The HCA Windfall
HCA, the hospital system which controls 163 hospitals from New Hampshire to California, has seen its profits soar recently. There is
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
HCA, the hospital system which controls 163 hospitals from New Hampshire to California, has seen its profits soar recently. There is
Continue readingTobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s – 1810s) The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for
Continue readingThis just in. A Moody’s Investors report states that “the outlook for the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector remains negative as new
Continue readingThere is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always
Continue readingOne one my readers sent this to me: Doug, Here’s a fun link giving hope for a new additive treatment
Continue readingCNN has some deal with a plastic surgeon named Anthony Youn. He is a plastic surgeon in metro Detroit who
Continue readingA day after an article came out in the Boston Globe claiming there was a nursing shortage in the state another
Continue readingLet’s lighten it up today. You think you have it bad? This lady had an itchy ear for five
Continue readingHere is a nice piece that came out in The Atlantic. It shows a mixed report card when grading
Continue readingAll I know is just what I read in the papers, and that’s an alibi for my ignorance. Will Rogers
Continue readingThe Wall Street Journal did a recent review of what is going on in Massachusetts. You may not be
Continue readingSaying what I actually think of the federal government would probably get me banned from this website, and enlarge what
Continue readingA new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine show that the 25% of hospitals with the highest proportion of Medicaid patients
Continue readingA new study at Oregon State University found that from a survey of more than 4,300 U.S. adults older than 60,
Continue readingWhen you ask anyone about their doctor you get a surprising array of answers. You do not get the now
Continue readingLance Everett Wyatt, M.D. Honestly, I don’t know whether he did it or not. Los Angeles plastic surgeon Lance Everett Wyatt,
Continue readingOur first reaction to most others statements or opinions is an evaluation or judgment, rather than an understanding of it. It’s time
Continue readingI like a few different doctors who are television personalities. One of them is Sanjay Gupta from CNN. He
Continue readingI am biased. I have repeatedly pointed out that the “quality” fad is a sham and unproven. I have offered
Continue readingI told you about the moronic lawyer trying to sue after the Aurora shooting. Now comes the media and
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