Insights

<p>Nonprofit hospitals receive millions of dollars in tax breaks each year to care for the poor and uninsured. But do they do enough to justify their lucrative, tax-exempt status? Crunch the numbers to find out.</p>

<p>When I asked some of my favorite writers about whether Burger King bears any blame for the national obesity epidemic, they sent me enough great ideas for dozens of blog posts. Here are their insights.</p>

<p>I figured the air around Chicago rail yards would be dirty...but finding out was not as easy as it seemed.</p>

<p>Get tips from public radio journalist Sasha Khokha on how to report on the links between air pollution and health in your community.</p>

<p>New advice for urpy babies, your brain on traffic fumes, and another legal victory for health reform, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Victims of bad physician behavior everywhere are rubbing their eyes in disbelief today after Dr. Conrad Murray's conviction in the death of Michael Jackson.&nbsp;Here are five lessons from the case for regulatory agencies, prosecutors, patient advocates and journalists.</p>

<p>Feds stymied by block on graphic health warnings for cigs, Michael Jackson's doctor convicted, a new store just for health insurance, and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Long before Conrad Murray was brought to trial for his role in Michael Jackson's death, Antidote blogger William Heisel reported extensively on the now-convicted doctor and his use of the sedative propofol. Check out his previous work here.</p>

<p>Does <em>The Biggest Loser</em> empower people to lose weight and transform their lives, or does it promote unsafe, unrealistic methods for weight loss? An online debate over the television reality show erupted last week at MedPage Today in response to a researcher’s study of the cultural assumpt

<p>Can eating too many desserts cause diabetes? Yes. Is a Burger King advertising campaign to blame? That’s a tougher call, one that few reporters have tried to answer.</p>