What the health consequences of smoking? This extensive report is a 50-year look back on how smoking impacts your health. Causal links are now proven between smoking AND liver cancer, colorectal [...]
Just how good are the Top 50 hospitals rankings by US News? Should consumers trust them? The Annals of Internal Medicine published an analysis of The Role of Reputation in U.S. News & World [...]
CDC explains caring for someone at home with the flu. CDC’s guidance on taking care of a person (at home) who is sick with influenza. Describes when to get immediate medical care for [...]
CDC’s official web page on 2009 Swine Flu (H1N1 virus) is now archived for historical value. Recommendations, their investigation reports, status in US, Mexico and other countries, and [...]
IRS rule and requirement for Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Internal Revenue Services Section 501r outlines requirements on hospitals from the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Specifically, [...]
Health Reform research from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) includes publications, public opinion polls, state-by-state information, information and commentary by others. Covers Affordable [...]
MedlinePlus ad-free website on smoking. According to the CDC, adults who smoke cigarettes die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers. Site includes topics like Tobacco-related Mortality, E-Cigarettes [...]
Avian Influenza (bird flu) is still jumping from animals to humans, according to WHO. The World Health Organization provides global situation updates to human cases of H7N9, H7N4, H9N2, and H5N1 [...]
MedlinePlus website on travelers’ health is ad-free. Recent links for coronavirus travel information from the CDC have been added. The site also covers topics for consumers who travel, such [...]
How good are the best hospital rankings? Here’s a recent 2017 caveat to using the US News’ Best Hospitals list. Authors looked at 5 specialties: cancer, cardiology, gastroenterology, [...]
