Category Archives: Health Care

“Food Deserts” Not Connected To Obesity

Posted on Wed, 18 Apr, 2012 by pmjones

It has become an article of faith among some policy makers and advocates, including Michelle Obama, that poor urban neighborhoods are food deserts, bereft of fresh fruits and vegetables. But two new studies have found something unexpected. Such neighborhoods not … Continue reading →

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But Don’t Worry, Obamacare Won’t Have “Death Panels” Like This

Posted on Sun, 08 Apr, 2012 by pmjones

When Kenneth Warden was diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer, his hospital consultant sent him home to die, ruling that at 78 he was too old to treat. Even the palliative surgery or chemotherapy that could have eased his distressing symptoms … Continue reading →

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If Supreme Court Dumps ObamaCare, Republicans Must Be Ready

Posted on Fri, 30 Mar, 2012 by pmjones

… but I predict they won’t be. The Republicans are too often as big-government as the Democrats. Regardless: [There is no] shortage of free-market health care solutions. Among them: • End the tax discrimination against individual insurance buyers. • Let … Continue reading →

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National “Drug Shortages”

Posted on Fri, 30 Mar, 2012 by pmjones

Just got word that several additional medications have been added to the national list of “drug shortages”. Doctors better start learning more about wilderness medicine at this rate. via Drug Shortages | WhiteCoat’s Call Room.

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The Health Care Disaster and the Miseries of Blue

Posted on Fri, 30 Mar, 2012 by pmjones

Obamacare was supposed to be the capstone in the arch of a new progressive era. The Dems were going to show us all that government really does work. Smart government by smart people, using modern methods and the latest up … Continue reading →

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Uh Oh: Totally drug-resistant TB emerges in India

Posted on Sat, 14 Jan, 2012 by pmjones

Physicians in India have identified a form of incurable tuberculosis there, raising further concerns over increasing drug resistance to the disease1. Although reports call this latest form a “new entity”, researchers suggest that it is instead another development in a … Continue reading →

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Government Health Care Kills 23-Year-Old Hottie

Posted on Sat, 14 Jan, 2012 by pmjones

A 23-year-old died of cervical cancer because doctors said she was too young for a smear test, her devastated family have claimed. Mercedes Curnow, from Cornwall, first went to her GP at 20 years old but her mother says her … Continue reading →

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Why We Get Fat: Insulin Secretion, Not Calories In/Out

Posted on Fri, 06 Jan, 2012 by pmjones

Since this regulatory role of insulin in fat metabolism was established in the 1960s, a viable alternative explanation for the cause of obesity has been that it is caused by a dysregulation of insulin signaling.  By this logic, the way … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Gruber’s “Health Care Reform” ?

Posted on Thu, 05 Jan, 2012 by pmjones

Given my interest in health economics and graphic novels, I was initially hopeful about Jonathan Gruber’s graphic novel, entitled Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works. But in all honesty, the book is awful. Gruber … Continue reading →

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HPV Vaccine: How You Like Me Now?

Posted on Thu, 06 Oct, 2011 by pmjones

Bad news on HPV:  it now seems to be the leading cause of throat cancer in men. Worse news: it may be spread by kissing. via HPV: It’s Not Just For Ladies Anymore – Megan McArdle – Life – The … Continue reading →

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