Christine Gorman

1.4 Billion.

The article reports that researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have released the results of a study which showed that the U.S. spent 1.4 billion dollars from 2004 to 2013 to promote sexual abstinence before marriage as a way of preventing HIV in Sub-Saharan countries.

What's better than BMI?

The article focuses on the body mass index (BMI) and includes information on its importance as a useful predictor of health. It states that BMI was developed by a Belgian sociologist and statistician in the 1800s which divides the weight of a person in kilograms and by the square of height in meters. It notes that a normal BMI can dissemble metabolic abnormalities. It also mentions that a good health varies on a lot of things such as smoking, diet, and physical fitness.

The Super Glue Cure

The article discusses research in regenerative medicine, with a focus on a method of tissue engineering that utilizes the regenerative function of the naturally occurring extracellular matrix surrounding cells in an organism. Topics include how the implantation of an animal extracellular matrix into large wounds will attract stem cells to the region to regenerate tissue, the use of the method in repairing hernias, tendons, or organs, and the potential it poses for improved treatment and scar minimization for survivors of explosions.

Closing the health gap.

The article discusses the expansion of primary care as a solution for chronic disparities in the U.S. health care system. According to the author, the U.S. spends more money on health care than any other industrialized nation, but does not have better overall health. She presents a comparison of U.S. and Canada life expectancy and cites gaps in infant mortality rates, which are based on ethnicity. She argues that education, environment, and socio-economics are the root causes of the gaps in infant mortality and explains why primary care is the solution, including the ability of primary care to handle the health problems that most people face and its availability to the poor and socially disadvantaged groups.

A Global Call to Action on Chronic Diseases

A chart is presented that projects the percent increase in deaths caused by cancer from 2002-2020 in various regions, including Southern Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia, which includes information on major changes in disease trends.