DB'S MEDICAL RANTS

Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education

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Hearing on special health courts

Aside from that objection (which trial lawyers will wear like the flag), I can see no reasonable argument against special health courts.

Great hope for the future

While this proposal is specific for Medicare, most private insurers adjust their payment schedule to Medicare payments.

Who should take statins?

A resident asked me the other day whether to put someone on a statin. The patient had an LDL of 136, but was not high risk.

Nature versus nurture

As we learn more about the genetics of personality, predispositions and behavior, I believe we will more easily understand what makes us tick.

Wisdom from Dr. Charles

I have no problem in sharing appropriate parts of my life with patients, e.g. sports teams I root for, my love for golf, a movie I saw.

Saw palmetto does not work

Patients with enlarged prostates were given either an herbal extract or a dummy pill. No significant difference was found.

Antibiotics for asthma

These data are interesting. One can construct a plausible theory for this result. However, as I often do, I must urge caution.

I guess he is serious

Now many readers might ask – why do I give this guy any publicity? Well I do believe in the free market of ideas.