Health

Health / Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Henningfeld, Diane Andrews
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.
Series:Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Public health.
Health.
Medical policy.
Table of Contents:
  • What are the greatest risks to human health?
  • Cancer rates are rising / World Health Organization
  • Cancer deaths are declining / Josephine Marcotty and Richard Meryhew
  • Cardiovascular disease kills humans / American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
  • Cardiovascular disease can be reduced through lifestyle changes / Jeffrey S. Bland
  • Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a significant threat to health / Jerome Groopman
  • Antibiotic resistant infections can be prevented / Ridgely Ochs
  • What human behaviors contribute to or damage health?
  • Obesity poses a serious health risk / TeensHealth.org
  • The health risks of obesity have been exaggerated / Patrick Basham and Jane Feinman
  • Exercise can benefit health / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Exercise can be harmfully addictive / Edward J. Cumella
  • Tanning contributes to health / The Indoor Tanning Association
  • Tanning poses serious health risks / Consumers Union of the United States
  • Have new technologies and treatments contributed to human health?
  • Statins can prevent cardiovascular disease / John Carey
  • Statins pose serious health risks / Byron Richards
  • Osteoporosis treatments improve women's health / Jonathan Labovitz and Shohreh Sayani
  • Osteoporosis drugs harm women's health / Adriane Fugh-Berman and Charlea T. Massion
  • Health information technology can improve health care / Richard Hillestad and James H. Bigelow
  • Health information technology can lead to loss of patient privacy / Deborah C. Peel
  • Does America's health care system contribute to human health?
  • America has the best health care system in the world / George W. Bush
  • America does not have the best health care system in the world / Ezra Klein
  • A free-market approach to health care will keep costs down / Gracie-Marie Turner
  • A free-market approach to health care will not lower health care costs / Uwe E. Reinhardt.

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