Pulse

Biker Docs

Three Twin Cities physicians who’ve swapped gas pedal for foot pedal tell what it takes to commute by bicycle.

On the Run

Busy with work and family, one physician finds her commute the perfect time to fit in exercise.

Car Buffs

For some doctors, cars, dreams, and the memories of youth are deeply intertwined.

Are Cars Making Us Fat?

Research is showing that having a less automobile-dependent lifestyle could matter in the fight for physical fitness. But will we hand over the keys?

“Crash” Was His Name; Car Safety Was His Game

Forty years later, the innovations of a University of Minnesota engineering professor are still saving lives.

Quality Rounds

Under Pressure

By Scott D. Smith

Minnesota’s Adverse Health Events Reporting law has prompted hospitals to make the lowly pressure ulcer a top patient safety concern.


May 2006 | Table of Contents

Cover Story

Public Health Enemy No. 1

By Carmen Peota

Although more people are killed on the roads every month than died in the World Trade Center attack in 2001, Americans can’t seem to muster much outrage about the death rate for motor vehicle crashes.

Perspective

Our Cars, Ourselves

By Jeffrey J. Connaire, M.D.

Why we love our cars so much.

Commentary

Drowsiness and Driving—A Dangerous Duo

By Mark W. Mahowald, M.D., and Michel A. Cramer Bornemann, M.D.

Physicians have a responsibility to recognize that sleep-deprived drivers are a danger to themselves and others and to treat the disorders that cause drowsiness.

Clinical and Health Affairs

What's Driving Twin Cities Air Quality?

By Mark Sulzbach

 

Epidemiology of Emergency Department-Treated Traumatic Brain Injury in Minnesota

By Heather Day, R.N., M.P.H., Jon Roesler, M.S., Anna Gaichas, M.S., and Mark Kinde, M.P.H.

 

Lead Poisoning in Minnesota Medicaid Children

By Erik W. Zabel, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Susan Castellano

 

Editor's Note

Car Culture

 

MMA Viewpoint

Patient-Centered Care Improves Quality

 

MMA News

Keeping Cigarette Prices High
Physicians Testify at the Capitol
Power Play Gets Rave Reviews

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