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Saving lives through organ donation 06/10/2012 05:22pm • WASHINGTON - It's a race that's not about a winner or about raising money but about letting racers know they have the power to save lives. About 650 runners and walkers took part Sunday in the 3rd annual Race to Donate Life 5K in Occoquan. "The race is about raising awareness of the desperate Waiting on the Supreme Court's decision on health care refrom 06/07/2012 02:28am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Journal - Gov.: Drones over Va. 'great'; cites battlefield success 05/29/2012 11:55am • Paul D. Shinkman, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Police drones flying over Virginia would be "great" and "the right thing to do" for the same reasons they are so effective in a battlefield environment, the state's chief executive said Tuesday. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a retired U.S. Army lieutenan Choosing a consumer-directed health plan 05/24/2012 02:40am • Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs journal Mobile Market makes local food cheap, convenient 05/17/2012 01:13pm • Alicia Lozano, wtop.com WASHINGTON - We all know eating seasonal, local food is healthier and better for the economy, but not everyone can afford trips to Whole Foods or the local farmers markets. Now, a local initiative is offering sustainable produce at or below market prices, and bringing it Patients need to be bold during doctor visits 05/10/2012 01:50am • Susan Dentzer, editor in Chief of Health Affairs Journal D.C. delegate to Barry: Tone down the racial rhetoric 04/26/2012 04:45pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Some say he put his foot in his mouth again. Now, a D.C. leader and a community group are asking Marion Barry to stop the divisive rhetoric and apologize. District Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has a message for D.C. Councilman Marion Barry: Leave the racial Social Security, Medicare hospital insurance funding set to expire early 04/25/2012 10:49pm • Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs Journal For foodborne illness, home kitchens can be culprits 04/22/2012 03:05am • Paula Wolfson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Foodborne diseases hit one in six Americans every year, and many people get sick from germs in their own homes. "The risk of getting contaminated food in your own kitchen is probably the greatest risk out there," says Elaine Lidholm, director of communicat The cost of cancer higher in the U.S. 04/11/2012 10:52pm • Susan Dentzer, Editor and Chief of "Health Affairs" Acupuncture activists want insurance coverage 03/16/2012 09:55am • By CLAIRE SARAVIACapital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Lobbyists for alternative medicine are pushing Maryland legislators to force insurance companies to expand coverage of treatments like acupuncture. Under Maryland law, insurance companies aren't required to cover treatments like acupunctur Antibiotics being overprescribed for sinusitus 02/15/2012 11:52pm • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Fatal fall prompts push for Md. balcony inspection law 02/10/2012 11:58am • ANNAPOLIS — A New Market woman whose son died in 2008 after falling through a rotting second-story railing urged state lawmakers Thursday to require balcony inspections in apartments and other multi-family dwellings.If legislators pass the bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Young, balconies on apartme Could Komen have avoided the firestorm? 02/04/2012 09:58am • Michelle Basch, wtop.com WASHINGTON - An expert on the non-profit industry says it's hard to tell if breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure could have avoided the backlash this week when it announced it would pull grants for breast cancer from Planned Parenthood, and later reversed that Occupy protesters returning to McPherson Square 02/04/2012 08:57am • WASHINGTON - The Occupy D.C. protesters are returning to McPherson Square park, after it was closed late Saturday when tensions escalated between the protesters occupying the park and the U.S. Park Police trying to enforce the no camping rules at the park. McPherson Square reopened Sunday afternoo