In these days of protocols and “evidence-based medicine,” skills of independent thinking and judgment are being lost to “cookbook medicine,” writes Erika L. LeBaron, D.O., M.S.N., in the fall issue of the Journal of American […]
A physician who is a victim of sham peer review at his hospital may be shocked to learn that some medical staff bylaws prohibit the physician’s attorney from speaking at the peer review hearing, writes […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is envisioned by many to be the future of medicine, and it is critical to understand its implications and the background of technocracy, which AI will serve, writes Patrick Wood in the […]
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) passed in 2010, how are you doing? As the graph shows, health insurance premiums have grown steadily, and this was not slowed by ACA. Since 2000, the […]
Volume 81, no. 9 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the release of its “new” plan to promote “gold standard” science. “Building on NIH’s longstanding commitment to scientific integrity, this forward-looking plan […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed its amicus brief on Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to restore in California the religious exemption to vaccination, in Royce […]
Updated COVID vaccine is now available, and “CDC recommends it for most adults ages 18 and older.” And “parents of children ages 6 months to 17 years should discuss the benefits of vaccination with a […]
I hope that your A/C works, and that you can afford to pay the electricity bill. Somewhere in the world, there will be a record high temperature. But as the graph shows, the percentage […]
Volume 81, no. 8 A palantir was one of the “seeing stones” that could “watch from afar,” made by Elves in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The stones could be used to see events in […]
How many times have you been reminded to get your annual influenza vaccine? After all these years, the flu hasn’t gone away. As the graph shows, people are still dying of influenza and pneumonia (which […]
