In 1968, Peter F.Drucker, father of modern management, wrote The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society (Harper and Row). His theme was: The nature of society has fundamentally changed. We no longer trust government to perform. We have become a global shopping center and an information and knowledge economy driven [...]

Via Gateway Pundit.

Local celebrity Nick Nixon is featured in the opening scene, “as himself.”

It amazes me how the views of NEJM authors in its “Perspective” section diverge from the views of practicing physicians.
NEJM pieces favor federally directed care and look kindly on the health reform law. Practitioners are profoundly skeptical and negative about many provisions of the new law. In different surveys, some [...]

That’s it: I will NEVER ever write another prescription for Lovaza.
I actually very rarely write a prescription for Lovaza, i.e., prescription fish oil. But this was the last straw.
I advised a patient that we’ve had good success using high-doses of fish oil to reduce lipoprotein(a), Lp(a). 6000 mg per day of the omega-3 component [...]

 From the Blog : Plain Error :
More News Clippings on Derrick Williams

Here are some straggler news articles on Derrick Williams:

Family Rallies to Proclaim Palmetto Convict’s Innocence (With Video) (Bradenton Herald)Press Conference Photo Gallery (Bradenton Herald)Inmate’s Case Puts Focus on Flawed System (Miami Herald)
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Press Conference Regarding Derrick Williams’ Innocence Once again, IPF [...]

A recent feature on Med Page Today prompted me to revisit this study which showed equivalence of lower dose oral steroids and high dose IV steroids in treatment of AECOPD. The Med Page feature, which interviewed one of the study authors, made a stronger case for lower dose oral steroids than was apparent [...]

 
From the Blog : Plain Error
Who said anything about an absence of DNA?

Since we released the DNA results in the case of Derrick Williams earlier this week, there has been an outpouring of public support for Derrick, his family and for IPF.  People recognize that the DNA test [...]

Conventional wisdom says health care defies laws of economic gravity. Other economic sectors may fall, but health care demand never drops. An aging, sicker population and growing entitlement programs assures demand will always trump gravity. The laws of supply and demand don’t apply to health care.
The prolonged recession and intractable joblessness [...]

I just realized it today, a few days late. Ordinarily I would have let it pass, but this is a milestone. It’s a good time to reflect and reminisce, so here goes.Med Rants, Medpundit and Rangel MD were the first medical blogs I recall. Med Rants was the first blog to link [...]