What if there were a popular drug that had moderate benefits but was known to cause acute liver failure and death in some patients? Or another drug that had dangerous side effects including intestinal bleeding and ulcers? Would it be right to let big pharmaceutical companies carry on marketing and selling them or ought they […]

Politicians should not prescribe pills by John Gapper, john.gapper@ft.com The Business World: Observations on business, finance, media and technology

Medicine seems to be in a turmoil. We received erroneous messages from the doctors at the NIH and CDC from telling Americans that a six-foot distance was adequate and a safe protection from the Respiratory Virus which travels with a cough or sneeze up to 20+ feet. Any high school student knows that a virus […]

Dr. Rosen:       Telemedicine has really opened up the world of medicine. We can see patients in any state and even in some English-speaking countries. Dr. Edwards:   It is certainly very temping in this world of corona virus which has grown out of proportion because of central or government interference. Dr. Milton:      We have not been […]

Telemedicine appears to have afforded us a way to escape Government intrusion into our personal lives. Many barriers to cross state practices have been lifted. The requirement for a physical hands—on exam has been lifted for telemedicine practices. There have now also been inroads to an international practice. One organization allows full Anglosphere practice. This […]

Nadeem Esmail reshared a post: Section 7 challenges struck down laws on prostitution and euthanasia but a B.C. judge would not strike down the ban on private health care. In the 11 years since Dr. Day’s legal challenge was introduced, 75,000 Canadians died on wait lists in the rationed care of the public system. Read […]

Last April the Washington Post published an article “Will Americans wear masks to prevent coronavirus spread?” It listed a variety of reasons why some will not wear masks. Unfortunately it missed the main one—masks help make and keep America afraid. The media, WHO and the CDC have been wrong on virtually every aspect of the […]

At the close of the cable news show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” July 20, 2020, Tucker had the strangest ending that I have ever heard a news anchor announce. I could feel his fear for his family It began normal, “Well, all of a sudden the media have ripped off the mask and they’re supporting violence […]

At the close of the cable news show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” July 20, 2020, Tucker had the strangest ending that I have ever heard a news anchor announce. I could feel his fear for his family It began normal, “Well, all of a sudden the media have ripped off the mask and they’re supporting violence […]

April Fools’ Day, also called All Fools’ Day, in most countries is the first day of April. It received its name from the custom of playing practical jokes on this day—for example, telling friends that their shoelaces are untied or sending them on so-called fools’ errands. Although the day has been observed for centuries, its […]