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FEATURED CONTRIBUTOR: LAURA E NIKLASON MD, PHD, WRITER
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Recent Articles by Laura E Niklason MD, PhD
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3/19/2010We Are Not Sheep
In a few days, the House of Representatives will vote on the Senate version of the health care bill. This is the Senate bill that
2/4/2010Governing or Campaigning?
Everybody knows that campaigning and governing are different. Campaigning is about selling the candidate, and selling his policies. It’s about altering the policies, as need
1/18/2010Obama Knows No Shame on Health Care
The latest deal struck in the name of health care legislation sets a new standard for shamelessness. On January 14th, Obama agreed with union leaders
12/18/2009The Year of Living Dangerously
The health care bill seems to be moving, inexorably, in its herky-jerky way, to passage in the US Senate. If it passes, then the art
11/16/2009The Great Libertarian Middle
Nearly 40% of American voters now identify themselves as “independents”. While Rush Limbaugh accuses such folk of having no beliefs whatsoever, a better interpretation of
11/6/2009Four Critical Hours
Nancy Pelosi and the House of Representatives have allotted all of four hours to debating their massive, and stupendously complex, health care bill. After just
10/29/2009Public Option Math
Fuzzy math has dominated much of the health care debate. How much things cost, over what time frame, how many people are uninsured, how many
Among the many reasons cited for the necessity of a health care overhaul, the most notable is the high cost of medical care in the
9/16/2009Torts and Medicine
In President Obama’s speech on health care delivered to the joint session on Congress on September 9th, he said that he knows enough doctors to
8/11/2009Insurance Pariahs
As a medical practitioner, I can’t really say that I like health insurance companies very much. In their dealings with doctors and hospitals, insurance companies
7/30/2009Primary Care Doctors are Vanishing
As is common in government programs, expenditures for Medicare have risen sharply in recent decades. Medicare spending was merely $37 billion in 1980, but ballooned
7/28/2009Americans are fatter, and sicker
Health care in America costs too much. We all know this. Typically, the reasons for high costs are put down to inefficient care, mis-managed medicine,
5/27/2009 Nuclear Markets:
The recent underground nuclear explosion in North Korea is the most significant challenge yet to the Obama administration. Detonated on Memorial Day, it is a
5/8/2009Life Expectancy and Health
Ingrained in the American ethos is “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” – and, by tacit assumption, the longevity to achieve these latter two.
5/6/2009Heartbreaking Care
Heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States, western Europe, and many other parts of the world1. More than cancer, HIV/AIDS, and accidents,
4/30/2009What is "Quality of Care"?
In the debate over health care in America, one common theme is that care in this country costs too much. Indeed, we spend roughly 16%
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Name: Laura E Niklason MD, PhD Location: Yale University Interests: Intensive Care Unit Medicine, biomedical research, health care reform Background: Dr. Niklason is a Professor of Anesthesia and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. She is a world leader in the development of advanced cell therapies for cardiovascular disease. She is also trained and board-certified as an Intensive Care Unit physician, and has spent many years treating the hospitalized patients who are critically ill. Dr. Niklason has outstanding insights into costs and quality of care in the United States, and brings unique perspectives regarding medical progress, advanced therapies, and the effectiveness of medical care.
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