Health Care and Critical Care

Today, a kindergarten boy is undergoing surgery for a cancerous tumor found on his kidney. As he was not feeling well the other night, his parents took him to the emergency room, where after testing, they discovered a cancerous tumor. He was taken to Kaiser Hollywood Cancer Treatment and Surgery center where he is [...]

A New Kind of Help for Women Undergoing Cancer Treatment

By Ashley Sewell
In 2009, an estimated 713,220 women were newly diagnosed with cancer. The “C” word triggers other words: chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. It raises questions about hair loss, insurance and medical bills, and the odds of remission. Undergoing treatment can take a toll emotionally as well as physically; anxiety, depression, and grief [...]

Socialized Health Care Horror Stories: Cancer

By Alexa Moutevelis
With Obamacare increasingly becoming the focus in Washington, it is important to highlight the horrors of government-run universal health care in other countries so it can be stopped here.
Here’s are two recent stories on how government health care affects cancer treatment:
UK:
The cancer divide: Men are most at risk because the NHS prefers saving [...]

Popular Ranking Unfairly Misrepresents the U.S. Health Care System

By: Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD
The media and political community have made a big deal out of the fact that the U.S. ranks 37 out of 191 countries on the World Health Organization’s Health Care Ranking System.  Is this tool a credible way to compare quality health care delivered in the U.S. vs the rest of [...]