Michael Kirsch

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Boston Marathon vs Terror: Boston Wins

         Ohio Stands With BostonI called my son, a Tufts sophomore, hours…

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Medical Office Efficiency – The Times They are a Wastin’

   Medical practices, particularly private businesses like mine, strive for efficiency. This…

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Does Medical Resident Work Hour Reform Reduce Medical Errors?

   One of the points I offer in this blog and elsewhere…

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Medical Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment – Do Physicians Want Cost Control?

   Truth is more absurd than fiction.  Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s wacky ban…

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Medical Regulations Run Amok!

This post is a two-parter.  Readers, forgive me.  When I completed it…

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Do Probiotics Work? Marketing Mania Tramples Science

    My kids know that I enjoy a spirited argument.   During the…

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New York City Soda Ban is a Hard Swallow

   New Yorkers are headed toward leaner times.  The New York City…

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Same Day Doctor Appointments? Read the Fine Print

   Cleveland and northeast Ohio are not hospitable to private practice medicine. …

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Is Colonoscopy the Best Colon Cancer Screening Test?

The medical arena, like society at large, is permeated with self-interest. This…

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Medical Quality: Myth or Science?

On the morning that I began this post, I read in our…

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