Hallberg's Picture of Health

It's cold and flu season, and for many of us, that means dealing with an epidemic of absences at work.
Hallberg's Picture of Health: Hope in the cancer fight
Dr. Jon Hallberg joined Tom Crann to talk about the implications of former President Carter's announcement that drug treatments have left him cancer-free.
An effort at the National Institutes of Health seeks to provide an innovative approach to study mystery conditions and help patients with yet-to-be-diagnosed diseases.
A panel of physicians from the American Medical Association have voted in favor of a ban on what are called "direct-to-consumer" pharmaceutical ads.
With Get Smart About Antibiotics Week just around the corner, it's time for a refresher on antibiotic use and overuse.
Hallberg's Picture of Health: Cancer risks
Big organizations have been making big news with new health warnings (think processed meat and cancer) and revised screening recommendations (think breast cancer). Here's a clinical perspective.
Hallberg's Picture of Health: Lowering blood pressure
A study on blood pressure was stopped more than a year early by the National Institutes of Health because the results were so clear to researchers.