Drug Control in the United States - How’s it Working Now?
Does anyone ever wonder how our government thinks when it comes to controlling medications? Sorry, that is kind of an oxymoron. Our...
Prescriptions and the Law
Have you ever wondered why you go into your physician with a pain syndrome of any kind and suddenly they become the long arm of the law?...
Avoiding Malpractice
A CEO from Wolverine Software recently asked me how many of the tests physicians order are done primarily to prevent medical malpractice...
Doctors without morals
A number of years ago I was working in the emergency department of Richardson Medical Center in Rayville, Louisiana. A patient was...
Super Specialization-Let’s Make Some Money
One of the largest problems in medicine in the U.S. today is super specialization. It is great to have a physician who knows so much...
Frequent Flyers
When I was in medical school in the late sixties, the veteran’s hospital would always start to fill up when fall came around and the...
Who should bear the burden of the American Health Care System?
The recent rules of Obamacare seem to force the burden of the American healthcare system on the shoulders of the providers. Currently...
Routines and the Cost of Medical Care Today
During a hospitalization several months ago a lab tech came around to draw my blood at about three or four in the morning. When I asked...
Technology and Improvements in Healthcare
Let’s look ahead in time. Why, with the new technology, is the life expectancy remaining essentially the same? Why with the United States...
Phage Therapy
My last blog was about using bacteriophages to treat multi-drug resistant bacteria or superbugs. Phage therapy has been around since the...