Dr. Bernadine Healy is Health Editor for U.S.News & World Report and writes the On Health column. She is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and has served as director of the National Institutes of Health and president and CEO of the American Red Cross.
Read Dr. Healy's blog, Heart to Heart, where she covers matters close to her heart, including cardiovascular disease and other important aspects of personal health and health policy.
Latest Columns and Blogs
Commentary: Health Reform, An Assault on Doctor-Patient Choice (November 22, 2009)
Why Health Reform Will Be a Danger to Passive Patients (November 09, 2009)
The Obesity Epidemic Isn't Just About Willpower (October 14, 2009)
7 Better Ways Medicine Can Beat Back Swine Flu (September 29, 2009)
To Cut Healthcare Costs, Let's Start With the Secret Prices (September 15, 2009)
Health Reform: Let's Lower—Not Raise—Young Adults' Premiums (August 26, 2009)
Health Reform Fattens Big Insurance and Taxes the Young (August 17, 2009)
Health Reform Demands That Lawmakers Read the Bills (August 03, 2009)
Video: Challenges Obama Faces on Health Reform (July 23, 2009)
Why Rush Health Reform? Let's Fix Insurance First (July 21, 2009)
Francis Collins: Leader for the 21st Century NIH (July 09, 2009)
Uwe Reinhardt: Plain Talk on Health Reform (July 01, 2009)
Why Doctors Take Issue With Obama's Health Reform Plan (June 22, 2009)
7 Ways Health Reform Is Going to Affect You (June 10, 2009)
Health Reform: We Need Details, President Obama (May 26, 2009)
Swine Flu's Fall Return: 3 Steps We Must Take Now (May 12, 2009)
Health Reform, Too Tough on Hospital Readmission (May 01, 2009)
Swine Flu: At Level 5—and in Need of More Rapid Diagnosis (April 29, 2009)
How Technology Is Changing the Medical Profession (April 22, 2009)
The Vaccines-Autism War: Détente Needed (April 14, 2009)
Surprise! Heart Muscle Can Replenish Itself (April 03, 2009)
Should Obama Get a PSA Test? On Prostate Cancer Screening and Comparative Effectiveness (April 02, 2009)
What to Make of the Prostate Cancer Screening Studies (March 23, 2009)
Comparative Effectiveness: Is Obama Really Calling for Rationing? (March 18, 2009)
Obama Lifts Stem Cell Ban but Opens Debate on Embryo Creation (March 09, 2009)
Why Embryonic Stem Cells Are Obsolete (March 04, 2009)
Electronic Medical Records: Will Your Privacy Be Safe? (February 17, 2009)
A Cardiologist's Red-Dress-Day Tribute to the Heart (February 05, 2009)
Legalize Marijuana? Obama Was Right to Say No (February 04, 2009)
A Growing Heart Problem: Congestive Heart Failure (February 03, 2009)
Estrogen Paradox: Can HRT Be Both Good and Bad for the Brain? (January 15, 2009)
Teen Sex and Pregnancy: Part of a Bigger Problem (January 09, 2009)
What Sanjay Gupta Offers a Daschle-Run Health Team (January 08, 2009)