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Rational Rationing vs. Irrational Rationing
By David Katz, MD Massachusetts has a long track record of making headlines in the area of health care reform, whether or not Mitt Romney likes to talk about it. In 2008, Massachusetts released results...
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The Health of Nations
By David Katz, MD If all of us were simply to make better use of our feet, our forks, and our fingers — if we were to be physically active every day, eat a nearly optimal diet, and avoid tobacco —...
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The Great Influenza of 2013?
By DAVID KATZ, MD The CDC has noted an early and nasty start to the flu season. Perhaps their own website has caught it, because as I’m writing this, the whole thing is down. Assuming it recovers, I...
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Now Is Not the Time to Talk About Gun Control
By David Katz, MD Yesterday was. There are two reasons not to talk about gun control in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown atrocity, and opposition by the NRA and its adherents is neither of them....
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Unscience
By David Katz, MD According to a widely circulated op-ed in the New York Times by Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado with whom I don’t believe I have ever managed to agree on...
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Building a Better Health Care System: Why the Next Blockbuster Drug Probably...
By David Katz, MD A recent meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that coenzyme Q10 is of benefit in congestive heart failure. For those who like the idea that...
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Is Obesity a Disease? I Vote No
By David Katz, MD There is a certain irony in the nearly immediate juxtaposition of the rare introduction of a new FDA-approved drug for weight loss (Belviq) to the marketplace and the recognition of...
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Sorry. Saturated Fat is Bad For You. Or More Accurately — It’s Complicated....
By David Katz, MD A commentary in the current issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that saturated fat is not really so bad after all. The article has the media buzzing, with headlines...
View ArticleCaveat User: Understanding the Health Risks of Mobile Devices
By DAVID KATZ, MD Tis the season to, well, buy stuff. Increasingly, the stuff we buy is electronic. In fact, not only that, but increasingly the stuff we buy with is electronic, too. We are using...
View ArticlePlease Don’t Feed the Morons!!
By DAVID KATZ, MD With the exception of rare and particularly bleak days, I don’t tend to think of myself as a moron — nor, as far as I can tell, do those who know me well and love me. I will hazard a...
View ArticleWhat I Would Do If My Foot Caught Fire
By David Katz, MD I know it seems like the obvious choice, but I would not run a randomized clinical trial. I have recently lamented the pernicious influence, within my domain of public health...
View ArticleA Holistic View of Evidence-Based Medicine
By DAVID KATZ, MD On Tuesday of this week (4/29/14), I was on the Katie Couric Show to discuss Integrative Medicine. Somewhat ironically, I returned from Manhattan that same day to a waiting email from...
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The Case For Calling the Dietary Guidelines What They Really Are
By DAVID KATZ, MD Call me crazy. Or Ishmael, for that matter. I think “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” should be something vaguely like, well, oh I don’t know, maybe: guidelines for Americans. About...
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Now Is Not the Time to Talk About Gun Control
By David Katz, MD Yesterday was. There are two reasons not to talk about gun control in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown atrocity, and opposition by the NRA and its adherents is neither of them....
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Unscience
By David Katz, MD According to a widely circulated op-ed in the New York Times by Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado with whom I don’t believe I have ever managed to agree on...
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Building a Better Health Care System: Why the Next Blockbuster Drug Probably...
By David Katz, MD A recent meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that coenzyme Q10 is of benefit in congestive heart failure. For those who like the idea that...
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Is Obesity a Disease? I Vote No
By David Katz, MD There is a certain irony in the nearly immediate juxtaposition of the rare introduction of a new FDA-approved drug for weight loss (Belviq) to the marketplace and the recognition of...
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Sorry. Saturated Fat is Bad For You. Or More Accurately — It’s Complicated....
By David Katz, MD A commentary in the current issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that saturated fat is not really so bad after all. The article has the media buzzing, with headlines...
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Caveat User: Understanding the Health Risks of Mobile Devices
By DAVID KATZ, MD Tis the season to, well, buy stuff. Increasingly, the stuff we buy is electronic. In fact, not only that, but increasingly the stuff we buy with is electronic, too. We are using...
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Please Don’t Feed the Morons!!
By DAVID KATZ, MD With the exception of rare and particularly bleak days, I don’t tend to think of myself as a moron — nor, as far as I can tell, do those who know me well and love me. I will hazard a...
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