Don’t Just Thank Science For Covid Vaccines
It is the season for expressing thanks. With that in mind, I’m here to urge us all to thank more than just science, or scientists, for developing these amazing vaccines.
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There Is Nothing Wrong With Healthcare Profits
The problem with American healthcare is not the existence of greed.
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Too Many Blood Pressure Pills—Here’s A Time When Treatments Go Too Far
Those blood pressure pills could do more harm than good.
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Colon Cancer Plus American Health Insurance – A Fatal Combination
The US is rapidly becoming a high out-of-pocket healthcare system, often with disastrous results.
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Unnecessary Antibiotics—An Epidemic
Antibiotic prescribing is rampant, even among asymptomatic patients.
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Why is Healthcare so Expensive? Blame the Lobbyists!
American healthcare is ridiculously expensive.
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Promoting Exercise through Gamification – Making Physical Activity More Fun?
I don’t know how many coaches told me “no pain, no gain.”
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How Hospital Stays Resemble Enhanced Interrogation
Ken Mishark is a hospitalist at the Mayo Clinic who formerly served as a physician in the military. Early in his career, he interviewed for a job in the CIA. That experience might explain why he paid attention when the CIA declassified a manual it had developed on how to conduct “enhanced interrogations”. As he…
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Employers Are Doing a Terrible Job of Covering the Cost of Pregnancy
If you get insurance through your employer, you don’t have to worry about whether insurance will cover maternity care. The company is required to do so by law. But that doesn’t mean the insurer will be very generous. Because in the United States, having coverage doesn’t mean you’re well-covered. Employers are increasingly corralling their employees into high…
