Archive - Rural Doc Alan

February 2025

The Rise and Fall of Free Speech

At the age of 77, much of what is read in history books is my lived experience.

Feb 24 •

Emergency Use Authorization and Ivermectin

When the subject of ivermectin for treating COVID comes up, the naysayers come out of the woodwork insisting that research does not support the use of…

Feb 17 •

Measuring Maternal Mortality Statistics

I write often here about the high rate of the U.S.

Feb 10 •

Neural Networks and the Black Box

The excitement over deep learning and neural networks is well deserved, but the notion that artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of “deep learning…

Feb 3 •

January 2025

It's Just a Virus

Many of the journalism stories of deaths involve sepsis.

Jan 27 •

I've written here often about how seriously flawed the government fixation on belligerence is as a way to fix healthcare fraud, real or imagined.

Jan 20 •

Where Has All The Surgical Skill Gone?

I recently saw an article on the use of Carbetocin vs.

Jan 13 •

Bravo! Anticipated Changes in Healthcare Financing!

Healthcare reform is generating a lot of angst among the CFOs of large businesses feeding off the exorbitant costs of healthcare in the U.S.

Jan 6 •

December 2024

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