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No self breast exams?
The recommendation *not* to teach exams throws the whole report into question for me. If we are changing the frequency of mammograms, should we also change the recommendation to do self exams? Won’t the first change the effectiveness of the second? In the news, the report by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. … Continue reading
AMA opposes marriage and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
November 10, 2009, delegates to the AMA interim session approved resolutions recommending that the AMA oppose same sex marriage bans, urge redefinition of marriage under federal and state laws. They also recommend the ending of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military. “Report 1” – “REPORT 1 OF THE COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND … Continue reading
Judge denies lawsuit to stop embryo destruction
Citing other legal rulings that embryos aren’t “persons” under the law, a Federal judge (report, here ) denied the right of others to sue on their behalf or to sue to save them from being destroyed under new rules at the National Institutes of Health. I’ve said it before: “law” does not a person make. … Continue reading
Hwang convicted of fraud in cloning ruse
A South Korean court has convicted the perpetrator of the 2005 cloning fraud. Information here.
Doctors pressured by scheduled Medicare pay cut
Here’s confirmation from The Hill.com that planned cuts in Medicare payments to doctors are being used by Senate and White House leaders to secure support for the current health care reform bills, without tort reform. The White House and Democratic leaders are offering doctors a deal: They’ll freeze cuts in Medicare payments to doctors in … Continue reading
The problem with fines (mandatory health insurance)
The Washington Post notes that manufacturers of medical devices are being accused – they haven’t offered “to give something back” to pay for health care insurance for all. Because they won’t play the game that President Obama’s been playing with the pharmaceutical industry and hospitals, their devices will be taxed like luxuries — and the … Continue reading
Aristotle ethics, RFK, and health care reform
The Wall Street Journal’s daily newsletter by James Taranto, The Best of the Web Today, debunks a quote floating around the Internet to support the “right” to health care paid for by government. The blurb has been attributed to a translation from the writings of Aristotle, a translation from the original Greek by Robert F. … Continue reading
Intentionally Skewed Cancer Survival Rates
From Ann Coulter’s latest report on Health Care Reform Myths: European women are only 55.8 percent likely to live five years after contracting any kind of cancer, compared to 62.9 percent for American women. In five cancers — breast, prostate, thyroid, testicular and skin melanoma — American survival rates are higher than 90 percent. Europeans … Continue reading
Don’t laugh: Nanoparticle rub for impotence
The next addiction? The next big scare? Most definitely the next big joke. What about the man’s sperm? And what about the female partner? How much of a dose will she and her DNA receive. What are nano particles, anyway? (Don’t answer that, I know the text-book answer.) There is a report of a new … Continue reading
Science Knowledge Quiz
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has a 12 question quiz on general science knowledge. Take the test, here, and tell me how you did. (I got them all right.) (Did I mention that doctors are current or former nerds who “aced” every class – at least until med school? In … Continue reading
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