retired doc's thoughts

I have held for a long time an erroneous idea of the risk of disease transmission aboard airplanes.I envisioned the passenger cabin as some ...

The NEJM (June 28,2007) has two commentaries regarding the fall out and continuing analysis of the effects of the changes in house officer ...

I was thumbing through a older issue of the journal, Chest and by looking at the summary and title of a particular article nothing much seem...

Dr. David Eddy authored a series of articles in JAMA ( Eddy DM . Rationing resources while improving quality.How to get more for less.JAMA...

I do not want to believe that oncologists would give chemotherapy( CMT ) to patients who they do not believe would likely benefit simply bec...

The journal of the American College of Physicians ( ACP ), the Annals of Internal Medicine, in 2006 featured a five page article in which th...

The spin-off as well as the spin seems endless in regard to the Avandia issue.Nissen's NEJM article catalyzed various reactions many o...

A long standing dogma is that seafood allergies and radiologic contrast material (RCM) allergies are both due to an iodine allergy and there...

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) agree that the empiric therapy of mild community ac...

The recent flurry of scientific comment, speculation, 6 o'clock news type hype, accusations about everyone concerned-except perhaps pati...

On their website GSK presents some arguments and evidence to counter the headline-producing NEJM article by Dr. Nissen ,who is getting ...

Fifty years ago the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone was described in a lung cancer patient and the term SIADH ...

The May 15,2007 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine features several articles and an editorial strongly supporting screening for AAAs ...

If you ask patients or other physicians what " patient centered care" (PCC) means I believe you would hear comments like these: ...

CMS has issued draft guidelines regarding the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents ( ESAs ) that are certain to cause worry among pati...

A recent randomized clinical trial with 300 mg.0f CoQ 10 per day for three months failed to show any benefit. Hope for a neuroprotective e...

A recent publication, referenced here, reports twenty eight 911 rescue workers with a sarcoid type clinical picture. The article, Publish...

First the trivial: A recently reported research paper should be reassuring to those folks who have been concerned about the resilency and ...

A recent issue of the the New York Times reveals that some physician groups have been receiving rebates from drug manufacturers for parent...

I had wondered before about whether there was anything that statins did not help.The latest breaking observational study suggest that the ...