students are less worried about heart disease than looking good enough to break hearts. But there is one key factor that long-term health and attractiveness have in common: maintaining a healthy weight. MAR 22

Man’s best medical friend?

In November 2010, a clinical trial reported that yearly CT scans in current and former heavy smokers can reduce the risk of death from lung cancer by 20 percent. FEB 22

Risks and rewards of disease research

If Vegas took bets on the next worldwide pandemic, the safe money might be on H5N1, better known as the bird flu. Since 2003, the H5N1 virus has killed 340 of the 578 people with confirmed infections. The 1 percent mortality from seasonal flu pales in comparison to H5N1’s deadliness. FEB 6

Searching for the hangover Holy Grail

Like us mortals, NFL stars get hungover too. Not even Tebow has a magical cure for them. He probably sips Gatorade while “Tebowing” over his toilet. JAN 16

The audacity of lunch reform

Congress overcame partisan gridlock for the kids earlier this month, heroically blocking measures that would rob American children of their rights to eat poorly, develop chronic illnesses and die premature deaths. Congress voted down changes proposed by the U.S. NOV 30

Don’t let health stop ‘the next JFK’

JFK suffered from excruciating spinal instability, severe fatigue and Addison’s disease, a destruction of the adrenal glands with resulting hormone deficiencies. His illnesses required mind-altering medications that could have affected his ability to think clearly. NOV 15

A camel and clown walk into a bar

A camel with black sunglasses walks into a bar.
Sitting down, he sees a clown with a yellow jumpsuit, white face paint and red hair, drinking an appletini. NOV 1

For now, don’t fear the color pink

The breast cancer awareness campaign comes with a side effect: It needlessly raises alarm among some young women. OCT 17

The case for HPV vaccines in schools

On a stage in Tampa, Fla., last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, took a swipe at Texas Gov. Rick Perry that made the medical community cringe. She vilified Perry, a rival in the GOP primaries, for a 2007 executive order which mandated that sixth grade girls be vaccinated for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the virus accountable for cervical cancer. OCT 4

Together, we can all beat Ronald

Ronald McDonald has America’s pudgy neck in a headlock. He continues to stymie public health efforts by helping America keep its heavyweight crown of being heavy. But there is a solution to combat Ron’s obesity-promoting ways: peer pressure for healthy living. SEP 20

A song a day keeps the doctor away

Next time you’re walking around campus, take a look at the people wearing headphones. They might appear particularly confident and carefree. SEP 8

Talk, text in a car — Are you drunk!?

I have a hypothetical situation for you to consider. You are leaving a party and are faced with the option of riding shotgun with a buddy who’s knocked back a few gin and tonics or a friend who is constantly on the cell phone. Surprisingly, this is not a no-brainer.
APR 25

Due to lots of magic, cost of bill is ‘low’

Proponents of health care reform everywhere have reason to celebrate like Kool and the Gang for finally triumphing in a struggle that predates that pop culture reference.
MAR 25

Tiger Woods’ hard knock life

I feel terrible for Tiger Woods. He has spent years married to a wife of average attractiveness, dealt with the disappointment of two toddlers who have not yet measured up to his early golfing aptitude and suffered through a hard-knock life of solitude on driving ranges.
MAR 4

Helping Haitians deal with tragedy

The horrific earthquake that struck Haiti just over a month ago has left the island desecrated. Stories of the more than 200,000 dead, 300,000 injured and 1 million displaced have caused worldwide sadness and prompted incredible generosity.
FEB 19

Time to get serious on head injuries

You may know the tales of former National Football League players affected by too many hits to the head.

Former Cowboys star Troy Aikman’s career was cut short by concussions — a small price to pay compared to the depression and suicide of 44-year-old Andre Waters, whose hard-hitting play transformed his brain tissue to that of an 85-year-old man with early Alzheimer’s disease.
JAN 26

Fear the pundits, not the vaccines

Vaccines aren’t cool these days — at least that’s how many young people seem to feel. A recent ABC-Washington Post poll reports that only 28 percent of respondents ages 18 to 24 plan to get the H1N1 vaccine, a lower percentage than older age groups.
DEC 6

Toward a Jetsons’ world of nutrition

The creators of “The Jetsons” were geniuses. Foreseeing the trend of a health-obsessed population on the run, they created a technologically advanced utopia where people ate three course meals in pill form.
NOV 11

Students must heed health reform

Matlock, bingo and health care reform have one thing in common.

If you are young, it’s that all three probably do not tickle your fancy, which is a real shame.

No, not because you are missing the classic antics of Matlock. What is troubling is that, by ignoring the health reform debate, young people risk being screwed in a big way. That spells trouble for everyone.
OCT 28

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