Kenneth H. Mayer, M.D., 07/23/12

Medical Research Director, Fenway Health; Co-Director, Fenway Institute

At the XIX International AIDS Conference coming up this week in Washington D.C., the main question will be this: Do we have the political will to finally make antiretroviral drugs available to all who need them?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, 07/22/12

Medical director, New York State Office of Mental Health

In mental health, we need to be wary of short-term, reactive "fixes" stimulated by agonizing events that may have emotional appeal but are no substitute for an ongoing resolve to apply proven means of systematically improving care and accountability.

American Anthropological Association, 07/21/12

World's largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology

The finishing time for the first Olympic marathon was 2 hours 58 minutes and 50 seconds. The medalists in the men's race next week will likely cross the line at close to two hours, and women will not be too far behind.

David Katz, M.D., 07/20/12

Director, Yale Prevention Research Center

The way we respond to obesity and related chronic disease in the U.S. is like waiting to send every adult to night school to learn English -- painfully, poorly, expensively, and late -- rather than having them grow up speaking fluently all along.

ProPublica, 07/20/12

Journalism in the public interest.

NYU's Langone Medical Center sent 12-year-old Rory Staunton, now deceased, home in March and then failed to notify his doctor or family of lab results showing he was suffering from a raging infection.

John Weeks, 07/20/12

Publisher and Editor, 'Integrator Blog News & Reports'

Any self-respecting, institution-building director of a federally-backed center with a title as encompassing as the National Coordinating Center for Integrative Medicine would be a fool to let that mantle slip when HRSA's $800,000 is spent down in two years.

Russell Rosenberg, Ph.D, 07/19/12

Board-certified sleep specialist; Chairman of the Board of the National Sleep Foundation

It is not normal to constantly feel sleepy or have involuntary sleep attacks after a good night's rest. While some physicians have difficulty diagnosing narcolepsy, there are many institutions around the country that are capable of providing proper testing and treatment.

Rev. Al Sharpton, 07/19/12

President, National Action Network

While many of us think the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has greatly diminished and is no longer the death sentence that it once was, certain communities and groups of people are suffering beyond belief.

David Sack, M.D., 07/19/12

Psychiatrist and CEO of Elements Behavioral Health

Children are learning that success comes not by training, practice and hard work, but by taking shortcuts. We tell young people, "Don't use drugs," but our beliefs and actions encourage them to win at all costs.

Helene Pavlov, M.D., 07/18/12

Fellow, American College of Radiology; Radiologist in Chief, Hospital for Special Surgery

If nothing else, such a ban forces the consumer to stand up to get a refill, which may allow time for the individual to exercise some self-control as well as actually get a moment or two of physical exercise.

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D., 07/17/12

Clinical Psychologist, Hypno-technologist

It is time that the NFL initiate protocols that follow players during their careers by monitoring the subtle abnormalities that might occur in their brain functioning. We now know sophisticated imaging technologies are available which can detect these changes.

Josef Woodman, 07/17/12

Author, "Patients Beyond Borders"

Just how will health care reform affect those seeking treatment here at home, the more than 6 million Americans currently living abroad, and the nearly 1 million patients in the U.S. who will seek medical care outside of its borders next year?

Dan K. Morhaim, M.D., 07/17/12

Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland House of Delegates

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) still leaves some big issues unresolved. One of the most significant is care at the end of life.

Kathy Freston, 07/17/12

Health and Wellness Activist, Author

I've known for a long time that chicken can be toxic, but an April article in the New York Times showed that almost half of the chicken in grocery stores is contaminated by E coli, which researchers say is an indicator of fecal contamination.