I think we need a NO SHIT, SHERLOCK category for this blog because this one would fit right in: Newborns in the U.S. are much more likely to survive a hospital delivery than a planned home birth, regardless of how qualified the attending midwife may be, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at mortality rates…
Dr. Duprey explained how their conclusions were flawed here. And now the page is gone. It was supposed to here but all we get now is: Why do you think they took it down? We hope because they also realized it was flawed and someone complained (like us). Get our awesome newsletter by signing up…
This article was sent to us and I think it does a great job explaining the facts. The present narrative, coopted by the AANP, has to be shown for what it is. Oh, it’s not that bad? From the article: Meanwhile, members of the American Medical Association’s Scope of Practice Partnership shared an insightful slide presentation from…
You have to love a nationalized health system. This is in Scotland: Patients in the Lothians waiting to be treated for the potentially blinding eye condition glaucoma are facing waits of more than a year before being seen by a consultant. New waiting time figures, released via a Freedom of Information Request, show patients who…
This is a little old but still worthy of mentioning: At least 15 physicians have been fired from Edward-Elmhurst Health as the suburban Chicago-based health system moves to cut costs, sources told MedPage Today. The doctors, who worked across its seven “Immediate Care” or urgent care sites, will be replaced by advanced practice nurses, according to…
“In 1980, Congress passed the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, which served to deregulate financial institutions that accept deposits while strengthening the Federal Reserve’s control over monetary policy. This act upended the regulatory protections that had been established as a result of the Great Depression. In 2008, the worst recession since the Great…
There has been some major pushback to the article “Facing Pilot Shortage, will California Give Flight Attendants More Authority to Fly the Plane?“. Due to the alarm by the public, the American Association of Flight Attendants have compiled a list of reasons why their members (soon to be called Flight Practitioners) should be able to…
What a ridiculous headline right? It’s not real. Thank goodness. But what is different than this: Facing doctor shortage, will California give nurse practitioners more authority to treat patients? NPs and PAs are not equal to MDs/DOs. The difference is a MASSIVE amount of education and training in the latter. As California faces a growing shortage…
Here is a sad situation as well as a weird event. Dr. Van Koinis, an Illinois pediatrician, committed suicide and left behind a suicide note saying he falsified medical records about vaccinating kids. Were the parents upset? No. He didn’t shoot them with saline. He just lied and that is what they wanted him to…
At first, we thought this had to be a parody. Surely Gomerblog was behind this. This couldn’t be real. But it is. Granted this article is from Canada but look at the absolute hypocrisy in these statements: One recommendation is to reduce the number of registered nurses (RNs) in favour of licensed practical nurses (LPNs)…