Vera Rubin, 88, Dies; Opened Doors in Astronomy, and for Women By DENNIS OVERBYE DEC. 27, 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/science/vera-rubin-astronomist-who-made-the-case-for-dark-matter-dies-at-88.html Vera Rubin, who transformed modern physics and astronomy with her observations showing that galaxies and stars are immersed in the gravitational grip of vast clouds of dark matter, died on Sunday in Princeton, N.J. She was 88. […]

The more you learn, the more you earn, as Warren Buffett famously says. Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back. —Harvey MacKay Blessed are the young, for they […]

The Hippocratic oath covers several important ethical issues between doctors and patients. The oath first establishes that the practitioner of medicine give deference to the creators, teachers, and learners of medicine. … The oath serves as a contract for doctors to work towards the benefit of the health of the public.  

Women Vs. Feminists A populist movement—the antifeminist crusade of the mid-1970s—stymied a supposedly inevitable progressive victory. Sound familiar? Kay S. Hymowitz reviews “Divided We Stand” by Marjorie J. Spruill. WSJ | March 9, 2017 The scene may feel familiar: an out-of-touch Republican establishment, bitter debates over gender roles, an angry populist rebellion. In “Divided We […]

WINE AS MEDICINE Winemaking with a Medical Bent Rachel Friedman, MD . . . It’s a Saturday afternoon, and after a busy week of seeing patients as a family physician, I am behind the bar at the winery my husband and I own, guiding guests in a wine tasting. When I explain that I not […]

Dr. Rosen:      Our new president has been sworn in and the party that lost is in a beastly uproar. Dr. Edwards:  This is more than we expected. Dr. Milton:      It’s probably more than any prior president had to put up with. Dr. Ruth:         I think he’s a strong enough man to withstand the onslaught. Dr. […]

Of all the myths that have been generated, the greatest myth, which borders on fraud, is that people will save money if the purchase is free. Anyone devising such a ludicrous concept, must have an ulterior objective. The entire world is built on obtaining a discount, on saving money, on paying the least possible amount. […]

Now, for the first time, a leading healthcare clinician – the Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society – Dr. Otis Webb Brawley is breaking ranks – literally and figuratively.  His new book is squarely aimed at the Hippocratic oath and aptly titled – How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America. […]

Far-Reaching Medicare Part B Changes Violate Separation of Powers — And With CBO’s Blessing By Grace-Marie Turner | Forbes | September 21, 2016 | Medicare, | Prescription Drugs Members of Congress expressed outrage at the Congressional Budget Office during a recent House hearing for assuming that sweeping, untested changes to Medicare will save $34 billion […]

End free care and tuition, urge Scots Jason Allardyce and John Boothman The Sunday Times | February 12 2017 Ministers are under pressure to scrap Scotland’s increasingly costly free universal public services, with a majority of Scots keen to abolish free university tuition and personal care for the elderly. A Sunday Times investigation has found […]