Insights

<p>A new database of health care costs, praise for Millenials and doctors in Libya, in today's <em>Daily Briefing</em>.</p>

<p>How many people leave our prisons with no fixed destination? &nbsp;If only for public safety reasons, you might assume the correctional system would want to know. &nbsp;You would be wrong.</p>

<p>You probably have been to a restaurant near a hospital and seen a doctor, nurse or medical assistant wearing scrubs and standing in line for a sandwich. You probably didn’t give this a second thought, but Dr. David C. Martin thinks you should be alarmed.</p>

<p>Doctors aren't sure why girls are hitting puberty earlier, the link between brain damage and freeway pollution, and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Blogging regularly can be very satisfying and give you a chance to connect directly with readers. &nbsp;But is it good for your career? The New England Science Writers hosted a panel of science bloggers at the Harvard Faculty Club in January and MIT Tech TV is hosting a video of the event. The sp

<p>Fearful mental health workers, high hospital charges, and crazy movie theater soft drink sizes, plus more in today's Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>It makes for a sad spring when I can’t attend the annual Association of Health Care Journalists conference.</p>

<p>Too much hype over a meditation-pain relief study, too many medical errors in hospitals, and too little preparation for radiation sickness in the U.S. - plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Writing about health disparities on the west side of Salt Lake City was probably one of the most difficult assignments I've had while covering health. The goal was to point out the disparities that exist in one of the healthiest states in the country. <br /><br /><br /></p>

<p>In California’s largest cities, one senses that the number of homeless people continues to grow, whatever the interventions to prevent it. But some of the more commonly cited reasons for that growth don't explain the whole story.</p>