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Saturday, November 7th, 2009On Friday, Oct. 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put the final rule on the 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule on display… In the final rule, CMS estimates that family physicians will experience a 4 percent increase in their Medicare allowed charges in 2010 as a result of the rule… [However,] under [...]
h1n1: don’t make me go there… again
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009…oh, all right, i’ll go there one more time. i can’t even believe how many questions i get about the h1n1 flu shot. (and how few questions i get about the h1n1 flu disease – or the “regular” flu. i hate flu!)
last night one of those celebrity-worshipping tv shows delivered a halfhearted retraction about a [...]
flu!
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009how are you? are you feeling ok? because a lot of folks are getting the flu.
it turns out that h1n1 is not the same as, or milder than, “regular” flu! it is spreading a lot faster than usual, and making healthy, strong people much sicker than usual.
here are some oregon stats:
– last year in oregon, [...]
no-hitting newshour
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009r-e-s-p-e-c-t
find out what it means to me
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take care, t.c.b.
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Situation: Your child has just run out into traffic. Or: thrown a golf ball at the picture window. Or: stolen a toy from a store. Or: peed on the couch. Or: spit at their brother. Or: turned up the tv, after you told them to turn it [...]
healthy newsbites, sept ‘09
Thursday, September 17th, 2009news you can use! please click on the links to read originals in all their explicative glory.
flu shot news:
Clinical trials are showing that the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine protects with only one dose instead of two, so the vaccine supplies now being made will go twice as far as had been predicted… Adults who [...]
an ecological digression
Sunday, September 6th, 2009i was learning about lane country, oregon, my new home, when came across a list of endangered, threatened, imperiled, and insecure creatures. (i encourage you, dear reader, wherever you are, to scroll down this link to learn how to recognize the insecure creatures in YOUR locale.)
here some of the species of concern with the [...]
fall flu update: hini-shot news
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Q: Dr Leigh, Will you do a piece on this swine flu vaccine thing? Already I am getting the e-mails about how the vaccines are too untested and contain dangerous stuff and that schools are going to be trying to force all kids to get vaccinated, etc. Do you have the scoop?
A:
…as you [...]
about The Uninsured
Friday, August 21st, 2009if you look up “uninsured” on google, you will get more than 9 million results; in google-news alone, more than 14 thousand; in google-shopping (?!), more than 93 thousand results… clearly it’s a hot topic.
sample headlines this summer, from the internets:
The immensity of the problem of the uninsured
Uninsured toll worse than you think
Uninsured ‘worse than [...]
what is ideal medical care?
Thursday, July 30th, 2009i asked many of you, “Can you describe your ideal doctor? What are you looking for? What would your ideal medical care be like? What would be the perfect setting?”
i’ll tell you how I would answer those questions, myself (in brief):
“My ideal doctor listens, explains, cares, and understands. My ideal medical care focuses on prevention. [...]
shots shots shots!
Monday, July 13th, 2009questions i get frequently:
do shots have mercury in them? do mercury shots cause autism? do shots have aluminum in them? does aluminum cause kidney damage? does the chickenpox shot give you chickenpox? does the flu shot give you the flu? will the HPV shot kill me? why does a 2-month old get the same dose [...]
