Physician Income

We need more side walks in the suburbs – they encourage walking at least. We should sponsor exercise training in schools.

Weighing the Risks and Benefits

We need to make exercise easier and more desirable. Use positive reinforcements and change behaviors.

Balancing Medical Knowledge and Patient Care: The Internist’s Journey

There you go. It really is simple. Expend more calories than you ingest (the fancy doctor’s way of saying burn more than you eat).

Coding is impossible

This study is VERY important. We need to have this problem fixed – and quickly. I am certain the AMA will work towards that end.

Palliation, paternalism and patient autonomy

Many situations call for some degree of paternalism. I would argue that palliation must combine patient autonomy with paternalism.

Finding Common Ground: The Intersection of Healthcare Policy and Patient Care

Senate leaves Medicare pay fix undone: Congress adjourns before addressing the problems with the physician reimbursement rate.

Continuous Growth as an Internist: Embracing Lifelong Learning

This is a good reference for the web searching patient. The information is sound, well balanced and obviously researched.

What are the problems with the Atkins diet?

The data speak. At least in the short run Atkins works for dramatic weight loss. I am glad the the NIH is studying the diet in a longer-term study.

About my blog

Thanks for visiting and commenting. I probably would continue to blog now even if I had no readers. But it certainly is more fun.

Growing older, I’ll drink to that

Alcohol ‘only benefits old’ – according to a British study, one can (and perhaps should) drink more as one gets older. Previous studies have suggested that moderate consumption of alcohol can protect against heart disease.But this latest study suggests that any benefits only apply if people drink later in life.