Does Quality Matter?
As you know, I have droned on and on about quality. I have hammered the powers that be about it
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
As you know, I have droned on and on about quality. I have hammered the powers that be about it
Continue readingHere is the article’s title on Fox News: “People treated for sleep apnea look younger, more attractive” My first spontaneous
Continue readingI am now using my third electronic medical record system. There are tons of positives to it. The negatives,
Continue reading“The nation’s graduate medical education (GME) programs should be required to adhere to social accountability standards to promote the production
Continue reading“If you win, you win. If you lose, you still win. There’s no way you can lose. And you do
Continue readingThat’s what the dermatologists say. A commentary, published online in JAMA Dermatology, states that it is “rarely too early” to start
Continue readingIt’s been over twenty years but Dean Ornish is back at it again. His claim to fame was putting people
Continue readingThe journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research concludes that teens and young adults with strong verbal skills are also more likely to
Continue readingLet me ask you doctors out there one easy question. What is the biggest stress you have when a patient
Continue readingThis video is phenomenal. For the record, I am very open to what is called “alternative medicine” but this guy
Continue readingI was recently sent this Sacramento Bee article by a loyal reader of AM. It talks about being an upstream
Continue reading“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” Stephen Hawking
Continue readingHere is another beauty I just found. A new study claims that there is a link between the size of
Continue readingReaders of this space will note a longstanding antipathy for government-sponsored compassion, as beautifully exemplified by this fun little juxtaposition:
Continue readingIowa is granting permits to acquire or carry guns in public to people who are legally or completely blind. Really?
Continue readingA new study shows that electronic cigarettes and nicotine patches are equally effective at helping smokers quit. Even more interesting,
Continue readingAs a way of lowering costs, IBM plans to move U.S. retirees off its company-sponsored health plan and shift them
Continue readingI keep reading more and more research on how important good bacteria is for us. We have ten times the
Continue reading“You’re on a gravy train with biscuit wheels.” Ernie “Big Ern” McCracken
Continue readingThe WSJ is reporting that “researchers have used stem cells to grow pea-sized structures that resemble the developing human brain”.
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