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...pinpoint the social factors that make the more poorly likely to suffer, and this "gradient," or the degree to which different groups are unequal in health, is far steeper in the U.S. than in most other industrialized countries. One reason, according to commissioner David Satcher, a former U.S. Surgeon General, may be that the U.S. comprises a more diverse population than other places, mixing a high proportion of recent immigrants with long-time American dwellers, which makes it all the more difficult to tackle social determinants early in life. "Two," Satcher says, "[the U.S.] invests probably less in improving that...
...much for the fragile Quittner family budget; the canine orthopedic surgeon in town (who has the gall to display a gold statue of a dog in his office) said the repair would cost $4,000. "I remember when I was a boy, all the old dogs limped," I pointed out to my wife as we helped Otto hobble over to his chafing dish of designer kibble. "You'll have to wait a little bit longer for the iPhone," she said. "Be brave...
...both of McCain's presidential campaigns. He first encountered McCain during the Arizona Senator's antitobacco crusade of 1997. "He basically allowed me into every meeting and strategy session he had on tobacco," he recalls. "His rule: I could stay in any meeting until someone else--another Senator, the Surgeon General, an Administration official--kicked me out. It was warts and all. There was no one remotely like him in Congress." Senior correspondent Grunwald has also spent years charting politics and policy, including a stint covering Congress for the Washington Post...
...pressure can consume coaches, teams and families alike. In 2003, when Tiffani Bright broke her arm in two places during a stunt that went awry, the 15-year-old Oregonian and her parents' immediate concern was how to get her back cheering as quickly as possible. "As an orthopedic surgeon is explaining she'll have a metal plate in her arm for the rest of her life, we're asking, 'But can she still tumble?' " recalls Bright's mother, Kim Archie, now executive director of the National Cheer Safety Foundation (NCSF). Archie started the organization after hearing about more...
Those number-loving few who actually know the statistics - are they any good as surgeons? Maybe. It depends on whether their manual skills are as precisely honed as their math skills. I can only say that I will not be quizzing anyone on multivariate analysis when picking out the surgeon to do my back...