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  • COVID's Latest Adaptation: It Has Lulled Us to Sleep

    02/18/2024 1:59:14 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 29 replies
    MEDPAGE TODAY ^ | February 15, 2024 | Donald W. Simborg, MD
    — My doctor's refusal to prescribe "just-in-case" Paxlovid speaks volumesSimborg is a retired physician and a medical informatics expert. I'm an 83-year-old retired physician. I let my medical license expire over a decade ago and have put my medical care into the hands of very capable people paid for by Medicare -- just like most people my age. Generally, I have been happy with this arrangement and enjoy good health. From this perspective, I can observe our healthcare system just like any other U.S. citizen. I would like to share one important observation at this time: we are now sleep-walking...
  • The White House Cancer Moonshot Is a Dud

    09/26/2023 4:27:10 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 17 replies
    Medpage Today ^ | September 22, 2023 | Eric N. Lindblom, JD
    The White House Cancer Moonshotopens in a new tab or window recently announced new efforts to "End Cancer as We Know It." Yet, the announcementopens in a new tab or window includes no mention of the FDA, which is not only directed at protecting and promoting the public health but also has existing powers that could reduce cancer deaths and harms more rapidly than any existing or planned Cancer Moonshot initiatives. The Moonshot announcement stresses the fact that smoking is the "biggest single driver of cancer deaths in this country." But its newly announced anti-smoking measures are remarkably weak and...