Comparing Enactment of Medicare to Health Care Reform of 2010
Continuing with my series of weekend reads, you’ll enjoy this one from The New Yorker Atul Gawandi writes a historical article about the reaction of the medical community, the segregationist south,...
View ArticleHCG Diet – Nothing New – One More Fad Diet that Doesn’t Work
There is just no secret trick to successful weight loss. Even with sustained diet, exercise and determination it can be tough. There is lots we don’t understand about losing weight, but one thing I...
View ArticleUnderwater Birth is Not Natural
I’ve always thought birth pools ana underwater birth was wierd, unnatural and seemed dangerous. Advocates are passionate about its benefits, but it looks like they are ignoring the risks. I turned...
View ArticleOpioid Abuse Remains in the News and the Office
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may recall previous posts discussing the difficult issues of prescription opiate abuse, chronic pain management, and Oxycontin abuse. In the...
View ArticleHead Lice and Nitpicking
Head lice have become an increasingly difficult problem in recent years with more drug resistant lice around. It really boils down to manually removing all the nits. This is where the term...
View ArticleYouth Risk Behavior Survey Data Available for 2009
It pays for us all to know the truth about what behaviors are prevalent in our teens. Here is the latest data. The Center for Disease Control does surveillance questionnaires to monitor the behavior...
View ArticleSummer Reading Kids: Just Do It!
As a kid I just loved to read. I read only things I liked. Hardy Boys, biographies, who-done-it books, sports books. Whatever I felt like. Sometimes I read so much my parents wondered if I was normal....
View ArticleHow We Fail at End of Life Care
Sue Asher, a friend and the Executive Director of the Pierce County Medical Society, forwarded me this article in The New Yorker. It was a difficult read for me. My wife was diagnosed with stage 3C...
View ArticleHealth Care Rationing
This is about as controversial a topic as any, and is inevitable. We live in a world of unlimited health care needs and limited resources. The real question is not whether everyone can have every...
View ArticleReducing Health Care Costs
Reducing health care costs is a hot topic with government defecit spending and the struggling economy. Thanks to my partner Dr. Aversa for pointing me to yet another great read by Atul Gawande in The...
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Muffin Test and Assorted Potpourri For Weekend Consumption
Muffin Test for Diabetes :.-) (tongue-in-cheek) Just for fun you may want to check out the Muffin Test for diagnosis of diabetes. I think I’ll get one done every Saturday morning just to be sure....
View ArticleLatisse: Are Longer Lashes Worth the Cost and Risks?
I find the most interesting thing about Latisse® is how it came to be used for growing longer thicker eyelashes. Latisse follows a familiar story like other hair growth products in that it was an...
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The Grapefruit and Medication Dilemma
Grapefruit has a flavor that is unique and refreshing. There is something about sitting down to a half grapefruit, carefully separating the segments, enjoying each one and then squeezing out the juice...
View ArticlePost Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc: All Is Not As It Appears
I like some Latin phrases that have become part of our language. See an earlier post Carpe Diem. “Ad hoc” is a commonly used moniker meaning literally “for this”, but the term “post hoc,” or more...
View ArticleDr. Oz = National Enquirer M.D.
I read in the NY Times that photos of Dr. Oz is now a favorite for magazine covers because women age 25-54 age bracket, the largest purchasers of magazines, find him “believable and trustworthy.” Dr....
View ArticleJust Like the Rest of Us Olympians face Health Problems
With the Olympics underway, and reading about South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius, the men’s Olympic 400 meter runner with prosthetic legs, I began wondering about Olympians past and present with health...
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Asparagus Urine Odor
I obviously had too much time on my hands today. I investigated the odd sulfurous odor of our urine after eating asparagus after a discussion of this at the dinner table last night. This asparagus...
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Rib Fractures Up Close and Personal
Friday was sunny, Mt Rainier was out (of the rain and clouds) and was calling to Kay and me last Friday. We were the first car up the road to Paradise right behind the ambulance. Maybe this was a bad...
View ArticleACIP Recommendations on ER Opioid Prescription Put to Music
I saw this You Tube on my twitter feed and found it informative, provocative and right on.
View ArticleHow Realistic is The Good Doctor: A Family Physician’s Perspective
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