To all the valiant women here, Happy Mother's Day! The Courage That My Mother Had The courage that my mother had Went with her, and is with her still: Rock from New England quarried; Now granite in a granite hill. The golden brooch my mother wore She left behind for me to wear; I have no [...]
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Thursday, May 8, 9:00 a.m. Witness Testimony Panel I Elizabeth Edwards, J.D., Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC Lance Armstrong, Chairman and Founder, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin, TX Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution Health, Washington, DC Panel II Edward Benz, M.D., President, Dana Farber [...]
It's time to be a little silly for a change. North Carolina has been in the news a lot because of the Democratic primary that's being held their today. The good thing about following the presidential campaign is that I've learned so much about states I've never been to. North Carolina sounds like a dreamy place to [...]
Here is some good news on the doctor-patient relationship front. Research has shown that gifts from drug companies influence doctors prescribing habits. New York Times, May 6, 2008 To the Editor: The Association of American Medical Colleges should be applauded for its proposal to prohibit companies from offering free food, gifts and other perks to doctors, staff [...]
This story is about a man who is suing his doctor for not diagnosing his prostate cancer in time. I thought it unusual because I know a number of men who have been in this very same situation or worse, and they have not sued anybody. They basically just have had to live with the results [...]