Posted By: Francis Koster Published: June 16, 2013
A Huge Opportunity to Birth Healthy Children and Lower Future Health Care Costs by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. Each year in the United States around 6 million women conceive.[1] Around a million deliberately abort the pregnancy.[2][3] Another million or so miscarry.[4] Approximately four million children are born[5], and a shocking and rising number of those …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 5, 2013
How we can More Effectively Love on our Hospitalized Friends and Save Money by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. Imagine your car broke and towed to the shop. The mechanics listened, poked, and prodded, and explained what your choices were, and the costs. You choose one, and agree to leave the car for repair. In a …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: January 13, 2013
Broken Brains Can Have a Brighter Future by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. In the early days of America, communities used to burn alive people with broken brains just for saying unusual or unpopular things. They called these sick people "witches," and those people died terrible deaths at the hands of their neighbors because they had …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: December 30, 2012
Asleep at the National Safety Switch by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. Three issues in particular threaten the future of our country - obesity, the national debt, and failing schools - are linked in an unexpected way. One solution can help fix all three. Obesity now affects one-third of our population. Another one-third of our population …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: August 26, 2012
The Coming Impact of Computers on Public Health by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. There is an area of science that it is likely to take our current public policy debate about the appropriate scope of government regulations and raise the volume quite a bit. In my opinion this debate is not likely to capture the …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: July 15, 2012
When a Headache is a Good Thing by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. Imagine that you had a child with a mild headaches that lasted a few days, sometimes with nausea. As a responsible parent, you take the child to the doctor. Imagine the doctor finding a serious invisible disease. Even though you are a good and …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: July 5, 2012
Putting Light on a Taboo Subject by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. When was the last time all the clocks in your house said exactly the same time? Does the oven clock and the bedroom alarm agree? Is your computer agreeing with the Cable Box? Your car clock with the kids alarm? If not, bad things begin …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 23, 2012
New Breed of First Responder Helps Solve America's Health Care Crisis by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. Some of the most costly healthcare delivered in the United States starts with a call to 911. This triggers a expensive ambulance run, which usually results in an expensive emergency room visit. After recovery, the patient goes home. …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 23, 2012
Be Thankful - You Will Live a Longer, Happier Life! by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. Thanksgiving is over, and as we come to the end of the turkey and dressing, and your visiting family packs up (to your regret and relief), it may occur to you that it is odd that we only devote one …
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 15, 2012
An Epidemic of Brain Damage: The Rising Incidence of Autism by Francis P. Koster, Ed.D. We have a medical condition spreading in our society that, in the space of 30 years, has gone from hurting one in 3,000 kids to hurting one in 88. This is astounding on two counts - the sheer …
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