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One of the ideas that comes up in the search for explanations of high healthcare costs is the so-called Moral Hazardthe idea that insured patients are more likely to agree to unnecessary procedures because they dont pay for them directly. Not everyone thinks it [...]
The repercussions after Obama’s speech to the AMA’s delegates continue to be felt.
Not least of which are the murmurings of the other professional physician groups, who say that the AMA does not represent a majority of physicians. In this piece from pediatrician Rahul Parikh, he notes that about 30 percent of physicians are AMA [...]
An op-ed piece, No Country for Old Men , filed today on The Health Care Blog by health industry consultant and futurist, Jeff Goldsmith, provides a brilliant review and excellent analysis of our past sins and possible future under health reform….(read more)
The last time I was on antibiotics, I was very sensitive to sunlight. This time around, I’m having a hard time with nausea. It’s been bad enough that I actually did end up throwing up. Yuck!
Everyone I’ve mentioned this to had a different remedy for me to try.
I wrote back in February that one of the biggest threats to health reform were not from Conservatives and the right, but from within President Obama’s own party.
Today, some four months later, the Washington Post reports that that’s pretty much what’s happening. In its report, the Post writes:
Experts estimate that nearly half of all adults snore. Are you one of them? Are you troubled by snoring (your own or your bed mate’s)?
My mom used to snore — loud enough that I could hear her from my room with the door closed.
The Declaration of Health Data Rights collaborative effort was announced this week by setting forth a simple, straightforward framework for health consumers right to their personal health information.
The social media driven initiative has grown support throughout the week. The effort is being endorsed and supported by a variety of companies/organizations and bloggers. The traditional [...]
Michael Jackson’s death continues to consume the news cycle.
There is currently no clear explanation. Some have speculated that it may be related to the narcotic pain drug, Demerol. According to this report from the UK’s The Sun, “An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed [...]
Michael Jackson is dead at age 50.
I’ve received several e-mails to comment on this story, but there’s really too few details to go on. I’m sure more will emerge in the near future.
According to news reports, emergency medical services were called to his home in Los Angeles, where he was found in presumed [...]
A study suggested that doctors rated up to 15 percent of patients they see as “difficult.”
What does that mean? This piece from MedPage Today and ABC News, gives six examples of what patients can do to frustrate their doctors.
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