News & Politics Looking for a Cure What’s wrong with our healthcare system, why hospitals can be dangerous, what good ones are doing about it, and the blessings—and problems—of new technology. HealthJune 1, 2007
News & Politics Cancer and the Rhythms of Your Body Do the body’s day and night rhythms hold an answer to cancer? Researchers who think so don’t like a lot of light at night. HealthJanuary 1, 2007
News & Politics Health: Your Inner Clock Do the body’s day and night rhythms hold an answer to cancer? Researchers who think so don’t like a lot of light at night. HealthJanuary 1, 2007
News & Politics Why Is Lead Still Poisoning Our Children? Lead is gone from gasoline and paint—with surprisingly beneficial results. But lead still poses dangers to kids, particularly in older neighborhoods. In DC, hundreds of children are being damaged every year—and the results will be more school dropouts and HealthAugust 1, 2006
News & Politics Hospitals 2005: The Next Level of Care Who provides care when your primary-care doctor isn't there? HealthNovember 1, 2005
News & Politics Hospitals 2005: Finding the Best Hospital Your hospital of choice a decade ago may not be the place to go today if you're having a heart attack, a baby, or a serious illness. Here's a look at the changing medical scene and a guide to making smart decisions--plus, here's how doctors rate area hosp HealthNovember 1, 2005
News & Politics Hospitals 2005: Hospitals Check Their Own Vital Signs Spurred by a 1999 Institute of Medicine report that estimated up to 98,000 deaths a year due to medical error, hospitals have been putting a new emphasis on safety. HealthNovember 1, 2005
News & Politics Hospitals 2005: Washington Hospital Center WHC is DC's biggest hospital--it has more than 900 beds--and the area's dominant cardiovascular institution. HealthNovember 1, 2005
News & Politics Hospitals 2005: Georgetown Hospital Over and above the problem of declining reimbursement, Georgetown made some bad economic decisions. In fiscal 1996, the hospital had a profit of $13.5 million. By 1998, after an ill-fated attempt to bring in more patients by giving financial incentives to HealthNovember 1, 2005
News & Politics Hospitals 2005: Hospitals’ New Technology For area hospitals new technology can be a virtual lifesaver. HealthNovember 1, 2005
