Archives By Day: March 30, 2020

Medical Practice, HealthCare, Government and Society

Posted on March 30, 2020 1:18 am By Del Meyer in Restoring Accountability

SOCIALISTS FAITH IN GOVERNMENT IS THE PRECURSOR OF TOTALITARIANISM. ______________________________________________________________ To Read the rest of this Column, please go to http://www.medicaltuesday.net/restoring-accountability/To Review the Archives, please go to http://www.medicaltuesday.net/newsletter-archives/ To Receive the  Free MedicalTuesday.net Journal, go to http://www.medicaltuesday.net/newsletter/ and you will be taken to a new web page to enter your email address. The Medical Tuesday […]

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Talk Radio Dialogues Connect with almost Everyone

Posted on March 30, 2020 1:09 am By Del Meyer in The Worldwide Public Forum

In Depth Discussions with public, civic, national and international leaders, cultural, educational, political and religious  commentary to broaden your perspective of our country and the world in which we live.__________ Heard on Salem National Radio (The ANSWER) sites include:DrDennisPrager.com, HughHewitt.com, MikeGallagher.com, MichaelMedved.com, LarryElder.com, MetaxasTalk.com, SRNNews.com, SRNStore.com, Michael Medved, http://www.michaelmedved.com/ The Greatest Country on God’s Green […]

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Jack Welch, Legendary CEO of General Electric, Dies at Age 84 GE executive led conglomerate with hard-nosed tactics for 20 years, then saw it dismantled By Thomas Gryta | WSJ | Updated March 2, 2020

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:57 am By Del Meyer in In Memoriam

Jack Welch led General Electric Co. through two decades of unparalleled growth and transformation, with a brash style that single-handedly remade the conglomerate and changed the landscape of U.S. corporations. He died Sunday at age 84. Mr. Welch’s success, driven by a hard-nosed strategy to slash less profitable businesses and unproductive employees, made him an […]

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If you want to be a surgeon, you should first go to war

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:54 am By Del Meyer in Hippocrates & His Kin

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once […]

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Ogan Gurel, MD, Chief Medical Officer in SEOUL

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:51 am By Del Meyer in Voices of Medicine

Seminar on March 25, 2020 8 AM KST (tomorrow: + 16 hours) Part 1: 8 AM KST Overview and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 What it is, how it is transmitted, implications for containment measures. Part 2: 8:40 AM KST How Korea has responded and how that response meshed with the requirements of containment for […]

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The Cost of Basic Health Care

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:46 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:       We have heard for a long time from the media that the cost of health car is beyond what the average American can afford. But what if we divide the cost into basic ambulatory health care and the cost of hospital care. Dr. Edwards:   I understand the health insurance companies make a bundle […]

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Do we know what we should eat? By Mark Bittman and David L. Katz | WSJ | March 7, 2020

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:43 am By Del Meyer in Medical Myths

“How should I eat?” is a question that many Americans ask daily. Almost everyone seems confused, and no wonder: Splashy new diet theories appear all the time, often countering what we took to be true just yesterday. “Diet” is a word that has been twisted to mean something that someone invents for the fastest possible […]

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Using your health insurance for basic care.

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:40 am By Del Meyer in Medical Gluttony

The media is trying to tell Americans that if they don’t have health insurance, they are not covered. Our review of the cost of basic health care insurance indicates that it is super-expensive to have health insurance for basic health care. We only need health insurance for hospital care after we’ve paid our deductible equal […]

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The Democratic Debate WSJ Editorial

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:38 am By Del Meyer in Government Healthcare

“Joe, what are you going to do to end the absurdity of the United States of America being the only major country on earth where health care is not a human right? Are you really going to veto a Medicare for All bill, if it is passed in Congress?” “Joe, at a time when most […]

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SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19

Posted on March 30, 2020 12:33 am By Del Meyer in International Medicine

The current corona virus pandemic has put international health in perspective. This is a respiratory disease and it is spread by coughing the virus into the air. A photograph of a cough indicates that the particles form a cone at about a 60-degree angle and lasts for about six feet. The virus may then last […]

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