My mother told the story about my birth on a few occasions. She went into labor and my father drove her to the hospital 40 miles away. A nurse at the hospital assured my mother her baby wasn’t yet due. My mother explained she was in labor nonetheless. I don’t recall whether she called her doctor or if the hospital called him. How things have changed since I was born. The natural process that’s been occurring in humans for 200,000 to 300,000 years has now become a medical procedure requiring with emergency care.
Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Colonoscopy May Not be as Valuable As Once Thought
I’m overdue for a colonoscopy. The US Preventive Task Force advises Americans to have one every 10 years beginning at age 45. It has long been believed that if Americans followed that advice colon cancer would largely be a thing of the past. Now a European study casts doubt on that theory. “This is a…
Reporter Discovers this “One Weird Trick” to Good Sleep (Why didn’t Doc Tell Him?)
Kaiser Health News reporter Jay Hancock wrote a personal account of his battle to get a good night’s sleep. It all began with a desire for answers: I had been feeling drowsy during the day, and my wife told me I snored. Both can mean obstructive sleep apnea. With obstructive sleep apnea, the mouth and…
Right to Treat: Big Brother wants to Control Care and Treatment Information
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation to allow the California state medical board to discipline doctors who its believes are spreading coronavirus misinformation during direct patient care. Penalties include the possibility of losing or suspending physicians’ medical licenses.
The bill, AB2098, states that any licensed physician or surgeon is committing “unprofessional conduct” if they disseminate “misinformation or disinformation” about the nature and risks of the virus, the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, and the development, safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.