Facts and ideas from anywhere

William Clifford Roberts, MD, editor in chief

Topics covered in this issue:

Influenza virus

Rosuvastatin and ezetimibe

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

More calories but different ones

Making animal feed and producing sane cows

Kosher meat vs nonkosher meat

World grows fatter

Driving time and body weight

Running out of gas

Tax the fat

Robert Atkins, MD

Increasing the cigarette tax

Health savings accounts

Universal health care

The nonfigured costs of illnesses

Material progress and happiness

Sudden death in Bam, Iran

All-terrain vehicles

Estimating risk

Time spent at various activities

Jack Welch’s four E’s