For years, Shira was the baby of the family. Until she turned 8, when a new (surprise) addition arrived. Shira’s first reaction? “Put him back! I want a baby sister.”
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Twice Chai!
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Where we get treatment matters?
The other shoe dropped?
A few months ago, I reported that a feeling I had for years is now backed up by data. I’m talking about the Dr. Erickson et. al. study which demonstrated that when chains take over independent dialysis clinics, patient care is compromised. In particular, patient mortality and hospitalization rates were worse after the merger.
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Liver Transplants
So, yesterday, we spoke about renal transplantation. Kidneys are the most common transplanted organ. But, what about livers?
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Kidney Transplant Criteria
I just read an article (that is now being broadcast from newspapers, radio, and TV- remember, this post was written weeks ago) that really ticked me off. Supposedly, it is good science. And, it may be- as long as we get (as Paul Harvey used to say) “the rest of the story”.
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LXVIII
I was wondering what I would post today. Should I tell you about my friends? Or my close relatives? Or my children and grandchildren?
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What Hath Obamacare Wrought?
I know, I know, I’m old.
Back when I was considering colleges, this place was called Drexel Tech. Even when I applied to grad/med schools, that’s what it was.
Now, it’s Drexel University- a hop, skip, and jump away from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. (Right next door to Union Station- the grand railroad depot- in Philly, too!) And, it even houses a medical school- and a school of public health now!
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How the Port Authority Rips Off The Public
When I lived in New York, one of my pet peeves (trust me, I had a whole menagerie) was the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This criminal organization (that statement will be justified as you read this blog) has been ripping off the citizens of Metropolitan New York for nearly 8 decades. (It also rips off those who must traverse the bridges and tunnels between New York and New Jersey that it “owns”).
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Give it back- it’s mine!
Who owns you?
No, I am not discussing how the NRA has bought most of our Congressman and Senators.
I am talking about our DNA and our personal information.
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Integrity
I have been a member of two honorary sci/tech societies for years. Honored by their allowing me to be a member of their societies- and appreciative of their missions.
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Labor’s Lament
Note: This post was written back on 19 August (the last picture was added this morning, though), when this malarkey ad appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Nothing has happened to change my reaction, for which I decided Labor Day was the proper day for my response to be made public.
This great proclamation, all of 300 words, is primarily window dressing. Nowhere will you find the one promise that is needed- to cut executive pay and use those funds to raise worker pay. Just 7 CEO’s refused to sign, but that means that 181 of the Business Roundtable’s 188 members did.
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