retired doc's thoughts

A new medical blog named simply "Evidence" has appeared recently and it is definitely worth reading. The author identifies himself...

If you thought the inclusion of industry representatives on the government proposed " CER panel" illustrated regulatory capture, ...

Very newsworthy in recent days has been the publication of the latest recommendations from the USPSTF regarding mammograms. Surprising to m...

Previously on Retired Doc, I commented that first we were warned about a drug-drug interaction in which PPIs ( or at least omeprazole ) mi...

I had promised myself (fingers crossed behind the back) not to comment further on the health insurance bill after reading the comments of B...

See this a rticle for one explanation for why AARP might support the current democratic health care "reform" bill. This is from...

I am not surprised that the comment was offered by DrRich on his blog Covert Rationing. Here is his entire commentary and here is the grea...

According to Harvard economist Martin Feldstein they may well. See his article here . Here is how that could work. If the monetary fine f...

A recent systematic review by Kelly et al in the Annals of Internal Medicine tackled the issue of glucose control and cardiovascular disea...

In a lengthy,somewhat complicated and IMO very reasonable analysis John Goodman plows through various scenarios that seem likely if/when the...

Is the deck already stacked for a regulatory capture type scenario in regard to the government version of comparative effectiveness research...

Mohamed Alli made the rope-a-dope (RAD) strategy famous by using it successfully against George Foreman and Joe Frazier. It consisted of lea...

Much of the argument involving the health care deconstruction-reconstruction bills (misleadingly labeled as reform) that is reported and e...

I will argue that it is the price controls on the fees and not the fee-for-service (ffs) system per se. The more popular argument is to the ...

This article in the Wall street Journal,Opinion, on line discusses how the mandating or community rating and guaranteed issue for health c...

Being physically and cognitively active and social engaged are suggested by this article as things you can do that might delay or even prev...

Senator Debbie Stabenow has introduced a bill to abolish the dreaded SGR ( Sustainable growth rate) mechanism by which physician fees under...

This news item seems to show another side to Mayo Clinic who has received nothing but praise from some quarters regarding their reputation ...

How many times have we heard the refrain "If you are happy with your health care plan you can keep it"? Well, we'll see what h...

If you consider the problem to be "some folks are unable to obtain health insurance"because of bad health, then you might want to ...