Preparing for an Epidemic of Limited Health Literacy: Weathering the Perfect Storm

National performance data registries: preparing for the perfect storm.

I N October 1991, a series of mundane weather fronts combined in the Maritimes southeast of Nova Scotia to form a monstrous anomaly that the National Weather Service termed the “perfect storm.” In 2000, The Perfect Storm, a movie adaptation of Sebastian Junger’s book of the same name, chronicled the perilous course of the swordfishing boat Andrea Gail as it unrealistically chose to challenge th...

Weathering a Macrophage Storm.

The Perfect Storm for Obesity

Obesity rates have risen steadily in the United States and around the world over the past century, with a marked escalation within the past two decades. Conventional wisdom within the medical community is that the burgeoning obesity epidemic is the product of poor nutrition and lack of exercise, but increasingly researchers are questioning whether those factors are wholly responsible. Emerging ...

Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a perfect but geographically limited storm?

Received 21 November 2007; accepted 22 November 2007; electronically published 30 January 2008. This information is distributed solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. It has not been formally disseminated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any agency de...

health literacy: an indicator for health promotion

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