by Ralph R. Reiland In “Die in Britain, survive in U.S.,” the cover article of the February 2005 issue of The Spectator, a British magazine, James Bartholomew details the downside of Britain’s universal health care system. Among women with breast cancer, for example, there’s a 46 percent chance of dying from it in Britain, versus […]

by Bill Breen In an economy where style is king, we all need to start thinking and acting more like design. From: Issue 93| April 2005 | Page 68 By: Bill Breen Quick, what’s your IQ? No, not your intelligence quotient — your imagination quotient. In this turbulent, get-real economy, the advantage goes to those […]

by Del Meyer Publicized Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) charges or convictions have now risen to two a day. Prosecutors like these cases because it gives them almost guaranteed high-profile convictions. Jury acquittals are very rare, though I see that defense testimony by Dr. Janice Ophoven, a pediatric forensic pathologist from Minnesota, just won a jury […]

by Del Meyer Last week, we were asked to pull 29 charts for review. (The other physicians in my building received similar requests.) The request came from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Medicare-HMO stating that they had entered into a Business Associate Agreement with a vendor in accordance with the […]

by Del Meyer The varying estimates on the Medicare Pharmacy Benefit Program only reveal the hazards of projecting any entitlement program. Once implemented, all government programs increase and the costs are nearly impossible to control. The additional costs to the Medicare Program are not sustainable-even in the short term. Therefore, it is urgent that the […]

I spent the best years of my life in the medical school and residency training in obstetrics and gynecology. When my non-medical friends were dating, partying, marrying, having children and buying houses that would dramatically appreciate over the years; I was dissecting cadavers, listening to tapes of heart sounds and honing my medical skills. I […]

by Madeleine Cosman Charity is not altruism that requires one to sacrifice self for others. Charity is free market compassion. It cannot be demanded. It cannot be extracted. It cannot be centrally controlled. Charity results from volitional self-interest. Whoever gives charity gets reward. The giver feels good, enjoys gratitude of the receiver, believes that doing […]

by Alieta Eck If you get insurance through your employer, you are really not insured. For when you get too sick to work, you lose your job. You cannot afford COBRA. If you are self-employed and buy your own insurance, you are really not insured. When you get too sick to work, you cannot pay […]

by Robert Berry On February 12th, Modern Physician summarized an Archives of Internal Medicine survey of Massachusetts physicians that indicated “they overwhelmingly support a single-payer healthcare system.” An article in the November 18th issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled, “Support for National Health Insurance among U.S. Physicians: A National Survey” concluded that “a […]

by Michael Goodman Back in the “old days” all pharmacists compounded. With limited availabilities of commercial pharmaceuticals, many medications and treatments were personally made up and put together –“compounded” — for the unique needs of each individual. Both dosage, medication (singly or in multiple combinations) and delivery system (pill, capsule, sublingual drop or troche, transdermal […]