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“I judge people by their own principles – not by my own.” Response from Martin Luther King Jr when asked
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“I judge people by their own principles – not by my own.” Response from Martin Luther King Jr when asked
Continue readingThis is the weekly newsletter from the AAFP. It’s nice to see the American Academy of Family Practice embracing homeopathy.
Continue readingYesssirrreeee, this is the kind of story I love! I love it because it is logical, factual, and yet poetic
Continue readingInsurance rates are going up next year. Why? Uncertainty. It turns out that this is the next excuse for double
Continue readingIt turns out that Oregon has awarded Medicaid health benefits to more than 37,000 people during the past year who
Continue readingApologies to our pathology colleagues. This was all in good fun from the late, great Placebo Journal. (get our free
Continue reading“Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” Golda Meir (get
Continue readingRecently, the Journal of the American Medical Association came out with an article partly exposing the money making machine that
Continue readingFor years I have gotten laughs from non-medical, administrative types in health care, saying that it would be easy for
Continue readingThis article in the LA Times is all about diabetes. Did you know that about half of Americans have diabetes
Continue readingMost people in medicine shy away from the term “quality measure.” It promises more work and worse outcomes. Most people
Continue readingInternist Stephen Schimpff, MD is concerned about physician-physician, hospital-PCP communication. Writing in Medical Economics, he begins with a case study of
Continue readingThis guy is a genius. See his stuff at www.bizarro.com.
Continue reading“I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” Mark Twain
Continue readingGhent University researchers have studied why women’s bathroom lines are longer. Yup, that was studied. And here is what they found: Men’s
Continue readingOne of the saddest aspects of medicine is how society immediately calls upon physicians to help implement every social trend
Continue readingSay the name Abraham Flexner, and a torrent of useless fact pours forth. He was the author of a work
Continue readingFor the first time ever, I have to say <deep breath> …Jimmy Carter is right. Whew, never thought that would
Continue readingAn oldie but goodie. Can you find the misspelling? Some of these are harsh but that was the Placebo Journal.
Continue reading“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse”. Florence Nightingale (Editor’s Note: If only the
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