by Lawrence W. Reed. Almost a decade ago, I went to Canada to obtain a customized medical procedure on both of my eyes—a procedure not yet approved by federal authorities in the United States. It involved a new “wavefront” LASIK technology designed for patients with a combination of astigmatism and very thin corneas. For more ... MORE
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Who Should Make Medical Choices For You?
by Lawrence W. Reed. Almost a decade ago, I went to Canada to obtain a customized medical procedure on both of my eyes—a procedure not yet approved by federal authorities in the United States. It involved a new “wavefront” LASIK technology designed for patients with a combination of astigmatism and very thin corneas. For more ... MOREMedical Marijuana Stops Severe Seizures In Children
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| Charlotte Figi, patient |
View the following links: A case documented by CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Modesto, California father gives testimonial. 5-year-old boy given Arizona marijuana card, in attempt to fight severe seizures. British researches say cannabis may be treatment for epilepsy. Woman claims seizures stopped after medical marijuana.
How Government Killed The Medical Profession
by Jeffrey A. Singer. I am a general surgeon with more than three decades in private clinical practice. And I am fed up. Since the late 1970s, I have witnessed remarkable technological revolutions in medicine, from CT scans to robot-assisted surgery. But I have also watched as medicine slowly evolved into the domain of technicians, bookkeepers, ... MOREMedical Marijuana Opposition Supports Socialized Medicine
by Amesh Adalja. In England, heroin—a potent pain-killer—is available for use by healthcare providers. But in the U.S., the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) classifies it as a schedule I drug which legally stipulates that it has no clinical use. Marijuana is another Schedule 1 substance that, according to the DEA, has no clinical use. ... MOREObamaCare ALREADY Forcing Doctors To Close Practices
Since the election took repeal off the table ... After 25 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Tamzin Rosenwasser
packed in her dermatology practice in 2011, barely a year after the
passage of President Obama’s health care initiative. The timing wasn’t
coincidental. “I have interrupted practicing medicine because of Obamacare,” said ... MOREMark Steyn: The Doctor Won't See You Now
American health care is in a bureaucratic death grip. A few years ago, my small local hospital asked a Senate staffer if she could assist them in obtaining federal money for a new building. So she did, expediting the process by which that particular corner of northern New Hampshire was deemed to be “under-served” and thus eligible for the fed gravy. ... MOREPaul Hsieh: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself From ObamaCare
How the individual can minimize the damage. Now that President Obama has won re-election, repeal of the ObamaCare
health law is no longer realistic. Although some state governors
continue to resist and there are some still-pending legal challenges,
prudent Americans should prepare for the law being eventually
implemented in full. ObamaCare will ... MORERobert Moffit & Alyene Senger: MediCare's 'Efficiency'
Private insurance has lower administrative costs. Everybody “knows” that government agencies are more efficient than private health insurance at delivering medical benefits and services. After all, Medicare’s administrative costs, at roughly 2 percent of the cost of benefits, are lower than those of private insurance. In the first presidential ... MOREWhy ObamaCare Has Doctors Depressed And Discouraged
by Dr. Marc Siegel. Wednesday night the first presidential debate will take place in Denver.
The focus will be on domestic policy. But it’s a safe bet, while you’ll
likely hear about ObamaCare, you won’t hear about the doctors on the
front lines of medicine in the United States today. President Obama has
said he likes the term ObamaCare because ... MOREAnna Marie Hartman: Legalizing Medical Pot On ARK Ballot
Freedom for doctors to treat patients. A proposal to legalize medical marijuana will be on the November ballot in Arkansas. Medical marijuana advocates succeeded in getting their proposal before Arkansas voters after turning in more than 74,000 signatures to the Arkansas Secretary of State's office. The group called Arkansans for ... MOREThe Inevitable Future Of Electronic Medical Records
by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD. For the past year now I’ve been using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and believe the writing is on the wall. These computerized medical records are not about improving health care; they are about control of both the physician and patient. Beginning in 2013, doctors who don’t prescribe electronically will be penalized financially. ... MOREMike Riggs: Obama Is Making It Difficult To Get Pain Meds
The administration declares war on pain relief. In July 2011, the Office of National Drug Control Policy released its longterm plan for reducing prescription drug abuse. One of the bullet points in that report was this: "Write and disseminate a Model Pain Clinic Regulation Law within 12 months." Twelve months later, the ONDCP has yet to (publicly) ... MORETait Trussell: Doctor's Fear For Medicine's Future
Incentives of ObamaCare are driving doctors away. In a new national poll, doctors say they must now decide if they can continue practicing medicine in their patients’ best interest or bow to bureaucratically-set restrictions that take precedence over patient necessities. Another stark choice some doctors ponder is: Can I ... MOREMichael J Hurd: Doctors For Socialized Medicine
Government-guaranteed insurance is like public school. This is perhaps my favorite line from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged with regard to doctors who support, or tolerate, socialized medicine: “Let them discover, in the operating rooms and hospital wards, that it is not safe to place their lives in the hands of a man they have throttled. It is not safe, ... MORELourdes Garcia-Navarro: Medical Pot Use Sprouting In Israel
Israel is a world leader in the use of medical marijuana. More than 10,000 patients have received government licenses to consume the drug in order to treat ailments such as cancer and chronic pain. But while the unorthodox treatment has gained acceptance in Israel, it still has its critics. Susan Malkah breathes in the cloud of smoke from a plastic ... MORE
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