by James Marcum | Nov 4, 2013 | Health Across America
Well, once again I have changed my clocks. I hope my heart has not noticed. The October 30, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reported an increase number of heart attacks after daylight saving time was implemented. Why is that? It is speculated that... 
by James Marcum | Oct 8, 2013 | Health Across America
A few years ago, in America there was a very popular television commercial where an elderly lady drives up to a drive-in hamburger place, makes an order, receives the sandwich, and lets out a now famous cry of “Where’s the beef?” As I communicate... 
by James Marcum | Sep 30, 2013 | Health Across America
Friday, August 30, 2013 in the Journal Science, Sendihil Mullainathan from Harvard, Eldar Shafir from Princeton, and Jiaying Zhao reported that people worrying about money to pay bills lose the equivalent of 13 IQ points. In a release by the Associated Press,... 
by James Marcum | Feb 27, 2012 | Health Across America
In 2010, U.S. healthcare spending reached 2.6 trillion dollars according to the Health and Human Services Department. This represents a 3.9 percent growth which is the lowest in 50 years. $8,402 per person still seems a lot to me. Some argue the slow down was... 
by James Marcum | Feb 12, 2012 | Health Across America
The New York Times News service reported on this recently. Nearly a third of middle-aged American regularly take a baby aspirin in hope of preventing a heart attack or stroke or lowering their risk of cancer. Dr. Alison Bailey, director of the Gill Heart Institute at... 
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