retired doc's thoughts

Go here to read the NYT article on the recent statement made by the Association of Medical Colleges. The Association seems adamant when i...

Dr. Howard Brody in his bog, Hooked: Ethics,Medicine and Pharma , hits another home run . As explained in HOOKED, this shows the ambivalent ...

The WSJ 's medical health blog talks about general surgeon being the primary care docs for surgery and echoes the thoughts of several ...

The latest proposal from CMS to not pay for treatment of certain conditions appears to demonstrate evidence of such an outstanding ignoran...

The title of this essay is one version of an insightful observation made by various people in a variety of settings . The first time I bec...

Some would argue that various economic forces coalesced to animate and catalyze the hospitalist movement. This report from the national hos...

A recent survey claims that more than 50% of physicians (over 80% of psychiatrists for some reason) indicated they favor universal medical...

If you read Paul Krugman and look at what Michael Moore has to offer concerning the relative merits of various countries health care system...

The Jarvik - Lipitor ads have disappeared from TV but the larger issue of physicians promoting certain products or services has attracted ...

The PEG solutions that have been widely used for colon cleansing for colonoscopy are very effective but are also widely unpopular with pati...

The latest entry by Dr. Rob puts forth the notion that various advocates for medical care change ( single payer advocates or let the market...

As best I could tell, wading through the big- pharma disseminated information and infomercials and what also sounded reasonable, and with a...

The blog Health Care Renewal discusses the good times had by officials of Southwestern Medical School with funds donated to the school pres...

Definitely worth reading today is the latest entry by DrRich, who graciously took up my invitation to comment on ( and explain to me) exact...

I normally do not publish long direct quotes from other bloggers but this one is so nail-on- the -head that I have to. It is from Dr. Sid Sc...

Several authors who have spoken out against the move to make certain forms of "alternative" medicine acceptable have recognized th...

An article in WebMD discusses a survey from the UK which was published in the Annals of Family Medicine which indicated that the trait th...

The American Cancer society ( ACS ) has published its latest colon cancer screening guidelines. which can found here . These are their curre...

In Bob Dylan's "Percy's Song" he writes about bad news coming down. The bad news one reads about in numerous medical blogs...

A recent Medscape article discusses the possible connection between tendon problems ( tendonitis and rupture) and the use of statins , s...