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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Caution, Patients, Large Studies May Be Hazardous to Your Health
(and Incur Unnecessary Costs for the Health Care System)

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When it comes to providing clear explanations of complex medical and health-related issues, there is no one better than Aaron Carroll. As a...

Patient Stereotyping at the Optometry Clinic

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A friend of mine, now in his eighties, had been unhappy with his distance vision for several years. Each year or so he had his eyes tested ...
Monday, April 27, 2015

An Interlude in Padua

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Prato della Valle is a huge open space at the edge of the old part of Padua. Once the site of a Roman theater and of Renaissance jousting ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Bells, the New Challenge, and Going Back to P90X

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Last spring I quit going to our local Y. Even with very intense workout I had been doing - a combination of weights, cardio, and stretching ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

A Question for Doctors: Are Sick Patients More Important Than Healthy Patients Who Are Trying to Stay Healthy?

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Continuing...  Now that I am in my late 60s I often worry that I am losing it. Incidents involving misplaced keys or forgotten grocery i...

What Happened Next

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Continuing...  Like many people who live far outside the Beltway, I tend to think of Medicare as an undifferentiated part of a faceless f...
Monday, December 15, 2014

"Humana, I Still Want My Premarin – So I Wrote to Medicare"

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December 11, 2014 Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, Maryla...