Health and Wellness

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. There was once a wise old rabbi. One day, a troublemaker arrived in town. Facing the rabbi, he held a bird behind his back. “If you are indeed so wise, Rabbi,” he said, “tell me if the bird I’m...

Health-care costs today are on a path to bankrupt our nation. Fast-rising costs are straining family budgets due to long-term stagnation of real income and prevailing fears regarding job security. Frustrated by a squeeze on costs and...

When the Senate Aging Committee was first established in 1961, 9 percent of Americans were over age 65. Today, 15 percent of our population has reached that milestone, and by 2060, nearly one out of four Americans will surpass their 65th...

A convergence of advances in medicine, technology, and behavioral science will shape the future of health and health care to look dramatically different than they do today. The fundamental health-care challenge of the 21st century is no...

My life’s work has taken me down a path where I’ve learned and witnessed the incredible power of online education, and how it can be scaled to improve the future and quality of health care. My journey began 20 years ago in a general...

Today, most people’s interactions with the health-care system are reactive, driven by crisis and disease. Some of us have the resources to engage in routine checkups or regular physical exams, but most of us only go to the doctor when...

We’ve all seen data that magnifies a tragic and gripping reality—millions of people in every community across the country are experiencing the ravages of opioid addiction first-hand. Opioid addiction is a scourge that knows no age, gender...

Geography plays a vital role in determining the health, wellbeing, and life expectancy of the more than 325 million people in the United States. To create a future where everyone has an equal opportunity to live the healthiest life possible...

We’re at a unique time in our history. Increased longevity is converging with unprecedented innovations in biomedical research, genomics, health, and technology to disrupt aging in ways previously unimaginable—empowering us to choose how we...

I was walking with colleagues, discussing how the latest round of health-care payment reforms would finally cure health care, when we came across the ultimate symbol of American entrepreneurialism: a young girl had set up a lemonade stand...