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“I Am 85…If I Were in My 60s, Maybe Even 70s, I Would Think About Treatment. Not Now.”
When people love the patient, they often hope for the patient to make a different decision than they have. This is a little story about the worries of an “almost-daughter” and the remarkable woman facing death her way. Families and close friends may have a tougher time dealing with impending death than the patient. Who wants to be the one who gives up? We all can learn from this patient’s story.
Topics: Commentary
The Long View…Why the Gores Break-Up Could Be Positive…Not a Failure
Washington Post’s My Time columnist Abigail Trafford says, for long-married couples, breaking up may not be that hard to do.
It also does not mean that the marriage was a failure.
Even people who pay no attention to famous people gossip—yes, there are some—were startled by the Al and Tipper Gore break-up. No rumors. They always seemed [...]
Topics: Commentary, News
Senate Passes “Doc Fix” Bill…House Gets Bill Monday
Senate passes “doc fix” which would have slashed Medicare payments 21% and instead provided a 2.2%, which this story says is funded. Monday the bill goes to the house. Our opinion: It is about damned time.
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“Pink Viagra” Did Not Win FDA Advisory Panel Approval
One of the many concerns the FDA staff had about this drug application—nicknamed the “pink Viagra”—was the way participants reported their responses to the medication or the placebo. Participants were not asked to chart daily. In light of the goal of the drug, to correctly measure study subjects’ change, if any, in sexual responsiveness, it [...]
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Professor Says Paying for Visits Makes No Sense for Patients or Physicians
Where is primary care medicine’s equivalent of Paul Revere?
Someone needs to find a way to send an urgent warning that will wake people up about primary care medicine. The doctors aren’t coming! The doctors aren’t coming!
In health care reform debate, the White House and the Congress talked about the great need for more primary care [...]
Topics: Commentary
The Gene Dance: What Can Genes Tell Us About Our Medical Futures?
Despite the great expectations that came with the decoding of the full human genome, none of that promise has been fulfilled in the form of clinical treatments.
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News Flash: Exceptional Genius Not Required…In Research, The Secret Is…
The Lancet’s essay on why small steps can lead to huge gains in medicine will help readers understand how research really works. This is an elegant essay and provides a painless way to understand what scientists in labs really do. We all need to know more about this. Taxpayer dollars fund a lot of it. Not enough. But a lot.
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Extra! Read All About It! Why Internet Will Make Us Smarter, Not Dumber
Is the Internet turning us into dummies? No, says an essayist in The Wall Street Journal. The Internet will give rise to whole new forms which will be greater than ever.
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Medicare Payment System to Doctors Needs Help Right Now and Later, Too
The full editorial also discusses the long-term problem of funding medical care for Medicare patients.
The New York Times
“The formula that is used to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients is producing increasingly absurd results. If it were to be followed this year, doctors would face a 21 percent cut in payments for the [...]
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New York City Grosses Out Big Tobacco, Cigarette Sellers and Some Customers
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York City and, if there were such a title, the Public Health Mayor.
He wants to reduce or prevent smoking in New York with a regulation which requires sellers to display vivid pictures of the effects of smoking.
Here is the best part. The regulation mandates that these posters be [...]
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