retired doc's thoughts

An excellent commentary by Dr. Jerome Groopman can be found here . It which offers a very thoughtful analysis of a number of issues rela...

Go here to read a very interesting and thoughtful commentary by an academic internist whose thoughts I have quoted before.Dr Matthew Mintz...

I recently received a copy of the advance program for the April 2010 scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians ( ACP ). On pa...

While the AMA and the ACP seemingly see better things ahead ( I assume they do because of their support for a bill whose particulars still ...

Several blogs have taken up the issue of the AMA 's support of the health insurance bills currently sliding behind the scenes through Co...

This article from the journal Circulation provides data and analysis that at least suggests that the sweeping conclusions of the Dartmouth ...

I hope so and here is some evidence suggesting long term endurance exercise may mitigate the aging process which is part seems to be due t...

Apparently John Goodman on one hand and the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians on the other are interpret...

The oral, direct thrombin inhibitor, ximilagatran for a while seemed to be poised to be the replacement for warfarin . Early trials indica...

The answer to the title question is "probably yes" if the FDA concurs with the recent recommendation of its advisory committee i...

The latest word ( but likely not the last) on the use of the neuraminidase inhibitors ( Tamiflu and Relenza ) comes from the Evidence Ba...

The answer seems to be "maybe" because while there is no specific mention of bee pollen ( no, I have not read the entire bill to b...

An important and perhaps a paradigm shifting article is found in the Dec 1,2009 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine by Dr.Robert Centor...

JAMA offers this excellent commentary on the topic of diminishing returns in reducing mortality in the treatment of myocardial infarction b...

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...