The New York Times as Pollyanna for COVID-19
The New York Times has an interactive model of projected COVID-19 infection and fatalities in the USA titled “How Much
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EpiPen Pricing Defended by Shkreli
Martin Shkreli, pharmaceutical patent scavenger, did an interview with CBS and defended Mylan Corp’s inflated pricing of their EpiPen product.
Read moreUtah Physician Recommends Staying Away from Hospitals
(This is a copy of my diary on Daily Kos.) Utah state legislator Mike Kennedy (R) weighed in on the
Read moreThe Worms Turn… and a Patient Recovers
A CNN report describes a motivated ulcerative colitis patient arranging for his own experimental treatment. Experimenting on yourself is frowned
Read moreHealth Care in the News
There was a piece on NPR about balancing the budget and how Medicare alone is 12% of the federal budget,
Read moreComment on Swank Antievolution
I left a comment to the opinion letter of a Greg Swank, M.D.. Dr. Swank gave a Gish Gallop and
Read moreCoverFlorida Health Care
Last year, the CoverFlorida Health Care program got started. This is essentially group insurance for the Florida uninsured pool, organized
Read moreBenjamin Franklin and the Anti-Vaccination Argument
I ran across this in the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine
Read moreNYT References Panda’s Thumb Blogger Tara Smith
An op-ed column by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times referenced Panda’s Thumb blogger Tara Smith. The op-ed is
Read moreMedical and Journalistic Shading
Marcia Angell has an article in the New York Review of Books that considers three books touching upon modern medicine
Read moreA Critique of the McCain Health Insurance Plan
A press release points out a review of the likely effects of the plan proposed by John McCain to change
Read moreAn Example of a Difficult Patient
Michelle Mayer had to become a difficult patient to secure adequate health care for a misdiagnosed illness that actually turned
Read moreDave Barry’s Colonoscopy Journal
A friend of mine emailed me one of those humorous things, this time it was Dave Barry’s article on the
Read moreWorld first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system
World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system My first science-related full-time job was in the Anesthesiology Department of the
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