Health

What are the greatest risks to human health?

Cancer rates are rising / World Health Organization

Cancer deaths are declining / Josephine Marcotty and Richard Meryhew

Cardiovascular disease kills humans / American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

Cardiovascular disease can be reduced through lifestyle changes / Jeffrey S. Bland

Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a significant threat to health / Jerome Groopman

Antibiotic resistant infections can be prevented / Ridgely Ochs

What human behaviors contribute to or damage health?

Obesity poses a serious health risk / TeensHealth.org

The health risks of obesity have been exaggerated / Patrick Basham and Jane Feinman

Exercise can benefit health / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Exercise can be harmfully addictive / Edward J. Cumella

Tanning contributes to health / The Indoor Tanning Association

Tanning poses serious health risks / Consumers Union of the United States

Have new technologies and treatments contributed to human health?

Statins can prevent cardiovascular disease / John Carey

Statins pose serious health risks / Byron Richards

Osteoporosis treatments improve women's health / Jonathan Labovitz and Shohreh Sayani

Osteoporosis drugs harm women's health / Adriane Fugh-Berman and Charlea T. Massion

Health information technology can improve health care / Richard Hillestad and James H. Bigelow

Health information technology can lead to loss of patient privacy / Deborah C. Peel

Does America's health care system contribute to human health?

America has the best health care system in the world / George W. Bush

America does not have the best health care system in the world / Ezra Klein

A free-market approach to health care will keep costs down / Gracie-Marie Turner

A free-market approach to health care will not lower health care costs / Uwe E. Reinhardt.