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September 2024

How to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
Last week I wrote an article about the Commonwealth Fund study on the under-performing U.S.
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Legislators Need to Prevent Denial of Access to Healthcare
I've written a lot here on Substack about the destruction of the patient-doctor relationship by healthcare conglomerates and the denial of access to…
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MTHFR Testing and Estrogen
A large percentage of the population carries a gene anomaly which interferes with the body's ability to use vitamin B-12, a vitamin critical to our…
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Was the Diagnosis and Treatment Correct?
Newspapers post many stories about physicians making diagnostic mistakes.
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The Sanctity of the Patient-Physician Relationship
Medical care is always best when the patient-doctor relationship is maintained and secure.
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August 2024

Government Belligerence Isn't the Answer to Fixing Healthcare
I've written here often on how government oversight of medical areas goes wrong, whether it's committees to reduce maternal mortality or how to keep…
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C-Section or VBAC?
Several hundred years ago, having a C-section meant almost certain death for the mother because there was a common belief that a uterine incision could…
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Acetaminophen and Liver Failure
In my second day of medical school, back in 1973, a doctor explained to us the difference between a therapeutic dose of a medication and a lethal dose…
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Vaccine Hesitancy
I do not want to get into an argument about whether you should or should not get COVID vaccinations.
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July 2024

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