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The Hidden Struggles of Nurses: Voices from the Frontlines Feb. 25, 2025
Dear Readers: So many of you wrote in about the nurse column, and I truly appreciate your feedback a... Read More
A Night in Understaffed America Oct. 04, 2024
I haven't been in any kind of medical facility that wasn't understaffed by at least 20%, not for 15 ... Read More
Should Major Sporting Events Come With a Health Warning? Feb. 02, 2024
In a recent post, Dr. Robert H. Shmerling, senior faculty editor at Harvard Health, is quick to admi... Read More
Time for a Step-back Look at New Technology Jan. 26, 2024
Time moves on and things change — as we know, not always for the better. Examining our relatio... Read More
The Al Shifa Hospital and Hamas Jan. 04, 2024
Israel was roundly attacked around the world for targeting the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza last Novemb... Read More
Blaming Israel Oct. 21, 2023
Hundreds of Palestinians are dead — a terrible tragedy — after a rocket exploded late Tu... Read More
'Reliable' Media Aren't Ashamed of Fake News on Gaza Hospital Blast Oct. 20, 2023
The massive social media companies have all employed "independent fact-checkers" to improve their pu... Read More
The Gaza Blood Libel and Netanyahu's Test To Come Oct. 20, 2023
The Israel Defense Forces' much-anticipated ground invasion of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has not yet ... Read More
Weight, Weight, Don't Sell Me Aug. 23, 2023
Next-generation weight loss drugs such as Ozempic (originally developed to treat diabetes) are in hi... Read More
Fully a Third of Rural Hospitals in Missouri Could Close, Part of a National Crisis Aug. 09, 2023
Fully a third of Missouri's rural hospitals are in danger of closing in the next few years, leaving ... Read More
As Public Health Emergency Ends, Serious Problems Remain May. 19, 2023
As stated in a recent American Medical Association report, "while the federal government may be decl... Read More
From Missing Meds to Support for Women Warriors Apr. 07, 2023
There seems to be one thing after another emerging in today's world that makes achieving or maintain... Read More
Doctors and Nurses Are Not Racists Feb. 15, 2023
Doctors and nurses are not racists. They're everyday heroes. But left-wing activists and their media... Read More
Drug Price Cap, but Not Hospital or Doctor Bills Feb. 01, 2023
More than 63 million Americans are covered by Medicare. Here's the good news: By 2025, they'll pay n... Read More
Resolving Nursing Shortage Critically Important in 2023 Jan. 06, 2023
The news report seemed hardly new, and I suspect it is not all that surprising. "Nursing is in crisi... Read More
COVID Is Back Dec. 23, 2022
Masks aren't. The number one weapon for fighting COVID is in a box in the front hall closet, in my h... Read More
Attack on Catholic Hospitals Is an Attack on People of Faith Oct. 27, 2022
Two weeks ago, the Washington Post published a lengthy article titled "Spread of Catholic hospitals ... Read More
Responding to the Superbug Crisis Oct. 19, 2022
Hospital rooms, operating rooms and medical equipment are so inadequately cleaned that any patient g... Read More
Washington Post Worried America Has Too Many Catholic Hospitals Oct. 12, 2022
The Washington Post published a story on Oct. 10 that carried the following headline: "Spread of Cat... Read More
More on Where Religion and Medicine Meet Aug. 12, 2022
In 2008, Science 2.0, a nonprofit blogging site for academics created to discuss science-related sub... Read More
