Can Job Strain Increase the Risk of Death? According to a recent pan-European study published in the Lancet, the answer is yes.  Pooling 13 studies from 1986-2006, the average increase in heart disease was about 25%.  However, in published, individual studies, the rate was twice as high. What Is Job Strain? A feeling of stress […]

Is This the Next Information Revolution? Figuring Out How Humans Work A funny thing happened to the Human Genome Project from the 1990s.  At a cost of billions of dollars, human genes would finally be “mapped”.  The new knowledge would unlock new, dramatic  explanations for why we get sick. The few major “genes” for heart […]

Dollars and Results What do we get for our health care dollars? The U.S. ranks 50th in the world in lifespan.  We rank 48th in infant mortality.  We charge twice per health care customer what other developed nations cost. This is a bad deal. Why?  We’re not paying attention to health. The World Health Organization […]

Getting Bigger Faster The world is getting fatter fast.  Under present trends half of Americans will be obese in 2030, and 40% of Britons.  According to an excellent series of articles in the Lancet (available free at the Lancet website) the cost to the US economy will be at least $66 billion more a year. […]