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Welcome New Interns and Residents
Another July 1st arrives at the Medical Centers of America. Educated observers…
ACO’s and CMS
The Accountable Care Organization is really an accounting mechanism and may…
Pharma R & D Spending is Down
And that’s probably bad news. Here is Megan McArdle, writing in The…
#Bio2011: After the Party is Over
For the thousands of life science industry representatives who attend the Biotechnology Industry…
Preventing Childhood Obesity
The Institute of Medicine last week issued a report, funded by the…
Long Waits Cost Canadians Millions
More than 825,000 Canadians were waiting for some type of treatment after…
Life Expectancy Inequality
This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: This is from…
Why Not Let the Dead Pay for Medicare?
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones has a novel (if not original) idea.…
Great Moments in the History of Patient Power
If there was a moment when the modern-day relationship between physicians and…
AIDS Stages of Care – Three So Far; Will Number Four Come Soon?
It was just 30 years ago in June 1981 when the first…