Archives By Month: March 2020

The World Medical Journal Official Journal of the WMA Since 1954 Welcome to the electronic version of the World Medical Journal!

Posted on March 23, 2020 8:26 pm By Del Meyer in Voices of Medicine

2014 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the appearance of the World Medical Journal (WMJ). The journal is published quarterly and it reflects the aims and activities of the World Medical Association. It is not the task of the WMJ to publish new scientific medical research. This is clearly the function of the multitude of information […]

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COVID-19 seems to spread to anyone, anywhere

Posted on March 23, 2020 8:17 pm By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:       Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, did not discover a treatment or a cure, just did what he does best: crunched the numbers. The statistics led him to the conclusion that, contrary to the grim forecasts being branded about, the spread of the virus will come to a halt. His forecasts turned out to be […]

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Doctors in Court

Posted on March 23, 2020 8:12 pm By Del Meyer in Medical Myths

The surgeon realized that once he was in court, he was in someone’s else’s operating room. And he was no longer in charge of the operation. Some myths are of our own making. Human nature demands an explanation, so when the timing seems right, we assume the cause of an ailment is whatever preceded it. […]

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A Glutton digs his grave with his teeth. –French Proverb

Posted on March 23, 2020 8:09 pm By Del Meyer in Medical Gluttony

He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me. –John Barrymore Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. –Peter de Vries Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in a hospital […]

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Dr. Christensen As The Health Innovator Disruption is the cure for what ails health care.

Posted on March 23, 2020 8:05 pm By Del Meyer in Medicare Review

Since the late 1990s Christensen has been influencing change in health care through both his summer leadership program at Harvard Medical School for hospital administrators and regular consulting work for medical giants like Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic. Recently he helped J&J develop a device that would make it easier and cheaper to administer anesthesia. […]

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Here’s What Americans Need to Know About Socialism

Posted on March 23, 2020 8:02 pm By Del Meyer in International Medicine

With socialism’s popularity rising in the United States, it’s more important than ever that Americans know the facts about Karl Marx’s inherently flawed ideology. That is why Heritage’s Lee Edwards, distinguished fellow in conservative thought, has been working hard to explain the true nature of socialism. In his article, “What Americans Must Know About Socialism,” […]

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The Sacramento BEE, started during the gold rush, is no more. McClatchy family empire is ending. Legacy lasted from Gold Rush, to fortune, to bankruptcy

Posted on March 23, 2020 7:58 pm By Del Meyer in In The News

The McClatchy Co. — a publisher of newspapers in 30 markets including Sacramento, Kansas City and Miami — is declaring bankruptcy, citing heavy debt and pension obligations. Fifteen years ago, McClatchy stock was worth about $700 a share. Now it’s trading at 75 cents at the time of bankruptcy filing. Its acquisition of Knight Ridder loaded it with […]

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The Dangerous Denial of Sex Biologists in WSJ: Only Two Sexes, Male and Female, There is No Sex ‘Spectrum’ By Michael W. Chapman February 14, 2020

Posted on March 23, 2020 7:53 pm By Del Meyer in Feature Article

In a powerful commentary in the Feb. 3 edition of The Wall Street Journal, biologists Colin Wright and Emma Hilton explain that, scientifically, there are only two sexes, male and female, and there is no sex “spectrum.” They also stress that “biologists and medical professionals” must stop being politically correct and “stand up for the empirical reality of biological sex.” […]

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