Category Archives: Perspectives…

A wide range of lessons and commentary about many health related issues. Many are point-blank op-ed pieces based upon personal experiences by the writers (as patients or witnesses IE, spouses, children…) – or even by some doctor’s and other medical practitioners, who actually have a conscience – in addition to some spiritual issues addressing our well-being..

Dickens: The Medical Industrial Complex (MIC)

OR… Here we go again!

I would hope, think, that after a few hundred years in business and taking trillions of dollars out of our pockets that the medical profession would have its collective shit together, but every day they disprove that thought. This last transition from the sublime to the ludicrous, lowered my expectations to Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (BOHICA).

My theory: I am / we are, nothing more than a source of revenue, in every aspect of life. I am the next payment on that condo in Cabo, or the payment on that Porsche; maybe trophy-wife #3’s new tits. but my care is NOT the primary consideration. I am nothing more than an incidental and contemporaneous annoyance and involuntary participant.

I am nothing more than a unit in need of service and crucial to their cash-flow. Their lack of attention to detail and the assembly-line approach to healthcare is the result of trading the goals of heath service for that of the almighty dollar. Continue reading

‘One Man’s Journey’: The Art of Healing by the Heart

The science of healthcare shows how caring for the patient can be a powerful part of the healing process.

 Dr. Eli Watt (Lionel Barrymore,L) and his son Jimmy Watt (Joel McCrea), in “One Man’s Journey.” RKO Radio Pictures

Drama ~ 1933: What’s one of the most memorable throwaway lines from Lionel Barrymore, after playing a doctor in this film? “I’d rather play a doctor than pay him!

If that sums up understandable public cynicism about seemingly mercenary medical professionals, this film gently offers a counter narrative. Not all doctors are selfish and avaricious. And, they needn’t be, if caring doctors pass on the secret of good bedside manner to their successors and peers. Continue reading

Medicare Announces Lower Prices on 10 Common, High-Cost Drugs

The negotiations with drugmakers are projected to save older adults $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs when the new prices go into effect in 2026.

The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with drugmakers to lower prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs under Medicare.

It’s part of the federal government’s first-ever drug pricing negotiations, a cost reduction it claims could help ease the financial burden on the estimated 1 in 7 older adults in the U.S. struggling to pay for their medications. Continue reading

Toby Keith: “He Paid For All That Himself”

Toby Keith is a legend in more ways than one. In February, the country community lost the icon Toby Keith at 62 after a lengthy battle with stomach cancer. Since his passing, friends, family, fellow country music stars, and more have all paid their respects to his music, his big heart, and his passion for helping others.

On a recent podcast Ten Year Town podcast episode, host Troy Cartwright had one of Keith’s friends and songwriting partners, Colt Ford, who open up about one thing that he wished more people knew about Toby Keith. Outside of music, Keith is passionate about helping children with cancer, and he opened The Toby Keith Foundation in 2006. Continue reading

Nearly Half of Healthcare Workers Don’t Trust Their Leaders

Many employees don’t feel supported. Adrienne Boissy of Qualtrics discusses ways organizations can connect with their workers and retain valuable people.

With many clinicians and healthcare workers leaving the industry, leaders need to pay attention, Adrienne Boissy says.

Adrienne Boissy, the chief medical officer of Qualtrics, says many leaders are intensely worried about the number of nurses, doctors and other workers who have left since the beginning of the pandemic or are pondering a career change. Many hospitals and health systems say they continue to deal with staffing shortages. Continue reading

Physician Associates ‘should be banned from diagnosing patients’

A new report from the British Medical Association has outlined the level of responsibility those in the medical associate professions should have.

Staff such as physician associates should be banned from diagnosing patients, leading medics have said, after the death of a woman whose fatal blood clot was missed twice.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has published guidance outlining what it thinks the level of responsibility those in medical associate professions (MAPs), such as physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), should have. Continue reading

Sachs: Make Medicine GREAT Again

After decades of working as a medical doctor I have come to understand how, in general, there is a powerful myth of how intelligent and wise we are. In the great play Fiddler on the Roof there is a line about why Tevye the lead character longs to be rich. He says, “when you’re rich, they think you really know.” It’s the same with doctors, when you’re handed that M.D. degree, the doctor himself, the public, our patients, typically think he really knows. But honestly, and sadly, most don’t know much, and many lack what is even more important, wisdom. This is especially true for our young doctors, indoctrinated into cultrual Marxism for years, rather than experiencing a truly liberal American, western, and Judeo-Christian education.

I opened the latest edition of RadioGraphics today. It’s one of the premier journals for doctors like myself who specialize in diagnostic radiology. . . Continue reading

YouTube Amps Up “Medical Misinformation” Policy: Now You Can’t Talk About Alternative Cancer Treatments or PREVENTION of Any Disease

The Google-owned YouTube video platform is changing the rules again to now prohibit the sharing of information about alternative cancer remedies, which the tech giant says constitute “medical misinformation.”

In a “long term vision” notice on its official blog, YouTube’s Dr. Garth Graham, the Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health Partnership, along with Matt Halprin, the Vice President and Global Head of Trust and Safety, explain how “removing cancer misinformation” is now a top priority alongside removing all contrary information about the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19). Continue reading