According to an August 18th, 2010 Reuters article, a new study suggests that a patient’s odds of having an orthopedic operation may depend on whether or not the surgeon has a financial stake in the treatment center. Patients receiving care for their wrist, rotator cuff or knee from a provider with …
To Screen or Not to Screen, That is the Question
This post first appeared yesterday as a guest article in Xconomy. Almost everyone knows someone who has had cancer. It is the disease that seems to strike the most fear in people’s hearts, in part because it seems to affect people so randomly. We all know that if we eat right, exercise and keep our […]
Baconator? Make Mine a Triple!
So I was sitting here on the couch watching Tim Lincecum, Cy Young-award winning pitcher, throw a full game shut out against the NY Mets (Go Giants!) and along comes a Wendy’s commercial for (dramatic pause)….The Baconator. I was so amazed by the grandiosity of this thing that I looked it up on-line at Wendys.com […]