Category Archives: Healthcare Today
The Pain of Pain
Pain. When I was in residency they called it the 5th vital sign. The quantification of pain was as necessary and as important as a patient’s blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature. Assess their pain. Relieve their pain. … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical News
Tagged CDC Guidelines, Chronic pain, Doctor, Family Doctor, Medicine, narcotic, opioids, overdose
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God Complex
I have often heard patients complain about their arrogant doctors, doctors with bad bedside manner, or a God complex. They say that their doctors are demeaning, talk down to them, or barely talk to them at all. They speak in … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical Musings
Tagged Doctor, God Complex, Healthcare, Human, medical, Medicine
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Take Two LOL’s and Call Me in the Morning
Has everyone on earth simultaneously become too serious or is it just me? Doesn’t anyone ever laugh anymore? Everyone seems so angry, so easily offended, maybe it’s overcrowding, global warming, poisoned water, oppression, illness, or the collective lousy jobs with … Continue reading
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Tagged Doctor, Healthcare, Laughter, Medicine
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How Would a Trump Presidency Affect U.S. Healthcare?
Experts predict that Donald Trump will win the U.S. Republican Presidential nomination. Because he is a novice politician, it is difficult to predict how he stands on certain issues. He has vacillated from prochoice to pro life, antiwar to pro … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical Musings
Tagged Death panels, Doctor, hand/penis ratio, Narcissist, Trump, walls
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Guns N’ Doses: US Healthcare and the Gun Debate
I’d like to clear things up a little before I even begin this topic: the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is NOT going anywhere. No matter what. That means you get to keep your … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Dickey Amendment, Doctors, Guns, Healthcare, medical, NIH, NRA
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What About the Drug Company?
I could complain about the drug companies and their exorbitant prices. I will in a minute. Mostly, I am really glad that I have more in my pharmaceutical armamentarium than leaches and bloodletting. We are truly in an age of … Continue reading
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Tagged Donut hole, Drug Company, Drugs, Medicare, medications
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The Money Monster
Accountable Care Organizations: A Brief Explanation Monsters have one thing in common. They are driven by a selfish greed to feed: on blood, on souls, on your bank account. Insurance and drug companies are in the business to make money. … Continue reading
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Tagged Greed, healthcare cost, insurance, Insurance company, medical
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Accountable Care Organizations: A Quick Explanation
Something is happening in medicine today and you probably don’t have a clue. You have a problem, go to the doctor, pay your co-pay, pick up your medicine, and live another day. Nothing seems to have changed and nothing seems … Continue reading
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