Monthly Archives: May 2009

Celebrating the Health Benefits of Biking

05.27.2009 | Filed: Opinions | Topic: , ,
written by: Cong. Earl Blumenauer

Last May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution naming May “National Bicycle Month,” giving federal recognition to our most efficient form of transportation. Several months later, the Bicycle Commuter Act was signed...

Children Should Be a Focus of Health Reform

05.21.2009 | Filed: Opinions | Topic: , ,
written by: Charles Homer, M.D.

We in the United States do not have a health care system; rather, we have a health care non-system. The non-system is complex, composed of isolated elements (including practitioners, hospitals, insurers, and public health entities) lacking...

Childhood Obesity Prevention — A Promising New Method for Tackling the Epidemic

05.06.2009 | Filed: Opinions | Topic: , ,
written by: Matt Longjohn, M.D., M.P.H. and Amy Sheon, Ph.D.

As we begin again to consider health care reform in this nation, the issue of childhood obesity should not be ignored. Childhood obesity is a public health epidemic with serious ramifications for health, productivity, and long-term health...