Preventive Health Care
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson compared the costs of prevention in health care to the costs of direct medical services. He talked about better screening examinations, measuring the quality of health, nutritional foods, insurance credits for losing weight, and other topics.
As part of the National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. James Marks talked about accomplishments and initiatives o… read more
As part of the National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. James Marks talked about accomplishments and initiatives of the Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention. Topics included epidemics in obesity, diabetes and asthma. He answered audience members' questions.
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson compared the costs of prevention in health care to the costs of direct medical services. He talked about better screening examinations, measuring the quality of health, nutritional foods, insurance credits for losing weight, and other topics. close
People in this video
-
Elizabeth Majestic Deputy Director (Acting) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention->National Ctr. for Chronic Disease Prevention
Hosting Organization
Series
More Videos From
Preventive Health Care
More VideosRelated Video
-
Food Safety and Security
Secretary Tommy Thompson and Mark McClellan spoke to reporters about efforts to keep food supplies safe and inspecting f…
-
Women and Heart Disease
Health and Human Services Secretary, Tommy Thompson, spoke about his new campaign to raise awareness of heart disease as…
-
Obesity and Diet Drugs
Dr. Frank talked about obesity in America and the use of diet drugs. He also responded to audience telephone calls, faxe…
-
Childhood Obesity
Dr. Dietz talked about childhood obesity and about his testimony on this subject before the Senate Health, Education, La…