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Tumoriffic!: February 2015
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Thursday, February 5, 2015. Magic Seatbelts and Measles; and why I am truly upset. What if there were a magic seatbelt? For only $2, you could wear that seatbelt twice and reduce your chance of dying in a car accident or ever even getting in a fender bender by 95% and would protect the drivers around you. What if, if everyone alive today did that, no one would ever get in a car accident or have to wear a seatbelt ever again? The fact that an...
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Tumoriffic!: July 2013
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Monday, July 1, 2013. This is from a comment I originally posted on at http:/ www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/06/ehrs-talk-work.html. This should not have been a 'remarkable' handoff. My electronic medical record system should have sent most of the relevant information automatically and instantaneously even had I not been near a fax machine and had not had immediate access to the medical record and a printer. Links to this post. The precursor to m...
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Tumoriffic!: June 2012
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Thursday, June 28, 2012. The HBO Miniseries Continues. It has been a while since I have written in the present tense and updated readers on what's going on today. A long slog of daily hyperbaric treatments just does not inspire in the same way as strokes and false alarms of clivus cancer do. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Childhood Flashback 2. The Catch. The long, sleek, black pharyngoscope lay coiled in gray foam inside a stee...
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Tumoriffic!: Magic Seatbelts and Measles; and why I am truly upset.
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Thursday, February 5, 2015. Magic Seatbelts and Measles; and why I am truly upset. What if there were a magic seatbelt? For only $2, you could wear that seatbelt twice and reduce your chance of dying in a car accident or ever even getting in a fender bender by 95% and would protect the drivers around you. What if, if everyone alive today did that, no one would ever get in a car accident or have to wear a seatbelt ever again? The fact that an...
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Tumoriffic!: Blue Cross Blue Shield's Medicare Blue: Another Member of the Insurance Hall of Shame
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Blue Cross Blue Shield's Medicare Blue: Another Member of the Insurance Hall of Shame. My patient has had two heart attacks. You would think that his insurance company would try to prevent him from having another one. After all, you might say, heart attacks are expensive, and they wouldn't want to pay for that. You would be wrong on both counts. At least, that what I think is happening. May 8, 2014 at 9:52 AM. I have on...
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Tumoriffic!: March 2012
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Seven Minute Itch. I'm home now, and home is where the heart is. It is also a favored hangout of the pancreas. Meanwhile, I had an adventure in medical error. The other day, in the hospital, I noticed my head was itching. At first it was mild. I looked for flakes of dandruff. Soon, it was maddening. Then, my whole body began to itch. "Aha! I thought, "I remember this! Links to this post. Friday, March 30, 2012.
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Tumoriffic!: Everyone Should Take This Pill!
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Everyone Should Take This Pill! Just kidding. Such a pill has yet to be discovered, and I increasingly doubt it ever will. Nevertheless, every so often, the medical community settles on some supplement or pharmaceutical that everyone. Or everyone past a certain age) needs. Http:/ www.wcvb.com/health/aspirin-a-day-not-recommended-by-fda/25819604? May 8, 2014 at 10:10 AM. May 9, 2014 at 11:15 PM. Wow Ive heard about Ger...
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Tumoriffic!: Death by a Thousand Clicks
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Friday, May 30, 2014. Death by a Thousand Clicks. The Giant Experiment That is Killing Medicine. What if you and everyone you know were the subject of a giant medical experiment? What if no one warned you or asked your permission before including you? What if that experiment drastically changed everything your doctor did? As time progresses, the bribes will taper to nothing and become penalties levied on practices or hospitals that do not re...
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Tumoriffic!: November 2013
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Saturday, November 16, 2013. Too Much Information: Medicine and National Security. This is not a very 'Tumoriffic! Update. My health is fine right now. This is about current events. It is not an exhaustive or radical post, just an analogy that occurred to me as I considered doing a particular test on a patient. Similarly, technology has granted our government power to monitor private individuals as never before. The advocates for this te...
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Tumoriffic!: December 2013
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Observations of a Primary Care Doctor and Too-Frequent Patient. Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Misinformed Outrage Over FDA Letter to 23andMe. First, 23andMe can still market the tests.* They have simply barred the company from making bogus interpretations and unsubstantiated claims about what the tests can do. For why that matters, see the post on KevinMD.*. So please, disagree with the law if you like, but read before you rage. PLEASE MAKE ALL COMMENTS WITHIN THE BLOG. NOT EVERYONE HAS FACEBOOK.]. Every t...