A Review of the Weeks News

Conflicting cost figures of healthcare reform…NIH Approves 13 Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Harvesting…Remembering Dr. Ed Thompson…and more

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President Obamas $33 billion bill SCHIPS expansion bill is now law. What is SCHIPS, who qualifies for this public health program and what is the historical significance of this expansion? On this program Dr. Edney examines the health-care plan for children, its cost and what effect it will have on future healthcare reform.  Also, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s cancer diagnosis and the in and out of HHS nominee Tom Daschle.

Where have we been, we are we going and how do we get there? These are some of the general questions people are asking today when it comes to the economy and especially in reference to healthcare. What were the victories and defeats of the Bush adminstration? Will President Obama be able to do any better? What is his stimulus plan all about? Get the answers from Dr. Dan on this weeks program.

The promise of health care reform in the Obama administration; the medical mystery of cholesterol drugs; can vaccines cause Autism?; plus staying hopeful in todays challenging times; these are some of the topics Dr. Dan Edney discusses in this weeks program as he takes a look back at the top medical and health stories of 2008.

With one of the most exhausting campaigns in American history over, Dr. Dan offers insight and commentary on the results and what we can expect from the Obama administration and how to pray for our new president as well.

On this episode, Dr. Dan and Mike Corley review the upcoming national elections, the latest updates on the candidates, the issues and the effects on what the outcome will mean to Americans and their healthcare. 

In this program, the topic is the Rick Warren interviews with presidential candidates Barak Obama and John McCain during the recent Saddleback Forum in Lake Forest, CA. Sharing audio clips from the presumptive nominees comments, Dr. Edney examines the candidates position on subjects such as abortion and the santity of life, ethics, and of course healthcare. 

(This is a repeat broadcast) Dr. Dan comments on news items of the past week, including:

• Highlights of the recent AMA House of Delegates 
• The Medicare/Medicaid problems 
• Dr. Dan’s commentary of presidential campaigns 
• What is a silent stroke? 

Dr. Dan comments on news items of the past week, including:

• Tyson chicken recall 
• Vytorin cancer concerns 
• Michael Jones gives update on pharmacy issues 

Dr. Dan comments on news items of the past week, including:

• McCain/Obama healthcare policies 
• Update on partial birth abortion laws 
• FDA regulation of tobacco