Tag Archives: Women’s Health

What Happens With Roe Gone….

Posted on 16 July, 2022 by AJ Layon

A Preview of the Dangerous Future of Abortion Bans —Texas Senate Bill 8 Arey W, Lerma K, Beasley A, Harper L, Moayedi G, White K. When the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, … Continue reading →

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Comment: Problems with Student Health Services

Posted on 13 July, 2020 by AJ Layon

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/07/13/college-health-centers-problems/?arc404=true I have practiced medicine – in the OR & ICU for almost 40 years. Any of us – including me – can misdiagnose a problem with which one of our fellow humans presents. Yet, the article’s clarity as to … Continue reading →

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Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2, 7 July, 2020, 1400 Hrs

Posted on 7 July, 2020 by AJ Layon

I am sweating. It has been a while since I last posted on this topic. Not because I have been ignoring SARS-CoV-2, rather because being in the hospital – in the ICU – caring for COVID19 and other patients, has … Continue reading →

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CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference on Climate Change and Health

Posted on 22 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Just as Trump was to be inaugurated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lost their spine. It is appropriate to re-post this as we have seen in the past several months – in Australia which appears … Continue reading →

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Trump’s budget is a Stealth Health-Care Bill. And it Would Make Americans Sick.

Posted on 22 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Doctor Homer wrote this almost three years ago, yet it remains important today. While the Republicans attempt to whitewash Trump’s  crimes, and while we watch this in mixed horror and disbelief, behind the scenes the same people … Continue reading →

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Trumpcare vs. Obamacare: Apocalypse Foretold

Posted on 22 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – As Trump and the craven Republicans attempt to whitewash the impeachment allegations, clearing a clearly impeached President with no witnesses and no data, I want to remind you of other things going on in the background. This … Continue reading →

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Cornel West: America is Spiritually Bankrupt. We Must Fight Back Together

Posted on 22 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

14 January, 2018 Gentle Reader – In the middle of the corrupt Senate Impeachment Hearings – no data, no witnesses – this masterful piece from a year ago is worth reading. AJL =======================  From Cornel West in The Guardian (Opinion): … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: Will Trump Turn Out To be the Best Thing That Happened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

Posted on 21 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

[From 2016, slightly modified]: No. We are in for a rather wild ride, and I don’t mean that in the most pleasant or interesting way. The Trump administration – or should I say anti-administration since Trump has appointed government haters … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: Does it Really Happen That Doctors Let Their Patients Die Because the Patient’s Family Can Not Provide Money for the Treatment?

Posted on 21 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

[From 2014, Slightly Updated]: While there is much wrong with the American Health System, one of the things that is right is that patients are generally not allowed to die because of inadequate finances; at least not precisely in that … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: What Would the Patient Experience Be Like if You Designed a New Hospital?

Posted on 21 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

[From 2013, slightly updated] Great question. I have spent my adult life in these places – hospitals – and I both love them (they feel like…..home) and hate them (so, so far from home). Were I to design a new … Continue reading →

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