Health care’s costliest one percent of all patients are responsible for twenty percent of all spending, while the least costly 50 percent account for only three percent. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality analysis reveals that the one percent are more likely older white females covered by private insurance and afflicted with at least one [...]

Chief Justice John Roberts doesn’t remind anybody of Diana Ross so much, but don’t be surprised if a vocal group of Supremes pop up in the coming news cycle. For three days starting on March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will entertain a nearly unprecedented six hours of arguments pivoting around the Individual Mandate in [...]

Those who feel like they’re working for "the man” now should consider what it’ll be like working for "the men” sometime soon. Depending on the scenario applied, sometime between 2021 and 2033 health insurance premiums have been modeled to suck up anywhere from 50 percent to 100 percent of average household income. The Annals of [...]

500,000,000 Twinkies are manufactured each year. They produce a glimmer in our eye thanks to cotton cellulose, the same substance that gives rocket fuel its shimmery sheen. While it’s true that President Bill Clinton put a Twinkie in a time capsule, it is not true that Twinkies can survive nuclear war. There is such a [...]

Shoot-em-up video games like “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3″ apparently provide not just practice in ending lives, but also skill sharpening that can save lives. The Wall St. Journal reports that adult habits of intense video game play result in better multitasking, decision-making and creativity. While these findings alone were attention-getting, a small caption [...]

Health care should be kid’s stuff. Getting blood drawn is no fun for anyone, but in pediatrics less blood volume is taken and tiny needles with butterfly wings are used to minimize discomfort. Hospital stays and surgeries are generally just as scary for adults as they are for kids, but in pediatrics procedures have been [...]

Outsiders looking in, this one is for you. The Arizona Bioethics Network’s webinar series marks a year’s worth of successful sessions by holding one for the hidden neophyte in all of us titled Medical Ethics for the Beginner…the Befuddled…the Bewildered: Where to Start?

Watch this: a visually compelling, greatly simplified, dramatically poignant take on the food system packed into a two-and-a-half minute video nutshell. (Plus, Willie Nelson singing a song by the band ColdPlay, which is one of the more amusing musical tricks pulled off in some time.) Some will note cynically that this production is funded by [...]

There’s virtue – and genius – in flipping perspective on a problem in order to more cost effectively and elegantly solve it. Of all the entities we could suggest to find inspiration on how to save the big bucks, NASA might be the last place you’d look. It turns out the space agency built a [...]

Finally, a diet that works – on multiple levels. The road diet has come to Phoenix, specifically to a stretch of Central Avenue. Taz Loomans is urging that we “become a part of the emerging Phoenix experience outside of your car,” but that’s not the only reason to understand and support the concept. As planners [...]