Emory professor explains health care shortcomings

Emory University professor and book author Otis Brawley will explain some unfortunate facts about how America's health care system works in a presentation Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Atlanta. It starts at 2 p.m. at 409 John Wesley Dobbs Ave.

Brawley authored the book "How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America." He is a professor of Hematology, Oncology, Medicine and Epidemiology at Emory and is chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society. Information: 404-730-1185.