Health is Everywhere
BY MATT MASIELLO, MD, MPH Often times the feeling is the opposite; it is illness that is everywhere, not health. With the U.S. population experiencing a continuing surge of chronic illness, costing this country, we […]
Health Policy
Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
Publication Released: May 10, 2016 Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have “asked for” this type of […]
Welcome pediatric colleagues
Today, pediatricians, must step up to be politically and socially more active in addressing gun violence in America. The AAP and we, as individual pediatricians obligated to keep our children safe and healthy, have been failing; worse, […]
Public health gets least money, but does most
WASHINGTON — Just three cents of each U.S. health care dollar goes to public health even though it plays a far bigger role in keeping Americans well than medical care, a top federal official said […]
Why we dislike politicians and the media
Today, on CNN, Candy Crowley had Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on to talk about the effects of Obamacare; both are physicians. However, it was soon obvious that the two were not […]
U.S. Health Care (Obamacare) – “Correct and Enhance” , A Subject Not For Our Politicians to Deal
Ted Cruz is not the only guilty party. The likes of Ron Paul and Cruz are misrepresenting labor union leaders and declaring Obamacare a plot similar to Nazism. Though the democrats have some proof […]
Matt Masiello, M.D., MPH 