LIFE IN THE END ZONE

        This past week was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. I discussed the origins and evolution of the holiday at my synagogue, observ...

When a record heat wave swept across Europe in the summer of 2003, elderly Parisians were particularly hard hit. “French heat toll almost 1...

Kaiser Health News ran an article this week about “the secret happiness as you age.” It features the story of a 76 year old man who, desp...

I recently stumbled across T he Way We Die Now in the new books section of my local library. I hadn’t heard of it or its author, the Irish...

As expected, CMS announced last week that its “Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement” program was on its deathbed. This program “bundle...

A new poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly 80 percent of Americans want Congress and the President to modify t...