Cancer Screening
A new study in the journal Frontiers in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention found that the number of Americans seeking cancer screening
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A new study in the journal Frontiers in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention found that the number of Americans seeking cancer screening
Continue reading“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will
Continue readingHere is another example how we have lost our way in medicine. The article in the WSJ is entitled
Continue readingFrom MSN Money: “Herbalife’s stock price sank sharply last week after hedge fund manager William Ackman said that he believes
Continue readingA study was published online Dec. 20 in the journal BMJ Open surveyed 500 primary-care doctors across the United States and asked
Continue readingResearchers in the Netherlands used three factors — land usage, energy needs and greenhouse gas emissions — to compare the
Continue readingA recent Journal of the American Medical Association study showed that patients with online access actually scheduled more visits. The
Continue readingThis just in from the American Diabetes Association: “The early evidence suggested that greater control of blood pressure in people
Continue reading“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry
Continue readingI just love when the ivory tower folks pontificate on how to get more medical students interested in primary care.
Continue readingA recent study in the journal Health Affairs concluded that: When patients have access to after-hours services with their primary
Continue readingIt turns out dogs can smell C. diff. In fact, one dog named Cliff can use his superior sense of smell
Continue readingLuckily one of my readers sent me this beauty from the NEJM. Here is the brilliant plan to reduce
Continue readingCheck this article in Forbes and feel free to comment on their site. It is a good summary about
Continue readingHere is a study that many will not want you to see. It seems that primary care doctors provide superior
Continue reading“When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead”. Ernest Hemingway
Continue readingDid you know that 70% of NFL players don’t even wear knee or thigh pads? It’s ridiculous. The NFL is
Continue readingA $63-per-head fee, to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions, has just been discovered under Obamacare. “The
Continue readingIn a study published Dec. 7 in the journal BMJ, researchers from the University of East Anglia (I don’t know where that
Continue readingHere is an interesting article about the “one thing” nurses get grossed out about. There is no common thread other
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