A problem with guidelines

My friend, Roy Poses, has a great rant on this issue based on a Sounding Board from NEJM – Pitfalls of Single-Disease Solutions

WSJ on pain meds

This article contains the most logical reasonable take on this subject that I have read. As we all know, drugs have side effects.

Celebrex – as I predicted

I would not take a Cox-2 at this time for more than a short course. But then, I would not have taken these drugs chronically prior to the Vioxx announcement

Does anger management work?

I fear they are junk psychology. We need data. But more importantly, Ron Artest and those like him need data, research and real hope.

Grand Rounds 8

Welcome to Grand Rounds 8! I am delighted to host this week. Kudos to Nick who started it all. Grand Rounds was an idea waiting to happen.

An unconvential malpractice solution

If all patients did understand the impact of malpractice premiums increasing, I do believe that they would favor better solutions to this problem.

Why drug costs continue to increase

He will make you think and reconsider all of your assumptions about drug costs. So if you have not read the article please scroll up and go clickety click!

Random thoughts on malpractice

I believe most if not all physicians believe that. We strongly disagree with the trial lawyers on the best road to justice.

The impact of malpractice on health care costs

They act from fear. Medicine should not be about fear, but rather about making the best possible decisions given our uncertain database.

More from Aaron

I wait for the result of the many votes on malpractice issues. This will gives us an indication of how the average voter feels.