Newspapers—Public Health Allies

Carotenoids: potential allies of cardiovascular health?

Carotenoids are a class of natural, fat-soluble pigments found principally in plants. They have potential antioxidant biological properties because of their chemical structure and interaction with biological membranes. Epidemiologic studies supported the hypothesis that antioxidants could be used as an inexpensive means of both primary and secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. In f...

Allies for Quality: Defining Consumer Perspectives on Health Care Quality

Background The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) established the Quality Initiative in 1998 to improve health care quality in California. Since then, the Quality Initiative has been a catalyst in stimulating consumer-driven improvement of health care quality by fostering the development and dissemination of salient and standardized quality-of-care measures; stimulating consumer and purcha...

Create Allies, IDSA Stewardship Commitments Should Prioritize Health Professions Learners.

Mind Game : ( Axis and Allies )

................................................................................................................................................... i Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................. ii

The New Allies of History

That history must from time to time be rewritten is an oft-repeated commonplace. Why is this ? The past, as ordinarily conceived, seems fixed and settled enough. No theologian has ever conceded to omnipotence itself the power to change it. Why may it not then be described for good and all by any one who has the available information at his disposal? The historian would answer that more and more...