Given the ever-rising costs associated the condition and its associated comorbidities, perhaps it's time to recognize obesity as a medical problem.

The medicalization of addiction has greatly improved identification, early intervention, and referral to appropriate treatment.

The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes.

When responding to an overseas disaster, it is imperative that physicians and organizations match services and donations to the specific needs of the situation, avoid the duplication of efforts, behave with humility toward the host country, and approach all efforts collaboratively.

During disasters and mass casualties, point-of-care ultrasound makes it possible to diagnose thoraco-abdominal injuries rapidly and accurately, offers a tool for procedure guidance, and has streamlined patient triage.

Art therapy is an effective tool for working with both adults and children coping with trauma because it bypasses the disconnection trauma can cause between memories of the event and the verbal regions of the brain. Recently, it has been used to treat children affected by large-scale disaster events.

CEEPET’s mission is to provide competency-based emergency preparedness education and training, using an all-hazards approach, to staff members of hospitals, community health centers, long term care facilities, and emergency medical service providers.

The VA works with federal, state, and community agencies to ameliorate the homeless veteran problem and some of its causes.

Personal, social, economic, and environmental factors all contribute to the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in the United States.

Those who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita faced homelessness and physical and mental health problems that created ethical dilemmas for physicians.