by PediaBlog | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Internist Elisabeth Poorman admits annoying her colleagues with her “skepticism about nearly every medical intervention.” One thing Dr. Poorman isn’t skeptical about, however, is an annual flu vaccine: But I’ve checked, and I can tell you the...
by PediaBlog | Nov 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Geriatrician and wound care specialist Jeffrey M. Levine, M.D. has been watching the TV lately: I first noticed this phenomenon while watching the world news on a weekday after work. It was a commercial for a new diabetes medicine that showed overweight people...
by PediaBlog | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot about denialism lately. Why is it, despite abundant objective scientific evidence, visual proof, and basic common sense, that what is so obvious and truthful to most people, is rejected and disparaged (“fake news!”) by...
by PediaBlog | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Is this Round 3 or 4? Is it “Repeal and Replace”, or is it “Reform”? I can’t remember anymore. Once again, the American healthcare system is under attack by opponents of the Affordable Care Act, and once again, the new proposal being...
by PediaBlog | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last month on The PediaBlog, we applauded declining teen birth rates reported by the American Academy of Pediatrics while also considering the reasons why the solution to this problem remains elusive: Poverty and lack of education have long been the key...
