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Even Steven by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here is the homeostatic news stat of the day - all the benefits we have gotten from getting people to stop smoking over the past forty years are being negated by the rising le ... Read on »

Keep The Circus Going by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Prompted by the new guideline recommendations to delay mammograms to age 50, Democrats Senator Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland is trying to amend the bill so it would require ... Read on »

Healthcare Blessings? by Ted Bacharach MD (retired) by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Health insurance—— Do I like it?? Ofcourse not, it is expensive and at the moment I am not sick. Do I care whether other people have insurance—— not really except that when th ... Read on »

Poll Medicine by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In another insane twist to the mammogram controversy, the USA Today published a piece entitled "Women insistent on cancer screening". The article was based on a poll they put ... Read on »

But I Don't Want To Pay! by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There was some big protests over the weekend in California. In fact, at the UC Santa Cruz site there was even take over of one of the buildings for three days. This was just o ... Read on »

Stop The Healthcare Reform Train! by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I now believe that all the bills going through Congress to reform healthcare should be stopped. They are worthless. Not that I liked them much prior to me writing this bu ... Read on »

AMA's Seven Guiding Principles For Health System Reform by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This comes from November 9th edition of the American Medical News:Cover all AmericansExpand choice, eliminate denialsProtect the patient-physician relationshipRepeal Medicare ... Read on »

You Dropped The Bomb On Me by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There is some buried treasure found in the Pelosi House Bill that you should know about. It is a method to kill all existing tort reform. Not only does the bill do nothing to ... Read on »

Ridiculous Study of the Month: Pot Eases Stress by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine From the Journal of Neuroscience comes an amazing example of what we used call "no sh&t, Sherlock". Israeli researchers found that by giving stressed rats (via electric shocks ... Read on »

Twenty-First Century Preventative Pain Management Program by Michael Gorback MD by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Barack Obama wants docs to focus on prevention. Never mind that his doctor can't get him to stop smoking, or that the Surgeon General suffers from Chronic Biscuit Toxicity (a ... Read on »

Missouri No Longer "The Sue Me" State...For Now by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine News out of the state of Missouri is that their malpractice claims hit a 10 year low. The reason? Well, tort reform measures were passed in 2005. They included a $350,000 cap ... Read on »

My Maine Peeps by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine It is relatively refreshing to see the New York Times do a piece about the healthcare system in the state of Maine (where I work). It is nice to be loved. Here are some highli ... Read on »

This Is Not Your Father's Medical School by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Check out this article in the Washington Post about how medical schools are changing their curriculum to fit the times. It sure looks like they are buying into managing "the ... Read on »

Compassion Fatigue My Ass! by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine More and more armchair quarterbacks are trying to figure why Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gunned down 13 people and wounded another 30 at the Fort Hood Army Post in Texas. These typ ... Read on »

The Physician: Employer or Employee? by Ted Bacharach MD (retired) by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Just a few decades ago the physician was an independent small business man. When completing his or her training, he or she was able to open an office. Those days are past for ... Read on »

Mad Cereal Men by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Did you know that Cocoa Krispies may help your kids ward off the H1N1 flu? You can see from the above image how their new marketing plan is touting that they have 25% of our ... Read on »

The Pelosi Bill by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Wall Street Journal looked at the House's bill for healthcare reform and trashed it. Admittedly the WSJ is a conservative newspaper but I think this piece is an interestin ... Read on »

Golf Suspension by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For those that don't think golfers use PEDs then think again. Doug Barron, a 40-year-old journeyman who lost his tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspe ... Read on »

Public Enemy #? by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I am no big fan of managed care companies. As a physician I am constantly in an adversarial position with them. Besides, they continue to raise their rates each and every year ... Read on »

Congress Passes Medical TARP by Dr. Douglas Farrago Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the new Medical TARP bill. The Trans America Railroad People bill save money because when someone exceeds the set amount of ... Read on »

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