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What does this mean for our current health system? Some would call for the stop of such underperforming treatments, and this is not so unreasonable. Consider the complications that can result from surgery, and the antibiotic resistance that can develop from an improperly administered regimen—especially if the antibiotics aren’t doing anything a sugar pill couldn’t do. Doctors perform over 600,000 back surgeries a year to the tune of $20 billion. Surely some of the savings from eliminating back surgeries alone could go a long way toward funding health-care reform...

Author: By Michael A. Sun | Title: On a Pill and a Prayer | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...just the end of the stimulus that makes 2011 a tough year to call. It will also be the year that all the Bush tax cuts expire. And Harris thinks that if a health-care overall gets passed, that could have significant unforeseen effects on the economy as well. S&P's chief economist, David Wyss, says he thinks most economists are tackling the tricky problem of predicting what will happen in 2011 by doing what they always do: predict the economy will do about average. The problem is that what economists have come to believe is average growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economic Forecasting: A Foggier View Than Ever | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...closely watching for any changes in the number of new cases. Twice every weekday, Rosenthal meets with UHS’s chief of medicine, a College representative, and others by conference call to go over the numbers...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Near National Average, Above Mass. Average for Flu-Like Illness Between Sept. 12 and 18 | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

...penalty hurts, especially on a big play,” Winters said. “It just kind of takes the wind out of you. You know I didn’t see it, I don’t know, I’m sure it was a good call, but Treavor made a great play on that, broke a couple of tackles, made some great cuts, everyone was excited. You know, for that to be called back, you just have to regroup...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Last-Play Decision Raises Questions | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...There is a sort of formula—I don’t want to call it magic—but it’s that good business sense of what works in Harvard Square,” Jillson said...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tavern to Open in Former Z Square | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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