Dr. Nicholas Dodman, founder of the Tufts Animal Behavior Clinic, said many animal dysfunctions mimic human psychological issues.

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On the contrary, Washington is finally starting to grapple with one of the fundamental dysfunctions of contemporary American politics.

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And his analysis of the dysfunctions of health care was excellent.

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According to research from the Society for Neuroscience, a confluence of disruptions and dysfunctions occur in the brains of people who exhibit anti-social and violent behavior.

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This should reveal possible dysfunctions in the dissemination of warnings.

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All in all, a happy California family, and if you expect to get a laugh, or even a fleeting smile, out of their wide range of dysfunctions, think again.

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He dreams of a day, a decade or more away, when doctors will routinely and rapidly churn out the individual maps of thousands of patients, spotting the genetic errors that cause an array of dysfunctions or diseases.

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You are the first writer I have seen who has grasped the seminal point that the dysfunctions in the current health care system are expressions of basic structural errors in their design, not intrinsic failings of capitalism or some such.

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The tragedy is that Medicare Advantage architecture is far from perfect and HHS could save money if it wanted to, in particular by targeting the private fee-for-service plans that mimic all of traditional Medicare's dysfunctions except with an element of private profit.

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