If there is one area of unanimity in this sharply divided nation of more than 300 million people, it may be this: America's health care system is a mess. No one is happy with the course we are on. Doctors and other health care providers practice assembly-line medicine that is as impersonal as it is perfunctory. Full Story
HOLISTIC HEALTH NOTEBOOK There has been a spurt of activity lately in what I call "extreme dieting." These programs are just short of literal starvation. What makes them scary is that many are heavily promoted by folks in the medi- cal community. Full Story