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 [...]
An article in yesterday's "Science Times" caught my eye: A Conversation with Daniel Gilbert: The Smiling Professor, by Claudia Dreifus (Published: April 22, 2008.) A scholar who studies "the nature of happiness" at Harvard, Daniel Gilbert, found out and reported what I already knew: That most of us humans are unbreakable. Basically, we can adapt to anything. If [...]
Hospital ratings have been issued before by the government's Department of Health and Human Services. However, these having been based on objective factors such as mortality rates. This is the first time patients were asked for their opinions. In today's NY Times: Study Finds Many Patients Dissatisfied With Hospitals By ROBERT PEAR, Published: March 29, 2008 [...]
Thanks to Kathy Meade who writes the Prostate Cancer Advocacy and Action blog for publicizing this. (See prostatecancerblog.org.) You can now sign up for a FREE, high-quality online course on "Evidence-Based Medicine" with materials put together by Johns Hopkins to help you navigate the confounding world of medicine. The course will help you understand research studies, statistics [...]
If you live in L.A. you might want to make reservations for this new play. It's not just topical but funny, according to this review. And if you're a cancer survivor, you get $5 off. (Now don't say membership in this "club" doesn't have its benefits!) Finally, kudos to Mr. Ackerman for going public with [...]