Category Archives: Medical care in the US

Serious dearth of doctors projected for the US. But no worries: lots of new MBAs

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Naomi

From Harper’s Index: Percentage increase since 2002 in medical schools offering dual MD/MBA programs: 131 Minimum projected shortage, by 2034, in the number of primary care physicians in the United States: 17,800.

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Another “Stop Buying Plastics!” fact

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s November 2023 Findings: The heart tissues of cardiac surgery patients were found to be embedded with at least nine kinds of microplastics.

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If you have a chronic health condition, have you ever wondered where steroids came from?

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Naomi

I do and I did. I first began to understand the ubiquity of steroids while my father slowly went downhill due to emphysema. There was no remedy but there were two mitigating substances he took. One of them was prednisone. … Continue reading →

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