A new report has been released by HHS Secretary Sebelius as part of the Democratic campaign to convince people that the HCR bill they have grown to loathe will actually help them. This, by the way, is a completely separate … Continue reading →
Excellent article in the NY Times (yes, the NY Times) on the medical response in the first hours after the shooting. It is hands-on work, as you will see.
Continue reading →This past Thursday I wrote a post that generated quite a bit of back and forth in the comments section, about the supposed vaccine/autism connection. An issue that’s somewhat related to that discussion is how to decide whether an observed … Continue reading →
Not an error: a deliberate fraud. Let that sink in a minute. It’s not been an inconsequential fraud, either; I completely agree with the contention, voiced in the British medical journal BMJ, that Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s original study purporting to … Continue reading →
Susan Jacoby has a lot of relatives who lived to be old. Mega-old, in fact. And, from what she’s seen of the debilities of extreme old age, she doesn’t much like the prospect of getting there herself. Oh, it’s okay … Continue reading →
Here’s a piece of news about cancer and eating fruits and vegetables. The hype in the many MSM articles that covered this research story was the same: eating a goodly number of fruits and vegetables won’t prevent cancer. Stop the … Continue reading →
It’s been about two and a half months since my 96-year-old mother broke her hip and had surgery, and I’m pleased to report that she’s doing pretty well so far. She was in the rehab wing of the hospital for … Continue reading →
Mark Haub, professor of nutrition at Kansas State, gets my vote as intrepid truthteller of the month, maybe the year. Despite every fiber of his being protesting against some of the results of his experiment in junk food dieting, he … Continue reading →
The NY Times has an article about how the latest crop of doctors has forgotten—or really, never learned—how to perform a physical exam. Oh, they can take measurements, and they can order tests. But they have come to rely on … Continue reading →
There’s a doctor shortage, in case you hadn’t noticed. And it’s likely to get worse as a result of Obamacare: This disease can be traced back to 1997, when Congress, anticipating a doctor surplus, included a section in its budget-balancing … Continue reading →
Lady Bird Johnson was out to beautify America by planting flowers. Nancy Reagan wanted us to Just Say No to drugs. And Michelle Obama would like Americans to eat more healthfully and nutritiously, and to include more fresh vegetables in … Continue reading →
Many of you have followed the story of my mother’s stroke and rehabilitation, and her move back to assisted living in New York, where she’s been doing pretty well for the last four years. “Doing pretty well” at the age … Continue reading →