Category Archives: Education

Note from Physicians to Mr. Santorum: You are Wrong on Prenatal Tests

Gentle Readers – This note was published in the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News by five Maternal – Fetal Medicine colleagues from Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton (Ohio) as a way to ensure that the mis-statements and outright lies streaming from … Continue reading

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Of Women, Health, and Death: This is Where the Anti-Choice Movement Leaves Us

Years ago, sometime around 1995, I sat with a colleague – now dead – who, over the years, had become a dear friend as well as a co-worker. A man who was raised a Catholic, joined the US Air Force, … Continue reading

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How Can we Decrease Costs and Improve Quality in Medicine?

Ezekiel Emanuel, oncologist, former White House advisor, and Vice-Provost and Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, published an opinion piece last week in the New York Times (Less Than $ 26 Billion ? Don’t … Continue reading

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Problems in Paradise – What Does, and What Might, Our Health System Look Like: Part Three

Introduction We have reviewed the data on the US health system as it exists – both the costs and outcomes – as well as the reasons why these costs and outcomes exist as they do. This section is meant to … Continue reading

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Dying to Talk…….

Gentle Reader – This piece was published [see url below] by a primary care colleague much concerned with the state of health [insurance] reform.  Although he does not comment upon it explicitly in the piece, Doctor Lillis’ comments point out … Continue reading

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