America Needs Structural Reforms No sensible policy proposals. Politicians are afraid to deliver bad news WASHINGTON – There is no doubt that millions of Americans are economically worse off because of the negative impact...
80% Of All US Children Follow A Bad Diet Because of junk food, millions of American kids are developing heart disease WASHINGTON – The alarming news is that millions of American children now exhibit signs of heart disease normally found...
Healthy Looking Ethiopians, Unhealthy Americans In Addis Ababa, no obese people and no smokers. In the US we spend trillions to treat the health impact of bad personal habits ADDIS ABABA – Walking around this large city I notice relatively healthy looking people. In particular, comparing Addis to...
The Cure For Many Chronic Diseases Is In Life Style Changes Sophisticated "precision medicine" will help a lot less than adopting good habits: healthy food and regular exercise WASHINGTON – President Obama wants to support pioneering medical research. Hence his proposal to invest hundreds of millions of...
Keystone Pipeline Would Improve US Energy Security Sadly, this pipeline linking Canada and Texas may not be approved. US energy policy is prisoner of ideology WASHINGTON – Is The US State Department (read President Barack Obama) going to finally authorize the Canada to the US...
The Ebola Response Reveals Incompetence Too many mistakes in dealing with just one case. Contrary to what Americans have been told, we are not prepared WASHINGTON – Beyond the hysteria, false alarms and exaggerations surrounding just three Ebola cases in the US, the disturbing fact...
Ebola: We Should Design Better Protective Clothing For Health Care Workers It is incredible that doctors and nurses have to get in and out of cumbersome "space suits" WASHINGTON – Here we go. In America we are in the middle of a media-induced “Ebola scare”. Indeed, we have...
First US Ebola Case Reveals Inability To Follow Basic Health Protocols Medical staff failed to notice that the patient with Ebola-like symptoms just came from Liberia, they sent him home WASHINGTON – Thomas Eric Duncan flew into Dallas, Texas from Liberia, via Brussels and Washington. After a couple of days, he...
Obamacare: The Triumph Of Presumptuous Policy-Makers Experts really believed that they could transform a messy US health care system with just a few magic strokes WASHINGTON – It will take a long time to fully understand and measure the impact of the Affordable Care...
Yes, There Are Young American Innovators Elizabeth Holmes, only 30, is the youngest female self-made billionaire WASHINGTON – While the marvelous “American Innovation Machine” is not moving ahead as fast as it used to, luckily for...