A cancer doctor from Britain is saying that using a cell phone for ten years doubles the risk of brain cancer. The risk of this is worse than that of smoking according to this doctor. Others are saying that he is over stating the danger and that he doesn’t have enough evidence to make this…
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Clinton and Obama’s Health Care Plans
I went to Clinton’s and Obama’s websites to look at what their health care plans were. Now I didn’t pour over them with a fine tooth comb but from the quick look I had I did not see much. Both of them seem to say that people who already have health insurance and are happy…
B. Braun Recalls Batches of Heparin
Since January 19 people have died as a result of being given the contaminated blood thinner, heparin. My own mother was in the hospital being given this drug in her IV when they came into her room and removed the drug for testing. They said it was OK and gave it back to her….
Pharmacists Still Fighting Over Morning After Pill
Pharmacists are still in court fighting over the law about dispensing the morning after pill. Remember now that this pill taken three days after sex can prevent a pregnancy. We’re not taking about a magic abortion pill that you take anytime during a pregnancy. We are talking about three days pregnant. We’re talking about…
Assistant To An Assistant
Ever see those commercials for schools that call themselves colleges? ” Come to our school and become a doctors assistant!”. Wow! In only two short years you too can be a doctors assistant. In my area we even have a commercial that shows a doctor entering the exam room to see a patient. She is…