Giving Interns More Sleep is Not Making Hospitals Safer
The Latest: Last month something extraordinary happened at teaching hospitals around the country: Young interns worked for 16 hours straight — and then they went home to sleep. After decades…
Do Teens Really Prefer Phone Calls?
From all I’ve seen and heard, text messaging and Facebook are a lot more effective ways to communicate with today’s teenagers compared to calling landlines and cellphones. So I was…
Rejoinder to yesterday’s Medicare post
Yesterday I posted about a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis and today he’s responded to my post (see Pushback on…
Florida Governor Rick Scott Pays $360 a Year for State Health Insurance
I would gather to say this news probably even makes people in Florida less happy with their current governor. As you can read below on what he spent to win…
Pushback On My Medicare Proposals
In response to my Wall Street Journal editorial, David Williams claims that my proposals would raise Medicare’s costs, not lower them. In response to my Wall Street Journal editorial, David…
Smoke? Overweight? High BP? You Are More Likely to Have Cognitive Impairment Later in Life
Those who smoke, are overweight, or have high blood pressure are more likely to have cognitive challenges later in life say researchers from the University of California at Davis. …
Another Pan Mass Challenge Enters the History Books
For those of you just joining us, I rode in my eighth Pan-Mass Challenge last weekend. The PMC is a two-day, 200-mile bicycle fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.…
Rebranding Rural Medicine for Young Doctors
Some people who know me personally, know that I just started medical school at Mercer University School of Medicine. Some people who know me personally, know that I just started…
Canadians Also Wait for Drugs
A recent study by the Fraser Institute found that Canadian federal and provincial government bureaucracies are taking more than two-and-a-half years on average to approve new prescription drugs, thereby depriving…
Keep it Simple Stupid: But Not With Medicare
In today’s Wall Street Journal, John Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis CEO suggests, Three Simple Ways Medicare Can Save Money. I only wish. His overarching plan is to “allow…
