fun is morally necessary
I'm reading this book with my friend Bob. Recently it is socially and morally important to have fun. There is tremendous peer pressure to spend distinct energy and money on this. I personally don't...
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SPhillips@opschools.org wrote: Dear Dr. Merrill,I want to thank you for your article on aging. My 91 year old mother has been hospitalized since February 14, 2007. She was transferred back and forth to...
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Number of people who died in front of me in 2007 from diseases that could have been managed, had they had health insurance: 2.
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One really interesting thing about being a doctor is that people tend not to tell you the truth so much.This is apart, of course, from being lied to by patients about things they don't want to talk...
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I do not like to disrespect the dead, so let me say respectfully the following to the world: John Gardner's vision of Batavia, NY in the book The Sunlight Dialogues is not charitable, and not too...
View ArticleSaving the body, not the brain
You've heard about how huge amounts of money are spent at the end of life. That's my job. I'm the guy who spends the money.It's fun to say, "Hey, it's not right to spend that kind of money. Somebody...
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"People forget where they come from." A statement by a custodian here at the hospital, who is getting a surgical tech degree, and notes that people are harsh on newcomers. It's the human condition,...
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I didn't get a chance to say on the radio today how important vitamin D is to people of color. Vitamin D discriminates racially. Darker-skinned people have a bigger problem because the ultraviolet rays...
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This is a video of my left atrium. I had an ablation with Dr. Ashish Bhatia in Buffalo. Most atrial fibrillation is caused by little electrical signals coming down from the four pulmonary veins, so...
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Things that predict effective schools: frequent teacher feedback, the use of data on students to guide instruction, frequent tutoring sessions [4x a week+], higher number of instructional hours, and...
View Articleemail on vitamin D
SPhillips@opschools.org wrote: Dear Dr. Merrill,I want to thank you for your article on aging. My 91 year old mother has been hospitalized since February 14, 2007. She was transferred back and forth to...
View Articlefun contradictions in the ER
"I don't have money for the Tylenol for my kid," the parent says, holding a pack of Marlboros and a lighter.
View Articledying for health insurance
Number of people who died in front of me in 2007 from diseases that could have been managed, had they had health insurance: 2.
View Articlevacuum of honesty
One really interesting thing about being a doctor is that people tend not to tell you the truth so much.This is apart, of course, from being lied to by patients about things they don't want to talk...
View ArticleArticle 5
I do not like to disrespect the dead, so let me say respectfully the following to the world: John Gardner's vision of Batavia, NY in the book The Sunlight Dialogues is not charitable, and not too...
View ArticleSaving the body, not the brain
You've heard about how huge amounts of money are spent at the end of life. That's my job. I'm the guy who spends the money.It's fun to say, "Hey, it's not right to spend that kind of money. Somebody...
View ArticleArticle 3
"People forget where they come from." A statement by a custodian here at the hospital, who is getting a surgical tech degree, and notes that people are harsh on newcomers. It's the human condition,...
View ArticleArticle 2
I didn't get a chance to say on the radio today how important vitamin D is to people of color. Vitamin D discriminates racially. Darker-skinned people have a bigger problem because the ultraviolet rays...
View ArticleMy left atrium
This is a video of my left atrium. I had an ablation with Dr. Ashish Bhatia in Buffalo. Most atrial fibrillation is caused by little electrical signals coming down from the four pulmonary veins, so...
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