This may come as a surprise, but I do support one section of the new Affordable Care Act–Section 2706. This section requires “non-discrimination in health care.” Unfortunately, it may never [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Medical research bubble bursting
The mainstream press continues to wail about losing the “war against cancer” because 14,000 NIH bureaucrats aren’t at their desks pushing their papers and pencils during the government [...]
My “Lady Macbeth plan” for the flu
Last month, I went to the doctor for a regular check-up. While making light of my actual symptoms, at least three different people in the office offered me the flu vaccine. They just didn’t want [...]
Health lessons from Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill said, never run when you can walk, walk when you can sit, or sit when you can lie down. And he lived to a ripe old age, while smoking his cigars and having his two drinks per [...]
Chocolate changes the world
Today is Columbus Day. And we’re wrapping up our series of Daily Dispatches on New World foods with one of Christopher Columbus’ best-loved discoveries–chocolate. Columbus first encountered [...]
Columbus’ hot and sweet discovery
Over the last few weeks, I told you about many different New World foods that transformed Europe’s nutrition, cuisine, and health. And today, as we draw nearer to Columbus Day, we will look [...]
Too many cooks in the cancer clinic
On Tuesday, I told you about an important new report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) questioning the benefit of some efforts at early cancer detection. The researchers found that early [...]
Overdiagnosis can become a bigger problem than some cancers
Over the past 30 years, we have heard that early cancer detection saves lives. But is this true? Does it save lives? Or instead, does it lead to an overtreatment of potentially harmless “cancer” [...]
More than just a hill of beans
As we approach Columbus Day, we will continue our series on “New World” foods. As I’ve said before, Europe had just 16 plants used as food sources before explorers like Christopher Columbus [...]
Put them on permanent furlough
Friday was day four of the U.S. government shutdown. And what does a former government insider have to say about that? Plenty. In fact, while 800,000 “non-essential” federal employees [...]